Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt recently unveiled plans to hold a Manufacturing Summit to tackle the tough challenges facing manufacturing firms in every region and nation of the UK.Announcing the Manufacturing Summit, Patricia Hewitt said: "There is real pain in our manufacturing industry - workers with 10, 20 and 30 years of skill and experience gutted to find themselves thrown out of work."I shall be holding a Manufacturing Summit, bringing together the development agencies, the TUC, CBI and the devolved administrations - people who can act today and build manufacturing industry for the future.
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