WEEKLY DIGEST

The week's stories in manufacturing, making and design in the UK:

Dorset Brewing Company opens new brewhouse to meet demand

The Department of Business and Innovation (BIS) is planning an event during the 2012 Olympics to support British manufacturing

Production of new Minis to come from Oxfordshire factory

Bad news for Bombardier as it misses out on Thameslink project to Siemens

Fashion company N Brown is using a 'handful' of Midlands based suppliers

WEEKLY DIGEST

John Rushton By Ivan Ogilvie from Ivan Ogilvie on Vimeo.

The week's stories on manufacturing and design in the UK:

John Rushton on English shoes in a video from Utile (also above)

Margareta Pagano makes a good argument in The Independent on what needs to be done to ensure the UK's manufacturing sector continues to grow

An in-depth article on Moorhouse, the Burnley based brewery from The Publican's Morning Advertiser

Meanwhile, the brewing industry braces itself for barley shortage

How traditional satchels made by a Cambridge mother and daughter became a global hit (admittedly this story actually made the news last week but was missed)

Nice post on Scottish knitwear for children over on Make it British

Spitalfields Life visits the Algha Spectacle Works in Hackney Wick, London

Coventry pride at making of Olympic torch

Two good bits of news for the auto industry this week, Mini safeguards 5,000 jobs with announcement it'll make new cars here. Meanwhile, Nissan also announces it will make the new Qashqai in the UK

Oh, and not that anyone mentioned it, but there's a parliamentary search for the 'Best of British Manufacturing' going on

WEEKLY DIGEST

Limited edition Minis to be decked out with Rolls Royce interior touches

Reasonable Royal Wedding product alert: Stoke brewery partners with pottery to produce ceramic bottle

Life at the Dyson R&D dept sounds pretty fun

Retailer to fund UK manufacturing apprenticeships

First new MG in 16 years rolls off production line at Longbridge, Birmingham