Dave Atkinson, UK Head of Manufacturing, SME & Mid Corporates at Lloyds, considers how a new era for UK defence presents a growth opportunity for manufacturing SMEs. The UK’s new Industrial Strategy ...

97% of manufacturers say that hiring and retaining skilled labour presents a challenge to the growth of their business 91% of manufacturers are taking on more responsibility to train their workforces ...

Packaging technologists love to talk about their products, but they are even happier to discuss the substrates that go into making boxes, tape, polythene and stretch film. How a cardboard box is made ...

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), set to come into force later this year, essentially shifts the financial responsibility for packaging waste from taxpayers to producers. As food and beverage ...

The threat of a wine shortage in the UK due to a strike at one of the UK’s leading bottling plants is another warning to businesses to take steps in-order to better mitigate against disruptions in the ...

Digital innovations are evolving and converging at an incredible pace and this trend will continue for decades. The combination of data, AI, automation and other advanced technologies are shaping the ...

Jabil, a global leader in engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions, has announced it intends to invest approximately $500m over the next several years to expand its footprint in the ...

The value of UK manufacturing output grew to £155.8bn in Q2 2025, up 1.5% (£3.8bn) from the same period in 2024, driven primarily by a 5.8% (£1.8bn) increase in the value of output from the automotive ...

Any debate around whether or not manufacturers should embrace digital transformation is now well and truly over. Although grappling with a variety of complex challenges, one universal truth that ...

Lance Owide, General Manager of B2B at BigCommerce, recently spoke with The Manufacturer about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing and B2B ecommerce. In this first instalment of ...

Dr Veronica Martinez, Assistant Professor at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge, explains how new technology is transforming the satellite industry. As new space tech ...

94% of UK manufacturers believe the industry has fallen behind the US due to a lack of digital investment, new research shows. According to the the Manufacturing Digital Productivity Report from ...