The UK Manufacturing and Engineering Heritage

He has raised the valid point that if the UK made a concerted effort to invest at grass roots level then we could be once again an international leader in our field, similar to the recent improved successes of the UK Olympic team. The need to invest early in our upcoming sports stars was recognised in the early 90's, the fruition of which was evident at the Beijing Olympics. Instead Manufacturing and Engineering is still impeded by bureaucracy and red tape in Government, they have the resource and influence to revive the attraction in manufacturing and engineering by working in partnership with industry leaders. Manufacturing organisations need to remain competitive to survive and so need to outsource production or relocate to low cost countries such as Asia, Eastern Europe and probably South America once they have their infrastructure organised. However, the epitome of the demise for me is the chance that Aston Martin, a British Institution, are planning on rolling out production of its new model to Austria and are planning production of the re-launch of the classic Lagonda outside of the UK also. The bicycle was the brain child of James Starley, Thomas Edison enlightened the world with the first electric light bulb and Isambard Kingdom Brunel revolutionised modern day transport and engineering with designs of pioneering steamships and large scale civil projects. Manufacturing and Engineering is part of what makes Britain Great.