Attracting another car manufacturer to the UK is going to be critical if we’re going to persuade morer suppliers to “reshore” and bring more manufacturing to the UK, according to Bentley head Adrian Hallmark.
“The UK isn't anywhere near competitive enough to be part of the global supply base,” Hallmark said bluntly in a conversation with Autocar.
His argument is that the landscape of Britain’s car manufacturers - from the likes of Bentley at the top, Jaguar Land Rover in the middle and Nissan and Toyota representing the mass market - is too diverse to present a sound enough business case to a supplier deciding whether to locate in the UK rather than continental Europe.
