Edison – British Manufacturing History

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Who else shaped the manufacturing world – American and European electricity.

April 23, 2024 — 0 Comments

More elephants

The British are great manufacturers, which is why: So many men born elsewhere chose to develop their ideas here; So many overseas companies chose to buy British manufacturers So many overseas companies chose Britain as a place to build manufacturing plants. Why don’t British public companies agree with their foreign counterparts? Why don’t British governments […]

Review of Vehicles to Vaccines

Thrilled to receive this affirmation for Vehicles to Vaccines from Kelvin Bray for twenty-five years managing director of Ruston Gas Turbines (and its successors). “You have done a truly outstanding job in condensing a huge amount of data into a very readable, even compelling volume – I was surprised at how much I read on […]

Vehicles to Vaccines published 4 December 2023

I am delighted to announce that Vehicles to Vaccines has been published by APS Books. British Manufacturing was the envy of the world; it led the way. In time other nations caught up and indeed overtook the British in value of output. In 1951, manufacturing employed one third of the workforce; in the twenty-first century […]

A Review in the Historian Magazine

The Historian is the magazine of the Historical Association which serves historians, history teachers and enthusiasts throughout the UK. I feel it as a great privilege that they reviewed and published a review of my latest book How Britain Shaped the Manufacturing World. The review balances positivity with criticism. The writer’s life is a solitary […]

A Question of Balance

The world is facing multiple crises and politicians are scrambling for short term solutions. We live in a short term world. So many commercial and infrastructure assets are now owned by asset managers whose sole purpose is to achieve competitive returns for their investors, and, of course, themselves. In the UK, company law doesn’t help, […]