News: Government takes action to grow advanced manufacturing
The government has launched a review into Advanced Manufacturing, a key sector in Rotherham, to examine how to remove the barriers that are preventing the UK becoming Europe's leading exporter of high value goods and stopping people from seeking a career in engineering.
In January the government will hold an Advanced Manufacturing summit attended by Nick Clegg, Vince Cable and Mark Prisk as well as key manufacturing stakeholders and other Government departments.
Contributions from industry at this event and from responses to the framework will feed into the Advanced Manufacturing strand of the Government's Growth Review which will announce policy proposals by Budget 2011.
Business Minister Mark Prisk said: "A strong manufacturing base is essential for a balanced economy, where exports and investment drive growth, not debt and unsustainable government spending.
"The review into Advanced Manufacturing will see the Government align with industry in our shared ambition to put manufacturing industries on a more solid footing than in the past decade.
"I am looking forward to the manufacturing summit which will be an opportunity to agree actions that Government, industry and education can take over the next 10 years to meet our challenging ambitions."
Advanced Manufacturing is among the first Growth Reviews to be taken forward. The report sets out the action Government is taking to provide the right business environment, the key competitive strengths on which we can build, and examines the major future long-term growth opportunities and challenges.
The Government's goals, over the next 10 years, are also outlined. These are to: Grow manufacturing in the UK; Make the UK Europe's leading exporter of high value goods and related services and: Increase the proportion of the workforce seeking, and capable of, a career in manufacturing.
John Cridland, CBI Director-General Designate, said: "We welcome the announcement from Mark Prisk of a review of advanced manufacturing.
"This fits with our vision for the manufacturing sector, which we published earlier this week, and is a good step on the way to the Government's wider Growth Review.
"UK manufacturing is in many ways the unsung hero of our economy. Big productivity gains in the past ten years have made it leaner than ever before, and it's now well placed to lead the country's economic recovery."
Rotherham is home to the Advanced Manufacturing Park, which is the UK's premier manufacturing park and recognised internationally. The park enables tenants to harness manufacturing innovation through collaboration between industry, research, the region's renowned universities and centres of excellence.
One tenant, the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing (AMRC), is highlighted in the review for their strengh in novel machining that boosts the UK's capability in new production processes technologies, including additive manufacturing.
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In January the government will hold an Advanced Manufacturing summit attended by Nick Clegg, Vince Cable and Mark Prisk as well as key manufacturing stakeholders and other Government departments.
Contributions from industry at this event and from responses to the framework will feed into the Advanced Manufacturing strand of the Government's Growth Review which will announce policy proposals by Budget 2011.
Business Minister Mark Prisk said: "A strong manufacturing base is essential for a balanced economy, where exports and investment drive growth, not debt and unsustainable government spending.
"The review into Advanced Manufacturing will see the Government align with industry in our shared ambition to put manufacturing industries on a more solid footing than in the past decade.
"I am looking forward to the manufacturing summit which will be an opportunity to agree actions that Government, industry and education can take over the next 10 years to meet our challenging ambitions."
Advanced Manufacturing is among the first Growth Reviews to be taken forward. The report sets out the action Government is taking to provide the right business environment, the key competitive strengths on which we can build, and examines the major future long-term growth opportunities and challenges.
The Government's goals, over the next 10 years, are also outlined. These are to: Grow manufacturing in the UK; Make the UK Europe's leading exporter of high value goods and related services and: Increase the proportion of the workforce seeking, and capable of, a career in manufacturing.
John Cridland, CBI Director-General Designate, said: "We welcome the announcement from Mark Prisk of a review of advanced manufacturing.
"This fits with our vision for the manufacturing sector, which we published earlier this week, and is a good step on the way to the Government's wider Growth Review.
"UK manufacturing is in many ways the unsung hero of our economy. Big productivity gains in the past ten years have made it leaner than ever before, and it's now well placed to lead the country's economic recovery."
Rotherham is home to the Advanced Manufacturing Park, which is the UK's premier manufacturing park and recognised internationally. The park enables tenants to harness manufacturing innovation through collaboration between industry, research, the region's renowned universities and centres of excellence.
One tenant, the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing (AMRC), is highlighted in the review for their strengh in novel machining that boosts the UK's capability in new production processes technologies, including additive manufacturing.
BIS website
AMP website
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