90% of Design Survey respondents prefer UK Manufacturing

According to a recent survey conducted by Duku Product Design, there’s a real appetite among SMEs to design and develop their own products through UK manufacturing – but this desire doesn’t always translate into action. The findings revealed that while 85% were keen to innovate, only 69% had actually taken the plunge and developed their own product. However, 90% of all respondents would prefer to use UK manufacturing to overseas. Companies were being held back due to time constraints, development costs and a lack of in-house expertise. Whereas the main drivers to innovate were to improve on existing products, build on a product range or to address a gap in the market. To see all the results watch our survey video here https://vimeo.com/479898649/964db815dd