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Make UK broker service aims to ease customs headaches
Added: 22 Mar 2021
UK manufacturing firms facing complex post-Brexit customs declarations are in line to benefit from …
Coventry seeks to prove where there’s muck, there’s green fuel
Added: 22 Mar 2021
Coventry University researchers are working alongside water utility Severn Trent and the Organics G…
New energy efficiency law ‘could extend product life by a decade’
Added: 10 Mar 2021
Tough new energy efficiency legislation to save on millions of tonnes of electrical waste were anno…
CIPD report shows encouraging rise in employer recruitment plans
Added: 23 Feb 2021
The number of employers saying they intend to boost jobs has risen for the second quarter, says the…
Certification enhances Siemens’ cyber credentials
Added: 23 Feb 2021
Siemens UK has been awarded the coveted Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) certification required for orga…
National Manufacturing Awards provide welcome boost
Added: 22 Feb 2021
Sheffield based employeee-owned company Gripple scored a hat trick of wins at the Make UK National …
North West Made Smarter programme secures renewed government support
Added: 22 Feb 2021
The North West’s pilot to boost productivity and employment by providing SME manufacturers access t…
Engineering leads the way as National Apprenticeship Week highlights lockdown challenges
Added: 9 Feb 2021
School lockdowns and exam cancellations mean many students, and their parents, could be missing out…
UCAS confirms sea change in take up of university engineering places
Added: 5 Feb 2021
Engineering has seen a massive rise in popularity among university students, a fact confirmed by th…
ECITB prepares to expand its global training reach
Added: 3 Feb 2021
UK Government-sponsored skills body the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) an…
Work completed on Birmingham University’s £46.5 million School of Engineering
Added: 3 Feb 2021
Birmingham university has taken possession of its newly built School of Engineering premises, which…
Scientist gives new meaning to concept of robot dancing
Added: 3 Feb 2021
A quantum physicist seeking to break down the walls between art and science has put theory into pra…
EAS chief Karsanbhai takes over as David Farr steps down from helm at Emerson
Added: 3 Feb 2021
CEO of Emerson David Farr is to step down this week after two decades at the head of the global tec…
STEM sisters sing out for women in science
Added: 25 Jan 2021
A new online show has harnessed art in the cause of women in science, in an effort to interest prim…
Trade unions will shrink to ten percent of manufacturing workforce, warns report
Added: 25 Jan 2021
Membership of trade unions will shrink to one in ten of manufacturing employees, with poential impl…
Siemens defies UK economic downturn to hire nearly 30 young recruits
Added: 20 Jan 2021
Siemens has hired a total of 26 young graduates and apprentices in order to boost its growing digit…
North West wins funding for 'world's first zero industry cluster'
Added: 5 Jan 2021
A share of £8 million in Government funding will be invested in developing a comprehensive Cluster …
Process industry highlights amidst COVID-focused honours list
Added: 31 Dec 2020
While much of the STEM focus for the Queen’s New Year Honours list has been on scientiists battling…
Lorien MD Slater to retire after three decades at company
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Lorien Engineering Solutions group managing director Steve Slater is to retire after more than thre…
‘Four in 10 parents believe kids will not consider engineering career’
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Almost 40% of parents polled in a survey of more than 1,300 parents say their children will not con…
