Strong nerves are needed when the tough get going, but if the nerves hold, the pay-off can be well worth the effort.

New Year proof of the effectiveness of this approach comes from brewing equipment manufacturer Microdat, a company that has continued to invest and develop new products through the recession. The firm’s current order book, already exceeds total sales in 2009 and six new jobs have been…

Congratulations to Leeds-based Corrocoat on receiving two key industry product approvals and being well on the way to a third from organisations including The Ministry of Defence, Network Rail and The National Grid.

A range of Corrocoat products have been approved by the MOD and listed in Warpaint, a publication that offers advice and guidance on coatings for application to Royal Naval surface ships…

Just finished working through a report from PWC on The Future of UK Manufacturing. Hard going but some really interesting analysis and observations in there. As the report’s sub-heading puts it, reports of the death of manufacturing in the UK are greatly exaggerated but the sector faces major challenges if it is to retain critical mass in the long term.

It also bursts the bubble of some popular misconceptions. The…