A tiny fraction of the UK's small business community accounts for two thirds of all private sector employment, a new report revealed today.
01 May 2012
UK economic growth will require new products, new ideas and a new generation of trained innovators to provide them. Is industry the best source of such talents? In association with Bosch UK, MT's panel of experts debate the issue and point the way forward.
15 Mar 2012
| by Ian Wilson
The founder of WFEL, a manufacturer of temporary bridges for the military, has shared his 'Dream Budget' with MT. From capital allowances to tax breaks for exporters, here's Ian Wilson's big wish list.
15 Mar 2012
| by Michael Oliver
Michael Oliver founded his specialist valve company 30 years ago from his garage. He's seen Budgets - and indeed governments - come and go. Here's what he would like to see Osborne pull out of the red briefcase next week.
23 Dec 2011
| by Matthew Gwyther and Andrew Saunders
From playing cowboys and Indians with Churchill to DJing at Annabel's, Aggreko's CEO has had a colourful past. And the present is no less dramatic.
All warm on the export front as Q3 results show massive growth in overseas sales.
Unemployment has hit 2.64 million in the UK but some sectors will be worse off than others.
01 Oct 2011
| by MT Staff
Best known in the UK for its luckless Derby train factory, the Canadian firm also makes jet aircraft, but it started out producing snowmobiles.
29 Sep 2011
'[Trying] to do an equity deal... against a cash bid, is like playing uphill and into the wind' - David Roper, chief executive of turnaround specialist Melrose, on why the company pulled out of the running for engineer Charter, clearing the way for American manufacturing group Colfax.
Alan Sugar might have been wrong, but when it comes to engineering, our Government could certainly take some cues from its Chinese counterpart.