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What does the future hold for Britains biggest manufacturing sector?

Published: Jan. 21, 2011, 2:09 p.m.

b'It\\u2019s the UK\\u2019s biggest manufacturing sector - employing 440,000 people across the country, generating turnover of some \\xa373bn and exporting \\xa310bn a year. But the food and drink industry is facing many challenges \\u2013 such as climate change impacts, increasing volatility in raw materials prices and a poor skills base. A unique collaborative project between IfM and the Food and Drink Federation has indentified some of the ways in which the industry needs to adapt to prosper in the future \\u2013 as well as the changes that must be made to the UK policy landscape.'