The return of manufacturingin Britain
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A Prospect magazine supplement
With the financial sector introuble, Britain's diminishedmanufacturing base hasbecome unexpectedlyfashionable. Can it turn thispopularity to its advantage?Michael Prest investigatesPlus Will Hutton on theknowledge economy
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3The return of manufacturing
Many of the old industries have gone and its image isstill poor, but British manufacturing has reinventeditself over the past 20 years.
MICHAEL PREST
9Interviews
Shriti Vadera, parliamentary under-secretary of statefor business and competitiveness, discusses thegovernment’s new manufacturing strategy.Alan Duncan, shadow secretary of state for business,enterprise and regulatory reform, on theConservatives’ big ideas for commerce.
MICHAEL PREST
11City profiles
Profiles of four British cities at the forefront of 21st-century manufacturing—Derby, Manchester,Sunderland and Reading.
MICHAEL PREST
16The knowledge economy
The knowledge economy is helping Britain toreindustrialise. But it also threatens to divide thecountry between “resurgent” and “stuck” cities.
WILL HUTTON
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Michael Prest is an associate editor for breakingviews.com
Many of the old industries have gone and its image isstill poor, but British manufacturing has reinvented itself over the past 20 years and remains an essential part of the economy—as the government’s new strategy paperacknowledges. The story is no longer one of grimyfactories, but of high technology “knowledge industries”
The return of manufacturing
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