UK car manufacturing hit a 66-year low in 2022, as the closure of two plants, a global shortage of semiconductors and the effect of Covid lockdowns in China on auto supply chains crippled output.

Production spend in the UK in the first quarter of 2025 was nearly three times the spend of the equivalent period in 2024, according to figures published today (May 1) by the BFI. The number of films ...

Official film and high-end TV (HETV) production statistics from the British Film Institute (BFI) show that production in the UK continues to generate billions for the UK economy. Recovering from the ...

Figures published by the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit show that in a year in which film and high-end TV production was impacted globally by the Hollywood strikes, it continued to generate ...

UK car production sank to its lowest level for May since 1949 as US tariffs hit exports, an industry group has said. Production fell by nearly a third from a year earlier to 49,810 units, according to ...

UK film production spend hit £2.8bn in 2025, the highest figure since film records began in 2002, with overall film and high-end TV (HETV) production spend totalling £6.8bn. The £6.8bn figure is a 22% ...

Car manufacturing in the UK stalled dramatically last year. The head of the industry trade body described the situation as the “toughest in decades”, and the numbers certainly back up his claim. The ...

Simply sign up to the Automobiles myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. UK vehicle production collapsed in May to the lowest level since 1949 after US President Donald Trump’s tariff war ...