The New Normal
Peter Day travels to the British Midlands, the country's manufacturing heartland, to find out how businesses are coping with the New Normal, an economy with no growth.
Peter Day travels to the British Midlands to find out how beleaguered manufacturers are coping with the most difficult economy in decades. The region used to be the metal bashing heartland of the country but now manufacturers, service providers and entrepreneurs starting their own companies are all struggling to find a way to keep profitable in an era of low growth. What lessons have been learned over the past five years and how can the past help plan the way forward for the future?
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Contributors to this programme
Stuart Fell
Chairman, Metal Assemblies Ltd
Mark Smith
Regional Chairman, Price Waterhouse Coopers Birmingham
Mike Molesworth
Managing Director, Dennis Eagle
Dr Mark Swift
Head of SME Programmes at Warwick Manufacturing Group
Jim Griffin
Managing Director, Automotive Insulations
Professor Irene Ng,
Head of Service Systems Research, WMG, Warwick University
Broadcasts
- Sat 19 Jan 201311:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Sat 19 Jan 201319:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Sun 20 Jan 201304:32GMTBBC World Service Online
- Sun 20 Jan 201315:32GMTBBC World Service Online


