At the EEF's annual conference last week, the media scrum surrounding the keynote speakers from Westminster showed the importance of keeping manufacturing on the political agenda. The urgency to sustain the renaissance of late and ensure the UK capitalises on the opportunities posed by the impending technological revolution put the issues of funding and investment, productivity and skills high on the agenda. You could put a cigarette paper between the pledges of the two speakers, Ed Miliband and Matthew Hancock, who both championed the cause of the 'backbone of the UK economy', its manufacturers.
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