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Great British Manufacturing Podcast S2 Ep1

The Rt Hon Grant Shapps, MP for Welwyn Hatfield and Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, discusses new factories, inward investment, electric vehicles, graphene, renewable energy, net zero and much more on this special edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast.

EP52
Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Fifty Two

New factories and facilities, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature a range of aerospace stories to celebrate the return of the internationally renowned Farnborough Airshow, including contract wins for BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Leonardo and Team Tempest. On a packed show, we also discuss Johnson Matthey’s new £80m hydrogen gigafactory, Raytheon’s new Livingston facility, Stannah’s Andover factory, PragmatIC Semiconductor’s new £68m plant, Pensana’s £150m rare earths refinery and much more. Edward Pigg, Axil Integrated Services’ Managing Director, is our special guest Axil provides comprehensive and long-term business waste

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Fifty One

New factories and facilities, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature MAHLE Powertrains’ two new UK facilities, SeAH Wind’s new £400m manufacturing plant, Lunaz’s major expansion and recruitment drive, Sheffield Forgemasters new forge building, Skyrora’s new rocket production facility in Scotland, Red Bull’s new British-built hypercar and engine factory, Rolls-Royce SMR’s £200m manufacturing plant and much more. Ken Scott, Tevva Trucks’ Chief Engineer, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Fifty

New factories and facilities, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Renishaw’s £50m investment at its Welsh site, Knauf’s new factory, Nissan’s plans to create 300 new jobs, BAE’s £500 million Spanish Air Force Typhoon contract win, the return of Lola, JCB’s latest recruitment drive, McMurtry’s record-breaking Spéirling electric car, Tevva’s new hydrogen electric truck and much more. Phil Hamlyn Williams, author of the recently published ‘How Britain Shaped the Manufacturing World’, is our special guest. Buy Phil’s book here: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/How-Britain-Shaped-the-Manufacturing-World-Hardback/p/21375 Link to Phil’s blog: https://www.philiphamlynwilliams.co.uk/

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Nine

New factories and facilities, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature British Steel’s £80m investment, Alexander Dennis’ new Farnborough facility, Hybrid Air Vehicles’ huge export order, Ciner’s £390m glass manufacturing plant, Meggitt’s new £130m ‘super site’ in Coventry, Rolls-Royce’s new Manchester HQ, GSK’s new £90m factory, SeAH Wind’s £300m monopile production facility, Smith+Nephew’s new £80m factory, TopHat’s plans to create 1,000 jobs, Astra Zeneca’s £16.5m investment and much more. Malcolm Earp, COO and CCO of The Ultimate Battery Company, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Eight

Welcome to a special edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We typically feature an array of positive industry stories but this week we are dedicating the podcast to an exciting new collaboration. IPG, developers of renewable generator technology; the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME), a collaboration between Coventry University and Unipart Manufacturing; and SDE Technology, tier-1 and tier-2 manufacturing experts, have formed an alliance to co-develop the blueprint for volume manufacture of the IPG Flameless Generator – the firm’s clean-and-green replacement for the diesel generator. We discuss the project with Toby Gill, CEO of IPG, Dr Marcos Kauffman, Director of

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Seven

New factories and facilities, major contract wins, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature BMW’s new multi-million pound steel pressing facility in Swindon, Airbus’ new Zero Emission Development Centre in Filton, Britishvolt’s new £200 million West Midlands facility, British supercar manufacturer BAC’s new Mono R, Ballymena-based Wrightbus’ huge German export order, AB Dynamic’s £10 million Engineering Design Centre and much more. Will Wilson, Siemens Mobility’s CEO , is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Six

New factories and facilities, major contract wins, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Babcock’s £30 million Royal Navy contract win, Oatly’s new production facility in Peterborough, £120m finding for the UK’s nuclear energy sector, REE Automotive’s new Coventry plant, Ulster’s new £50m Smart Manufacturing Data Innovation Hub, Circular Fuels’ proposed £150m plant at Teesworks, Megger’s major investment programme, McLaren F1’s apprenticeship partnership with the AMRC and much more. Paul Davies, Alexander Dennis’ President and Managing Director, is our special guest. About Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL)

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Five

New factories and facilities, major contract wins, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce’s new £2 billion-plus contracts to build the Royal Navy’s largest ever submarines, Green Lithium’s proposed new UK plant, .Airbus’ £100m investment at Broughton which is set to create 500 jobs, Vauxhall’s new facility at Ellesmere Port, Orbex’s  full-scale prototype of its Prime orbital space rocket, Rolls-Royce’s new Nuclear Skills Academy in Derby, Aston Martin’s new DBX707 model, Molson Coor’s £13m investment at its Aspall Cyder production facility in Suffolk and

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Four

New factories and facilities, major contract wins, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Airbus’ £100m investment at Broughton which is set to create 500 jobs, Lotus’ new sports car manufacturing facility in Hethel, Sertec’s £5.9 million investment, Rolls-Royce’s contract win from Qantas, Howmet Fastening System’s recruitment drive, Porr UK’s proposed new factory in Somerset,  Inspired Pet Nutrition’s £6m factory investment, Babcock’s £1.25 billion Type 31 frigate programme, positive UK Manufacturing PMI figures and lots more. Christopher Greenough, SDE Technology’s Chief Commercial Officer, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Three

New factories and facilities, major contract wins, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature BAE Systems’ multi-million-pound redevelopment of its Kent site, the latest major recruitment drives announced by Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin, Sheffield Forgemasters and Rolls-Royce, ITM Power’s new £70m factory in Sheffield, a significant milestone for Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant, Numatic’s new £30m factory in Somerset, Diageo’s £40.5m investment, Indian-owned Hero’s expansion in the UK, Norton Motorcycles £100m investment programme and much more. Willian Santos. ABI Electronics’ International Sales Manager, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty Two

Gigafactories, factories, recycling plants, recruitment drives, new facilities and major investments aplenty on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We discuss The Royal Mint’s new ‘world first’ facility in South Wales, Alstom’s recruitment drive, good news for the UK’s steel industry, the SMMT’s new analysis of the automotive industry’s recent investment, BP’s £1 billion investment,  Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ new £75m manufacturing plant, British emergency vehicle manufacturer Venari’s humanitarian project for Ukraine and much more. Our special guest is Sarah Black-Smith, Head of Factory Operations at Siemens in Congleton.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty One

New factories and facilities, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Cummins’ new £14m Powertrain Test Facility in Darlington, Dutch-owned paint and coatings manufacturer AkzoNobel’s £10m investment in Slough, sweet manufacturer Swizzels’ new factory in Middlewich, a new production facility in the UK for American-owned packaging manufacturer Crown, AESSEAL’s new Rotherham-based ‘Factory of the Future’, Leicester’s new £100m Space Park and lots more. Will Butler-Adams, CEO of innovative British bicycle manufacturer Brompton, is our special guest.

EP40
Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Forty

Major recruitment drives, new factories, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Triumph’s UK expansion programme, Vauxhall’s new Ellesmere Port facility, Aston Martin’s partnership with Britishvolt, GS Yuasa’s new UK headquarters, Ball Corporation’s new Kettering plant, the refreshed National Shipbuilding Strategy and lots more. Michael Gibbs, Managing Director of Lesjöfors Heavy Springs UK, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Nine

Major recruitment drives, new factories, an array of huge investments and thousands of new jobs on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Brompton’s new £100 million factory and global HQ in Kent, Dyson’s recruitment drive, Lockheed Martin’s plans to invest £50m establishing a new site in the UK, British Steel’s new £26m facility, Panattoni’s £700 million redevelopment of Honda’s former plant in Swindon, Pukka Pies’ latest investment, Ultimate Battery Company’s new £28m factory in Sheffield and lots more. James Fudge, the Manufacturing Technologies Association’s Head of Operations, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Eight

We don’t make anything anymore? With an annual output of £183 billion, the UK is the 9th largest manufacturer in the world. 2.5 million people are employed in this vital sector. James Brougham, Make UK’s Senior Economist, discusses the organisations’ latest annual analysis of the sector – https://bit.ly/MakeUK22 – (which debunks multiple myths) on this week’s special edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We also feature major recruitment drives by Aston Martin and MBDA, a host of new factories, a raft of major investments and lots more.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Seven

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, major investments and new factories aplenty on this week’s bumper edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature SeAH Wind’s £300m manufacturing plant on Teesside, Essar Oil’s £45m investment, Polestar’s new facility in the Midlands, Indian-owned Piramal Pharma Solutions’ ££55m investment in the UK, a significant milestone for Orbex, new factories for Hybrid Air Vehicles and Stovax & Gazco, Aston Martin’s latest recruitment drive and lots more. Dr Graham Cooley, ITM Power’s CEO, is our special guest

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Six

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, major investments and new factories aplenty on this week’s bumper edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Jaguar Land Rover, Britishvolt, Rolls-Royce, OLA Electric, Airbus, Gordon Murray Automotive, Bentley Motors, Noble Automotive and much more. Sterling Thermal Technology’s CEO, Emrah Gozturk, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Five

Gigafactories, battery recycling plants, new facilities, hundreds of new jobs and major investments aplenty on this week’s special episode of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We discuss the new £2.5bn West Midlands Gigafactory, Veolia’s new battery recycling plant, BAE’s huge contribution to the UK, MSC’s new technology centre, Excell Metal Spinning’s expansion programme, In-Comm Training’s recruitment drive and positive news from Lotus, Bentley and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Our special guest, Lee Rowley MP, Minister for Industry at BEIS, discusses the importance of the British manufacturing sector, the government’s inward invest strategy, skills and regional growth.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Three

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, major investments and new factories aplenty on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature BAE Systems’ major recruitment drive, BioPure Technology’s new factory, Frog Bikes’ expansion, Invertek Drive’s £10m investment, British Offsite’s new production facility, BMW Group’s 2022 apprentice recruitment programme, very positive news for the British manufacturing sector in the latest UK manufacturing PMI data and much more. Troy Barratt, Contract Engineering’s Managing Director, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty Two

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, major investments and new factories aplenty on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Sheffield Forgemaster’s partnership with Rolls-Royce’s SMR programme, an update regarding Rivian’s plans to potentially build a factory in the UK, a major milestone for Triumph Motorcycles, a new £110m offshore wind tower production facility in Scotland, Magtec’s new factory in Rotherham, REE Automotive’s new UK facility, Renishaw’s recruitment drive and much more. Peter Graves, ITC Tooling’s Managing Director, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty One

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, major investments and new factories aplenty on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Nissan’s £13.2 billion electrification programme, the return of historic British marque BSA Motorcycles, Griffon Hovercraft’s record £25 million Japanese export order, Babcock’s new ‘frigate factory’ and plans to create 500 jobs, Smurfit Kappa’s £34m investment programme, Harrison Spinks’ recruitment drive, Owen Mumford’s new £14m factory, BP’s new hydrogen plant and much more. Matt Pearson, MANN+HUMMEL’s Industrial Key Account Manager, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirty

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, major investments and new factories aplenty on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature AstraZeneca’s new £1 billion research centre in Cambridge, the UK’s first hydrogen-powered train fleet, a major milestone for Rolls-Royce’s Trent engine programme, ZF Group’s new £70 million technical centre in Solihull, Ardagh Metal Packaging’s planned £149 million factory in Northern Ireland, historic British sports car manufacturer TVR’s new Ebbw Vale factory, electric truck manufacturer Tevva’s new UK assembly plant and much more. Oliver North, Venari Group’s CEO,  is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Twenty Nine

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, new factories and major investments aplenty on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Norton’s new multi-million pound factory in Solihull, Rolls-Royce’s Small Modular Reactor programme which could create 40,000 jobs, ITM Power’s new £55m factory in Sheffield, Almac’s huge recruitment drive, British Salt’s new Cheshire facility, Coca-Cola’s £11m investment, Tiger Trailers’ expansion, a major contract win for Devon’s Appledore shipyard and much more. Rich Proctor, AME-3D’s Managing Director, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Twenty Eight

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, new factories and major investments aplenty on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Ibstock Brick’s new £50m factory, JCB’s multi-billion pound hydrogen deal, the restarting of Liberty Steel’s Rotherham plant, a new £17m factory for Lontra in Doncaster, Norton’s new superbike, HellermannTyton’s £9 million factory investment, BAE’s new factory in Barrow, Kawasaki Precision Machinery’s recruitment drive, Rolls-Royce’s partnership with the Qatar Foundation and much more. Darren Veal, Technical Support & Commissioning Manager at Cornwall-based Kensa Heat Pumps, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Twenty Seven

On this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast we feature positive news from the British Manufacturer including a £100 million investment from JCB, £230 million investment for Ford at its Halewood plant,  and huge intake numbers from Bentley Motors. We also discuss the Budget and the impact on the Uk manufacturing sector. Christopher Greenough of SDE Technology is this week’s special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Twenty Six

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, new factories and major investments aplenty on this week’s special edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature UKBIC’s recruitment drive, Liberty Steel’s £50 million investment, Ford Dagenham’s 90th anniversary celebrations, a new multi-million pound factory for CMR Surgical in Cambridgeshire and review all the recent major UK automotive stories. Patrick Bion, Arrival’s VP of Product, is our our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Twenty Five

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, new factories and major investments aplenty on this week’s bumper edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature JDR Cable System’s new £130 million factory, JCB’s ramp-up in production, Perspex International’s £30 million expansion, HGV trailer manufacturer Don-Bur’s recruitment drive, Envision AESC’s £450 million gigafactory in Sunderland, Britvic’s £27m Rugby factory investment, Babcock’s £1.25 billion Type 31 frigate programme and lots more. Nic Thomas, Nissan’s Marketing Director, is our special guest. Subscribe to the Great British Manufacturing Podcast here

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Twenty Four

Formula One, reshoring, electric vehicles, batteries, new factories, thousands of new jobs, major investments, new apprentices, trains, Coca-Cola and the return of the Mini Moke on this week’s bumper Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Aston Martin’s new £200m F1 factory, Polestar’s expansion, Spirit AeroSystems’ new £28m innovation centre, Coca-Cola’s £28m factory investment, a new £300m food production campus in Derby, Rolls-Royce’s first all-electric aircraft, Alstom’s Cairo monorail project, Siemens Gamesa’s £186m Hull plant expansion and lots more. Hermann Schweizer, Faradion’s CTO, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Twenty Three

Electric vehicles, new factories, major investments, hundreds of new jobs, mining machinery, vacuum cleaners, fruit juice and even Quavers on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature PepsiCo’s £24m Lincoln factory investment, JCB’s recruitment drive, Numatic International’s new factory, Britishvolt’s gigafactory, a new factory for Tribe Technology and an update on the reports that Rivian is considering a new plant in the UK. Excell Metal Spinning’s Curtis Bligh is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Twenty Two

Thousands of new jobs, contract wins, new factories and major investments aplenty on this week’s special edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast as we take a look back at the positive industry news from the last month. Dozens of manufacturers are featured, including British Steel, Nissan, Lotus, Airbus, Gestamp, Wrightbus, Komatsu, WEVC, Wren and Siemens. Hone-All Precision’s Andrea Wilson is our guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Twenty One

New factories, batteries, aircraft, packaging, hundreds of new jobs, steel and even plant-based snacks on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature British Steel’s £26m investment,  Komatsu’s recruitment drive, Kite Packaging’s new £50m facility in Coventry, Winterbotham Darby’s new factory, positive news for Airbus’s Broughton plant and Magna’s new multi-million factory in Sunderland. James Fudge, the Manufacturing Technologies Association’s Head of Operations, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Twenty

New factories, hydrogen, hundreds of new jobs, batteries and even bread rolls on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Wrightbus’ major recruitment drive, Sandvik Coromant’s new innovation centre in Halesowen, Village Bakery’s new production facility, the government’s hydrogen strategy, funding for BMW, new contracts, and jobs at Gestamp and WEVC’s two new factories. Sara Duff, MRPeasy‘s UK Country Manager, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Nineteen

New factories, wind turbines, aero engines, hundreds of new jobs, inward investment and even gritting machines on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Sandvik Coromant’s new innovation centre in Halesowen, Lotus’ latest recruitment drive, Siemens Gamesa’s £186m expansion of its Hull blade factory, Rolls-Royce’s order from German airline Condor, Econ’s £7m investment and GRI Renewables’ new £78m factory. Ben Morgan, Research Director of the Sheffield-based Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Eighteen

Fighter jets, hundreds of new jobs, satellites, a new gigafactory, major investments, electric vehicles, bricks, chocolate and even kitchens on week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Airbus’ new £35m facility in Stevenage, Envision AESC’s £450m Sunderland gigafactory, Wren Kitchen’s £20m factory, a £27m investment by Forterra, Hotel Chocolat’s recruitment drive, £250m of funding for the UK’s Tempest programme, and lots more. Katy Davies, MD of CamdenBoss, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Seventeen

Hundreds of new jobs, new factories, electric vehicles, steel, digital manufacturing, milk production and even bobsleighs on this week’s eclectic Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Sheffield Forgemasters,  a £53m digital manufacturing investment, Nissan’s latest recruitment drive in Sunderland, a £25m investment by Arla, Dynamo Motor Company’s ambitious expansion plans, a very generous donation by a former JCB engineer and lots more. John Stanbridge, GB Bobsleigh Development Pilot, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Sixteen

New factories, record export orders, pharmaceuticals, drive systems, electric buses, batteries and even aluminium cans on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature the new £130 million UKBIC facility in Coventry, Magtec’s new Rotherham factory, a new production facility at Ford Dagenham, a huge export order for Alexander Dennis, Ball Corporation’s new manufacturing plant and GSK’s ambitious development plans which could create 5,000 jobs. The University of Wolverhampton Racing’s Shane Kelly is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Fifteen

A new gigafactory, thousands of jobs, new factories, PPE, glass bottles, patrol aircraft, chocolate and even lithium on this week’s eclectic Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature a proposed new gigafactory in Coventry, Danfoss’ new £25m innovation centre, Encirc’s plans to decarbonise and create 250 jobs, Boeing’s £233.5m Poseidon P-8A maritime patrol aircraft fleet support contract, Hotel Chocolat’s expansion and recruitment drive, Medicom’s new Northamptonshire factory, Mirus’ new £4m test centre in Norfolk and lots more. Jeremy Wrathall, Founder and CEO of Cornish Lithium, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Fourteen

Electric cars and vans, a new gigafactory, thousands of new jobs, new factories, armoured vehicles for the British Army and even monopiles on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Vauxhall’s £100 million investment, Bakkavor’s huge recruitment drive, SeAH’s new £260m production facility, the start of production at WEFL’s new factory, Britishvolt’s £2.6bn gigafactory and Lotus’ stunning new Emira model. Phil Wild, CEO of James Cropper Plc, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Thirteen

Electric cars, beer, cider, a gigafactory, new factories, ambulances, trains, new jobs and the world’s first electric campervan on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Nissan’s £1 billion investment, JCB’s latest recruitment drive, Venari’s new Dagenham factory, Hyster-Yale’s new £5m facility, Molson Coors’ £25m investment and LEVC’s electric campervan. Willian Santos, International Sales manager at Barnsley-based ABI Electronics, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Twelve

Electric aircraft, boats, cars, batteries, new factories, furniture and even concrete on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Roll-Royce’s latest £80m investment, Sheffield Forgemasters’ apprenticeship programme, Princes Group’s £60 Cardiff factory investment, a £36m contract win for Marine Specialised Technology, Bentley’s new facility in Crewe, GS Yuasa’s investment at its factory in Ebbw Vale, Aggregate Industries’ new concrete plant and  and a new factory for Symphony Group. Gareth Jones, MD of In-Comm Training, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Eleven

Cars, hydrogen, new factories, sweets, gigafactories and even flying taxis on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Jaguar Land Rovers hydrogen-powered prototype, Haribo’s £22m investment at its West Yorkshire factory, Nissan’s new Quashqai following a £400m investment, new factories for Efinor, BioPure Technology and IDMH, and Vertical Aerospace’s latest round of investment and its burgeoning orders. Fhaheen Khan, Make UK’s Senior Economist, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Ten

Engines, electric vehicles, new factories, aircraft, trailers and even Lucozade on this week’s eclectic Great British Manufacturing Podcast! We feature Airbus’ new £40 million research centre in Filton, Mona Island Dairy’s £20 million investment, new distribution centres for Cummins and Jaguar Land Rover, SureScreen Diagnostics’ new factory, Suntory’s £6 million sustainability investment and German-owned trailer manufacturer Schmitz Cargobull’s new factory in Manchester. Finlay Clark, Chief of Growth at pioneering electric vehicle manufacturer, Arrival, is our special guest.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Nine

Cars, cheese, packaging, new factories, wind turbine blades, plasterboard, aircraft, huge investments and and tomato ketchup on this week’s eclectic Great British Manufacturing Podcast! We feature Kraft Heinz’s £140m investment at its Kitt Green plant, Rolls-Royce’s new £90m testbed in Derby, SAICA’s £50m West Lothian factory, a £52m investment by Nissan, a great interview with BAE Systems, Dairy Partners’ new £15m factory, Lotus’ £100m investment and new model, GE’s blade factory on Teesside and lots more…

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Eight

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng discusses inward investment, industrial strategy, Nissan, AstraZeneca, Tesla and much more on this week’s special edition of the Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We also feature Glass Futures’ new £54m R&D facility in St Helens, the Tempest future combat air programme, IAE’s £15m investment, Bentley Motors, McCain’s expansion and Astonish’s new £20m factory in Bradford.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast Episode Seven

New factories, motorbikes, nuclear reactors and even crumpets on this week’s eclectic Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Warburtons £56m investment programme, positive news from Jaguar Land Rover, Norton’s new Solihull factory, an insightful interview with Will Watson, MTD’s Marketing Manager, AstraZeneca’s new production facility, the small modular reactor programme led by Rolls-Royce that could create 40,000 British jobs and lots more…

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast – Episode Six

Supercars, tanks, packaging, the rebirth of a historic car manufacturer and even fish on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast. We feature Gordon Murray Group’s £300m investment, 400 new jobs at Young’s Seafood, a £100m investment by sustainable packaging manufacturer DS Smith, positive news from Aston Martin and Bentley, a fascinating interview with Peter Rolton, Chairman of Britishvolt, and an £800m contract win for Telford-based RBSL

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast – Episode Five

Trains, vans, engines, Coca-Cola, apprenticeships and even jet suits on this week’s eclectic Great British Manufacturing Podcast… We feature Red Bull’s new factory, positive news from the UK’s automotive manufacturers, a great interview with Will Wilson, CEO of Siemens Mobility, and record growth for the British manufacturing sector.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast – Episode Four

Bricks, potatoes, and lots of cars on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast… We feature Ibstock’s £60m investment, a new facility for Branston, 20 years of the modern MINI, a £30m investment in the UK by French-owned manufacturer Saint-Gobain, a great interview with Venari’s CEO Oliver North and the huge expansion plans announced by Lotus.

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast – Episode Three

An eclectic mix on this week’s Great British Manufacturing Podcast….Submarines, frigates, new factories, new jobs, a great interview with SDE Technology’s CCO and SME champion Chris Greenough, a £120m investment by Sheffield Forgemasters, Tata Steel’s £25m upgrade of its Corby site and much more. The European Super League even gets a mention!

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Great British Manufacturing Podcast – Episode One

Join us for the inaugural episode of what promises to be a great podcast series covering all facets of the UK’s manufacturing sector. In this first episode, we review some of the best British manufacturing stories this year, including chocolate, beer and motorbikes! Tune in for our take on Siemens’ new £200m train factory, Cadbury reshoring Dairy Milk production, Norton’s new Solihull factory and much, much more… It’s a bumper first episode!

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