Who says Britain doesn’t make things anymore? For decades the public has believed in the popular myth that Britain – once a powerful industrial force – is now nothing but a nation of bankers, service industry workers and shoppers. But they’re wrong. The British manufacturing industry employs around 2.5 million people and generated £139 billion in 2012. That’s 10% of the country’s economic output last year, and a bigger impact on the economy than financial services. Read more at MSN on British Companies that are pioneering in the manufacturing industry