FOUND: Make uk - What They Never Told You

Listen to manufacturers and unions: high electricity prices are killing industry

Make UK and TUC are right – ministers need a proper strategy to cut energy costs before there are more closures

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15

Britain ‘faces deindustrialisation’ without relief from high energy prices, survey warns

Make UK says manufacturers’ feedback shows sector at risk of collapse as it calls on Treasury to take action

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15

UK business confidence weakened and hiring fell at end of 2025, surveys find

Rising costs and economic uncertainty take toll, in contrast to Keir Starmer saying Britain will start to feel richer

The Guardian - UK · Jan 12

UK manufacturing poised for funding boost to reduce energy costs

Struggling steel sector among those expected to benefit in government’s long-awaited industrial strategy

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2025

High electricity bill taxes holding us back, say industry groups

Make UK tells government that prices threaten to derail industrial strategy as Energy UK calls for charges to be ‘rebalanced’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2025

Government urged to help amid warning manufacturing sector has ‘hit the buffers’

A report says firms are freezing recruitment and considering redundancies while investment plans are being delayed or scrapped.

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2025

Rachel Reeves vows to use defence spending to support UK’s ‘left behind’ industrial towns

Chancellor says increased military spending should support ‘British jobs and British industries’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2025

Business groups welcome Reeves’ growth plans but remain ‘concerned’ about Budget

The Chancellor backed the expansion of Heathrow, and plans to turn Oxford and Cambridge into ‘Europe’s Silicon Valley’ in a bid to boost the economy.

Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025

Tax rises will push business leaders to cut costs and hiring, surveys show

Deloitte and BDO data underlines sharpest fall in employment expectations since Covid pandemic

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2025

Increasing use of AI by manufacturers, study suggests

Automation is driving ‘dramatic change’ in the sector, says Make UK.

Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2024