Business in focus: Manufacturing
One of the UK’s most rapidly evolving sectors is wrestling with the challenges of both Brexit and COVID-19...
In this week's exclusive feature for The Business Briefing readers, Bobby Hellard provides an overview of the manufacturing business, its place in the economy, and the roadblocks it's faced due to COVID. This feature also looks to the possibilities that a hastened digital transformation may open up for the industry and its workers.
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