EEF Podcasts

Over the last few months, EEF Venues has been running a campaign that looks at ‘The Business of Wellbeing’ and most specifically, the creation of a business case for implementing wellbeing initiatives in companies. This month, we met up with Jason Allan Scott, one of our contributors at the roundtable, a serial entrepreneur, event industry leader and the founder of the Calisthetic Games.

In an all new Google Minisode of Manufacturing on the Hop, EEF Chief Economist Lee Hopley looks at the frequently searched questions relating to productivity in the UK, including: "Why does productivity matter?". Lee is joined by Head of Business Environment Policy, Chris Richards and Economist Francesco Arcangeli.

Episode 5 in the Google Minisode series of Manufacturing on the Hop looks at the frequently searched question: "What does the future hold for UK manufacturing?" EEF Chief Economist Lee Hopley is joined by EEF's Senior Business Environment Policy Adviser, Chris Richards to provide some answers.

Episode 4 in the Google Minisode series of Manufacturing on the Hop focuses on the frequently searched question: "Why does UK manufacturing matter?". EEF Chief Economist Lee Hopley is joined by Economist Martyn Jenkins to discuss.

In the third instalment of the Manufacturing on the Hop 'Google Minisodes' series, EEF Chief Economist Lee Hopley is joined by economist Francesco Arcangeli to answer the question frequently searched for: "Why has UK manufacturing declined?"

In episode two of the Manufacturing on the Hop Google Minisodes series, EEF Chief Economist Lee Hopley looks at another question frequently searched for: "What is it like to work in UK manufacturing?" Joining Lee is Verity Davidge, EEF's Senior Employment and Skills Policy Adviser.

In this new series of minisodes of Manufacturing on the Hop, EEF Chief Economist Lee Hopley looks to answer some of the top questions asked on Google about the UK manufacturing sector. This first episode focuses on the question: "What is UK manufacturing?"

Britain’s manufacturers have begun 2018 in the same upbeat manner they left last year on the back of the continued improvement in global demand together with a pick-up in the UK market, according to a major survey published by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP. EEF Chief Economist Lee Hopley looks at the key headlines of the report.

Experts from EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, and Oracle discuss how manufacturers will need to develop new skills in their workforce through training to meet the pace of change of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Martin Strutt, a 4IR expert at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, and Vikram Singla, of Oracle, discuss how digitisation is changing the nature of the manufacturing workplace and job roles.