Today's Thought
 
"As a kid, did you ever look at the back of your toys to see where they came from. It wasn’t Santa’s North Pole I discovered, but more often Hong Kong. Later it seemed to be Taiwan and more recently - if my Children’s toys and gadgets are a good indicator - Santa seems to have outsourced production to China.

You’d be forgiven for thinking that in this part of the world we don’t make things anymore.

But we do.

Manufacturing remains a huge part of the economy. So what do we make, how do we do it, and how do we sell our manufactured goods in this competitive global economy? "
 

Featuring Ashley Pigott from AJ Power, Elaine Patterson from Ulster Carpets, Brian Hood from BS Holdings and Dr Alan McKettrick from The Ulster Business School. Our start-up is Alexandra Fraser from EquiNutritive.

 

Episode brought to you by First Trust bank.