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Onshoring: Are we ready for the return of manufacturing?

We all realise what is required to get the UK back on a manufacturing footing unfortunately the last two Governments made it their policy to undermine the need to gain a working knowledge of maths and English to encourage youth employment in the manufacturing industries. Currently we have an army of supermarket shelf stackers within a huge service industry who's main aim is to keep the same pound coins in circulation moving from person to person. It has taken 15 years at least to break down the UK's engineering advantages in world trade to the present day and it is going to take another 15 years to get it back to where it can be of use. On the change of Government Alistair Darling is reputed to have suggested that any distribution of money to the banks under the "Competitive Easing" programmes should be immediately shared with industry to get the recruitment and training of new engineers up and running again. No one listened and we have lost valuable time which will be sorely felt in the years to come. it is hard to see a quick solution to this dilemma.

3 Aug 2012

3:01 pm