Research & Publications

Working independently and with the EEF we are committed to providing timely and thought-provoking research and analysis, allowing us to provide valuable insight and commentary on key industry issues and trends for the manufacturing sector.

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The partnership between EEF and BDO continues to growth from strength to strength and our new flagship quarterly publication, the Engineering Outlook, is testament to our commitment to the industry, bringing you up-to-the-minute sector analysis and forecasting.

The Changing Shape of UK Manufacturing

Over the past two years we have experienced the deepest recession the country and the developed world economies have seen since the 1930s. There is little doubt that this recession and its impact on developed economies will have speeded up the transfer of economic power fromWest to East. It has also had a fundamental and massively detrimental impact on the UK economy – one that is likely to be felt for several years.

Manufacturing 60 Second Survey

The 60 second survey is a quarterly email communication aimed at finding out the views of senior executives from the Manufacturing sector on the economy, their growth plans and the current status of their business confidence.

Manufacturing Advantage

Over the past three years, BDO Stoy Hayward have worked with the the EEF to produce this research. Our latest report looks at how UK manufacturers have responded to a changing global landscape.

Produced by BDO and EEF this report considers the issues of the global economy and financial crisis, and how they are likely to be addressed over the next 12 months. The report also looks at how the various manufacturing sub sectors will fare over the next 12 months and identify the "winners and losers".

Manufacturing, however you define it in this global economy, is an enduring UK success story - the country with the twenty-second largest population is still the seventh biggest in terms of manufacturing output. This report, commissioned by BDO, identifies the characteristics which enable manufacturers to prevail, and the challenges which have to be addressed, and considers the views of a number of directors whose companies have made an impact.