Chris Courtney, UK Research and Innovation, and Francisco Betti, World Economic Forum, continue their conversation with PTC's Nick Leeder about the much talked about 'levelling up' of the UK.

If the UK government is to deliver on its much-stated goal of tackling regional economic inequality in the UK, it must focus more on UK manufacturing as it plays a huge part in addressing these disparities .

It would be an understatement to say that the forecast looks decidedly mixed for UK manufacturing post-Brexit. 

On the one hand, data from the IHS Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for March and April is encouraging. Two consecutive months of strong growth in output, order books and employment would seem to bode well for the sector.   

On the other hand, profitability has dropped to its lowest level for a decade, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).  

And both studies observe that the sector faces strong headwinds as it navigates the post-Brexit era.  

PTC's Nick Leeder is joined by Francisco Betti, head of advanced manufacturing at the World Economic Forum, and Chris Courtney, Challenge Director of the Manufacturing Made Smarter programme at UK Research and Innovation, to chat about what this potentially means for UK manufacturing, and what's next.

A new education blueprint for creating future industrial talent is being developed in the heart of Luton by a former engineer turned teacher.  

PTC's Paul Haimes chats to Daniel Pallett, Senior Teacher and Engineering Lead at the Chiltern Academy (part of the Chiltern Learning Trust) about the need for greater collaboration, a more focused curriculum and a central pot of Government funding for shared resource.

Climate change is fast becoming everybody’s problem, as communities worldwide increasingly bear the brunt of droughts, floods, storms, forest fires and rising seas.  

The manufacturing and production sector has a big contribution to make in tackling the threat. It’s an engine of economic growth and social development, certainly, but it’s also responsible for producing 20% of global CO2 emissions and consuming 54% of the world’s energy, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) reports and online data. 

Join PTC's Paul Haimes as he talks to Beatriz Fernandez who is leading the World Economic Forum's Carbon Reduction in Manufacturing Initiative.

Stannah is a UK manufacturer with a rich 150 year old history.  Listen in as Ross Pascoe, chief technology and design officer at Stannah, and Dave Hughes, presales director at PTC, have an insighful conversation about the transformative impact of digital technologies.