Welcome to the South West Manufacturers Network

Manufacturing in the far South West of England

The extent to which manufacturing occurs across the four counties of the far south west astounds most people. This part of the country which is famed for its beautiful natural environment to which we normally associate with agriculture and tourism is actually amazingly productive.

Somerset Council

The four counties of the far South West accounts for over six billion pounds worth of GVA from manufacturing. That’s 10.69% of the overall economy and includes some real hotspots like South Somerset – 27% manufacturing; North Devon 21.09%; Mid Devon 19.74% and Plymouth 17.67%. Remember the comparative figure for the whole of country is less than 10%. Source: ONS 2022.

This is the website for the South West Manufacturers’ Network or SWMN. It is a collaboration between all of the individual manufacturing representative bodies from across Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset.

About South West Manufacturers Network

The Network exists principally to give greater coherence and resonance to the issues that its core constituent members are agreed upon and wish to promote primarily sub-regionally but also nationally.

Membership

The Core Members of the network are non-profit membership clusters who represent manufacturers across the far south west region.

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The Networks Purpose

The signatories to Network’s Memorandum of Understanding agree to collaborate with one another under the name of the South West Manufacturers Network and to agree common strategic priorities and thereby strengthen the lobbying power of all those they represent.

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