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Can a merger of the CBI and Make UK work?

City Voices: CBI needs a solution to its troubles sooner rather than later

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2023

UK manufacturers cut hiring plans amid ‘sharp slowdown’, survey finds

Firms preparing for difficult year as ‘potent cocktail’ of difficulties takes hold, says industry lobby group

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2023

CBI ‘at risk of insolvency’ as it races to secure merger with Make UK

Scandal-hit group says it has sought advice on restructuring, amid reports it is within weeks of running out of cash

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023

Companies are saying the UK is 'closed for business' - here's how it can become more open

Tech sector complaints about the difficulties of doing business in the UK have been repeated more recently by the manufacturing sector. A decade of “flip-flopping” by the government has left the UK without an industrial strategy, according to Make UK, which represents industrial and manufacturing employers.

The Conversation · May 10, 2023

UK must renew industrial strategy and stop ‘flip flopping’, say manufacturers

Make UK warns British firms risk losing out, as Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act sucks up investment

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2023

North East manufacturing set to shrink this year but outlook improves

The Manufacturing Outlook survey from Make UK and accountancy firm BDO shows a marked pick-up in early 2023

Birmingham Post · Mar 20, 2023

Recession fears ease in manufacturing, but growth remains elusive, Make UK and BDO say

Report says it's 'far too early to say the worst has passed'

Insider UK · Mar 20, 2023

Recession fears ease in manufacturing, but growth remains elusive – report

Firms have seen a rebound in the first quarter, according to BDO research.

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023

‘No strategy’: West Yorkshire firms hope the budget supports industry

Business leaders looking for industrial plan of action from government amid uncertainty over the economy

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023

Rishi Sunak must ‘reset’ trading relationship with EU, say manufacturing chiefs

European firms have gone cold on doing business in UK, survey finds

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023