The Future of British Manufacturing
January 5, 2009 – 10:04 pmA Chap called Alex Singleton, in the DT posed the following question – “Is China overtaking the UK in manufacturing quality ?” This was based apparently on him visiting a UK store to buy stuff like suitcases, luggage and was confronted with a cheap version made in the UK and a more expensive version made in China, I think.
To be honest I found his approach all rather odd, he seemed to be writing about Britain and other similar Western countries having to concentrate on “designing stuff and intellectual property” which rather reminded me of being at Art School and studying Fine Art. “How will you make a living ?” To which the answer was to get a job teaching Fine Art in an Art School whilst you built a reputation as an Artist. It never seemed a credible career path so I didn’t finish the course.









