Following a brief hiatus over Christmas and the new year, it's a bumper digest of UK manufacturing stories this week.On the success of German manufacturing (Guardian)
UK manufacturing has reasons to be optimistic in 2012 (The Manufacturer)
UK manufacturing sector stagnant (Guardian)
Bentley posts 37% surge in sales (Guardian)
Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce records record sales thanks to Asian market (Guardian)
Welsh clothing label Howies is going independent once again (Howies)
Brands look to rebuild British textile industry (MEN)
Martin Parr's Black Country Stories opens on 20th January at The New Art Gallery Walsall (Multistory)
Open call for Designers in Residence 2012 (Design Museum)
A lovely profile of expert joiner Dave Thompson (Spitalfields Life)
Inside the Efgeeco factory, Balham (Andrews of Arcadia Scrapbook)
Picture from Spitalfields Life
