GUEST ARTICLE: Why UK manufacturing needs to start focusing on value over cost
This article sees Graham Mercer, MD of bathroom and kitchen surface supplier Rearo, suggest that UK manufacturers for the construction industry can no longer afford to compete with imported products from low-cost manufacturing nations, particularly China.
Using the experience of his own business over the past year, Graham argues that high fuel costs, carbon emissions and uncertainty over supply chain reliability caused by global conflicts have forced UK manufacturers to confront an uncomfortable reckoning…