WEEKLY DIGEST

Things we've found on British manufacturing, making and design (sources in brackets) this week:

How Derby is uniting over Bombardier cuts (FT)

'Romanticising the handmade', according to Justin McGuirk (The Guardian)

Behind the scenes on the Cherchbi production line (Cherchbi blog)

Nissan's Sunderland factory has been breaking world records (Repair a Car)

Image from the Cherchbi blog

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

A fruitful week of M&I related news. Some great interviews:

"The likes of Burberry have gone off to China, us lot, the small guys are keeping the factories going," says Oliver Spencer in this video interview

"We don't have a manufacturing base any more." Kenneth Grange in the Financial Times

Some good news:

Eco-friendly trains to be made in the UK

And some bad:

Rising duty on beer 'will cost 2000 jobs in West Midlands'

And a whole bunch of fighting talk:

A case for making in the UK from the founder of Bulldog skincare, Simon Duffy

Manufacturing the 'only real answer' to rebalancing the UK economy says Alan Rudge at Cranfield's second National Manufacturing Debate

Manufacturing 'not finished' says Roger Bootle, a leading economist