Manufacturing at Crowe UK

Manufacturing

Support and advice to help UK manufacturers and international businesses improve performance, strengthen resilience and realise growth opportunities.

Manufacturing Outlook Report 2026

Manufacturing continues to be one of the UK's most important economic sectors. Our latest report reveals a resilient and ambitious industry that is increasingly focused on the future, embracing innovation and pursuing new opportunities for growth.

Read about the trends shaping the sector’s future in 2026

Turn manufacturing challenges into opportunities for growth


UK manufacturing offers significant opportunities to innovate, invest and expand. Whether part of the defence and aerospace supply chain, involved in advanced engineering, food and drink production or high-value processing, manufacturers can strengthen productivity, enter new markets and build more resilient operations.

Crowe UK specialists can help you turn innovation and operational improvements into stronger performance, sustainable growth and lasting competitive advantage in the UK and overseas.

Services

How we can help


Manage tax and retain more value
  • Manage accounting methods, reporting periods and tax compliance.
  • Optimise compensation, benefits, credits and incentives.
  • Maximise capital allowances on plant and machinery.
  • Manage VAT, customs duties and tariffs.
  • Navigate complex international tax requirements effectively.
  • Improve efficiency through tax technology and managed services.
  • Resolve tax disputes and manage investigations.

Explore ways to reduce your tax burden

Build confidence with audit and assurance
  • Audits of private and listed companies, including IPO readiness.
  • Audits of employee benefit and pension plans.
  • Evaluation of internal control environments, including scalability, governance, and cyber security frameworks.
  • Support clear, timely, and high-quality interim financial reporting.
  • Review and assessment of compliance with applicable GAAP and financial reporting requirements.
  • Independent assurance over ESG, TCFD, sustainability, and other non-financial reporting disclosures.

Strengthen trust in your financial reporting

Turn R&D investment into tax relief
  • Reduce corporation tax and retain more profit.
  • Claim tax relief, even when making a loss.
  • Receive cash through R&D tax credits.
  • Improve cashflow and strengthen your balance sheet.
  • Increase company reserves, creating greater financial resilience and flexibility.
  • Use Patent Box to reduce tax on qualifying profits.

Unlock more value from your R&D investment

Achieve greater value from transactions
  • Understand your options when considering an exit.
  • Maximise value when selling your business.
  • Identify and negotiate business acquisitions confidently.
  • Secure business investment to accelerate growth.
  • Plan and fund a management buyout.
  • Structure sustainable debt packages for growth.

Achieve a stronger transaction outcome

Explore our recent deals

Drive profitable manufacturing growth
  • Growth strategies: growth planning, customer and sector diversification, raising finance and institutional investment.
  • Maximising potential: profitability strategies, cost reduction, succession planning and recovery mapping.
  • Overseas growth: international trade, trading partnerships, exports to high-growth emerging markets, and advice on overseas expansion, structures and profit repatriation.
Business growth improvement
  • Strengthen business strategy and planning.
  • Improve growth and long-term profitability.
  • Enhance cash flow and financial performance.
  • Develop effective leaders and stronger teams.
  • Deliver change through practical implementation support.

Achieve sustainable growth

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Helping manufacturers manage customs complexity

Keep your manufacturing supply chain moving


For manufacturers importing components or exporting finished goods, effective customs management can reduce costs, prevent delays and strengthen supply chain resilience.

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Services

Customs

The UK’s exit from the EU—combined with rising tariffs and ongoing global supply chain challenges—has significantly increased the complexity of cross‑border trade. As a result, access to robust customs and excise support is now essential for businesses.

Explore our services

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Analytic tool

Customs-ID tool

Greater visibility of customs duty exposure strengthens compliance and improves audit-ready processes. Customs-ID highlights risks, anomalies and opportunities for duty savings, giving businesses greater control across the international supply chain.

Explore our analytics tool

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Hub

Crowe Customs hub

Stay on top of the latest customs, excise and cross-border trade developments with practical insight from our specialists. The Hub helps businesses anticipate change, make better decisions and build resilience in an increasingly complex trade environment.

Explore our hub


Navigating changing trade requirements

International trade measures


Changing trade measures can create new costs, reporting obligations and supply chain risks. Understand how CBAM requirements and UK steel quotas could affect your business, with practical support to help you prepare, manage exposure and maintain compliance.

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Hub

Simplifying CBAM compliance

The EU and UK CBAM schemes create new compliance requirements and potential costs for businesses importing carbon-intensive goods. This hub helps businesses gain visibility of the product scope, suppliers, customs data, and financial impacts CBAM imposes.

Explore our hub

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Tracker

Steel quota tracker 

Track steel quota usage and explore practical ways to manage your exposure to the 50% out-of-quota tariff. By using our Triage tool, you can identify potential risks, highlight opportunities, and understand exactly where specialist customs support can benefit your business. 

Find a steel quota

Championing the sector

Sector lobbyists with Local Economic Partnerships, Regional Development Authorities, Chambers of Commerce, and Local and central government.
Fostering links with UKTI via Chambers of Commerce to leverage government incentives for our clients.
Through our extensive Crowe Global network, we offer a global team of experts to advise you on local opportunities.

Events

Autumn Budget 2026: Expert analysis and insights


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Autumn Budget 2026: Live watch-along

Watch the Autumn Budget as it happens and get beyond the headlines with expert analysis from Crowe UK specialists.
Autumn Budget 2026 Live watch event at Crowe UK Manchester
Live event - 28 October 2026

Autumn Budget 2026: Live watch-along and expert discussion

Hear the Autumn Budget as it happens and get beyond the headlines with expert analysis from Crowe UK specialists.
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Webinar - 30 October 2026

Autumn Budget 2026

Join our specialist panel session, providing an in-depth review of what the Autumn Budget announcements mean for you and your organisation.
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Precision manufacturing and engineering in the UK

Explore the trends, opportunities and deal drivers shaping M&A activity across the sector.

Strengthen your understanding of the precision market

RECENT DEAL

Sale: Plantexpand Limited

Crowe provided sell-side transaction support to Plantexpand on its sale to Premius Capital.

Read more about the acquisition

Our latest thinking

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E-invoicing: Understanding how to prepare
We have set out below steps that should be taken to prepare for e-invoicing implementation and the associated change in tax reporting obligations.
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E-invoicing: What is it and how will it be introduced?
We cover what e-invoicing is and how it is going to be introduced, across the UK and EU over the next few years.
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VAT in the Digital Age: Is now the time to put those plans into action?
EU Member States have discussed, agreed and adopted the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package of measures.
Meeting around a table
E-invoicing: Understanding how to prepare
We have set out below steps that should be taken to prepare for e-invoicing implementation and the associated change in tax reporting obligations.
Team meeting
E-invoicing: What is it and how will it be introduced?
We cover what e-invoicing is and how it is going to be introduced, across the UK and EU over the next few years.
Aerial view of office workers
VAT in the Digital Age: Is now the time to put those plans into action?
EU Member States have discussed, agreed and adopted the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package of measures.

Contact us


Stuart Weekes
Stuart Weekes
Partner, Head of ManufacturingThames Valley