This brochure gives an overview of the UK automotive industry in 2006, highlighting the breadth of the sector from designers and specialist manufacturers through the volume car makers to the UK's remarkable powertrain sector.

This report into the link between skills and productivity provides an insight into how British business will be competing globally in the future. The EEF's survey work provides some hope that firms are closing the productivity gap with their competitors, although the picture varies with company size.

An annual look at statistics on productivity, investment, skills and competition including useful analysis by DTI and Treasury economists.

This exclusive report, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers and AUTOFACTS, provides a complete guide to understanding how retail markets across the globe will change in the future and clearly identifies the sector’s key trends, showing how they are set to affect your interests in the key markets.

This report focusses on who supplies whom in the European auto industry.

The UK motorsport cluster has for decades maintained a leading global position. The Panel believes, however, that a series of urgent co-ordinated actions is required in order to ensure that this position is retained, in the face of increasing overseas competition and global economic pressures. These recommended actions would strengthen both the sport and the industry that it generates, as well as creating new opportunities for motorsport to broaden its links with other sectors.

The Automotive Innovation and Growth Team (AIGT) was chaired by Sir Ian Gibson and reported on 16th May 2002. This short summary sets out the group's main recommendations.

The Automotive Innovation and Growth Team (AIGT) was chaired by Sir Ian Gibson and reported on 16th May 2002. This is the full set of reports produced by the group.

This publication was developed during the Lean Processing Programme (LEAP) which ran from 1997 to 2000. The programme was sponsored by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (Innovative Manufacturing Initiative) and a network of UK automotive /steel supply chain firms: Corus, Thyssen Krupp Automotive Body Products, TKA Chassis Camford, Tallent Engineering Lid, GKN Autos true lures Ltd, Steel & Alloy Processing Ltd, LDV Ltd and Wagon Automotive -UK/USA.

The SMMT commissioned Automotive Advisors & Associates to conduct a survey amongst the European automotive manufacturers and their largest first-tier suppliers about the growth prospects of the European automotive supply industry and the priority actions for suppliers and governments.

Issued in 2002 this gives the government’s view of the manufacturing and what needs to be done for UK firms to compete.

This brochure includes an overview of the techniques available for investment appraisal, including worked examples of ROCE, NPV and ARR calculations.