SMEs - the backbone of UK manufacturing(01/11/2011)
With recession snapping at our heels once more, it is all too easy to fall into a despond about the future of the UK’s manufacturing sector. But despite the depressing economic reports of late, manufacturing appears to be holding up – and it’s not just the big companies that are keeping the wolf from the door, as Les Hunt discovered during a recent chat with SME proprietor, Gordon Day