Make UK and PwC Executive Survey 2022 - Agility and Resilience

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About the event.

Make UK in association with PwC, will publish the Executive Survey 2022 Harnessing Agility and Resilience on the 10th of January. Join us and our panel of leading manufacturers and senior political figures to discuss the findings of the report, and learn more about Britain’s manufacturers’ positive growth outlook and confidence in the prospects for their own companies in the year ahead. In particular, the strategies being adopted to build resilience and agility such as supply chain reviews, investing in people, innovation and green technologies.

The report findings come from our recent survey tracking manufacturer’s expectations for the year ahead and insights about the sector’s potential for growth, challenges and opportunities across the UK economy and globally. The webinar will dive into the Executive Survey 2022 themes focusing on the transition to net zero and job creation in former industrial towns, securing the necessary skills, and how businesses can adapt to change in 2022.

The panel will discuss insights from the report including:

• Manufacturers’ key challenges, including the current global environment, escalating inflationary pressures, and recruitment and retention of talent and key skills 
• Manufacturers’ views on the opportunities for their businesses in 2022 outweighing the risks – the UK remains a competitive location for manufacturing
• The strategies manufacturers are adopting to build resilience and agility into their business by looking at their supply chain, investing in people, innovation and green technologies. Key themes to be discussed: 
• Economic conditions for doing business in the UK 
• Investment opportunities and challenges, particularly for greater productivity and sustainability 
• Net zero and sustainability goals, including investing in green technologies
• Securing skills, recruitment and retention
• Adapting to change in the post-Brexit and post-pandemic world, including building resilience into business models highlighted by supply chain issues

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Chair and panel: 

• Chair, Dan Thomas, Business Editor, FT
• Cara Haffey, Automotive and Manufacturing Leader, PwC UK
• Stephen Phipson CBE, Chief Executive, Make UK 
• Verity Davidge, Policy Director, Make UK
• Adam Hawksbee, Deputy Director, Onward
• Seema Malhotra MP Labour, and Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers
• Mark Pawsey MP Conservative, and Chair of the All Parliamentary Manufacturing Group (APMG)
• Stephen Harrison, CEO Harrison Wipes