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RSA Remake

Blog: Show, don't tell - makers takeover RSA House

Blog

21 Dec 2015

Keeley Davies Josie Warden

The recent RSA Makers Summit saw the Benjamin Franklin room transformed into a mini makerspace. Here Keeley Davies and Josie Warden reflect on the power of the event.
Blog: Reports of manufacturing’s demise are greatly exaggerated

Blog

27 Jul 2015

Benedict Dellot

Manufacturing is often seen as an industry in terminal decline. But our research shows a sector that is becoming leaner, better and more economically viable.
Breaking the mould: How Etsy and online craft marketplaces are changing the nature of business

Report

31 Aug 2014

We look at the emergence and impact of online craft marketplaces and consider what their growth might signal about the way business will change in the future.
Made in Britain: Mid-sized firms lead charge to reduce trade deficit

Press release

29 Apr 2013

Our Making at home, owning abroad report concludes that many kinds of manufacturing have reached a ‘tipping point’ in terms of whether they should be located overseas or in the country where the goods are consumed.
Making at home owning abroad: a strategic outlook for the UK’s mid-sized manufacturers

Report

01 Apr 2013

A reduction in the trade deficit by £20bn and an estimated 200,000 UK based jobs could be created over the next ten years.