Last week's poll: how will Covid19 reshape UK engineering?

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The UK has entered week four of lock down with foreign secretary Dominic Raab indicating that restrictions are unlikely to be lifted until Covid-19 peaks and abates.

Once it does, the full extent of Covid-19’s impact on society and the economy will become clearer, but until that time manufacturers will continue collaborations aimed at equipping the NHS with equipment needed to treat patients.

One certainty is that Covid-19 has exposed the lack of supply chain resilience in a globalised economy, another, already noted, are the many pinch points and strengths of the UK’s different sectors.

But what long-term impact will this have on the manufacturing sector once Covid-19 is no longer the threat that it is today.

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For 40 per cent of respondents to last week’s poll, the UK will have a stronger domestic supply chain after Covid-19, followed by just over a quarter (26 per cent) who agree that there will be increased adoption of automation and digital tools.

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