Government launches £300m manufacturing R&D funding push

Cecilia Keating
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14 projects across the UK clinch funding in first round of government's 'Manufacturing Made Smarter' challenge, geared at streamlining supply chains and slashing waste

Fourteen industrial research projects geared at improving productivity and reducing waste in the manufacturing sector have snapped up £50m in the first round of the government's new Manufacturing Made...

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