Two heavyweight industry organisations are combining their efforts to strengthen the voice of SMEs in engineering and manufacturing. Enginuity and the UK Metals Council (UKMC) – representing a combined total of 11,500 companies, 1 million employees and a 200bn economic impact – signed an MoU at the UK Metals Expo 2026 in Birmingham recently.

At the centre of the partnership will be the Policy Centre for Supply Chain and SMEs – ‘Powered by Enginuity’ – which has been developed to support evidence-based policy, improve workforce capability and ensure the voice of employers is fully reflected in skills planning, training provision and future policy decisions. Under the agreement, the UKMC will act as a key industry partner, bringing insights from its members and the wider metals sector to inform Enginuity’s work.
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