Lord Bhattacharyya: Professor Fix-it of British industry

Labour peer and founder of manufacturing research hub WMG has served prime ministers of all shades since the 1980sLord Bhattacharyya of Moseley has been on speed-dial for prime ministers and captains of industry since Margaret Thatcher first sought his advice on how to reshape British industry with her ambitious privatisation programme.Bhattacharyya, the 77-year-old regius professor of manufacturing and chairman of Warwick university’s Manufacturing Group (WMG), is also a business adviser