Comment: Manufacturing is still alive – and kicking – in the West Midlands

THE ability of the West Midlands manufacturing sector to generate economic growth even in the most dire of circumstances has once again been well illustrated.

The region has become well used to Jaguar Land Rover being its economic saviour in recent times and the carmaker has again shown its faith in the area by committing to a doubling in the size of its new engine plant in southern Staffordshire.

The Indian-owned company announced at the Geneva Motor Show yesterday that it would be upping its £355m investmen... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...