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Festival of Britain – Design Review

June 7, 2024 — 0 Comments

D Day 80 the supply challenge

The supply challenge that faced the British army on D Day

This Time No Mistakes – how to remake Britain

A survey of British socio-economic history with a plan for future prosperity

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 […]