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Sunak Budget wins positive response but with qualified support
Added: 3 Mar 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made significant concessions in his Budget to assist British manufacturi…

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…

Post-transition red tape stifling border trade warns Make UK
Added: 3 Feb 2021
The Government is being urged by Make UK to address urgently border delays and red tape after the o…

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…

Marlowe seals £10 million purchase of WPL
Added: 25 Jan 2021
Compliance experts Marlowe have acquired wastewater treatment leader WPL for £10 million, adding th…

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…

Make UK salutes Brexit deal but warns the hard work’s not over
Added: 5 Jan 2021
Chief executive of Make UK Stephen Phipson has welcomed the long-awaited trade deal between the Eur…

Corporate finance leader heads Ashtead Technology senior appointments
Added: 5 Jan 2021
Corporate finance expert Ingrid Stewart has been appointed the first chief financial officer (CFO) …
Kemira completes first stage for massive expansion in UK water treatment chemicals production
Added: 5 Jan 2021
Global chemicals company Kemira has announced the first part of a two-stage capacity expansion in i…

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 …