Lancashire will become a leader in manufacturing innovation and sustainable economic growth, the UK’s regional growth minister said as he welcomed construction starting on the £20m University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in the northwest of England. Luke Hall, Minister of State for Regional Growth and Local Government, made the comments to mark the first steps in building the 4500 sq m applied research centre at the heart of the Samlesbury Aerospace Enterprise Zone in Preston. A grant from the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Growth Deal is helping to build the flagship facility.

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