Grainger & Worrall, the world’s leading total casting solutions provider, has been awarded a £1.2m grant to further develop its aerospace component production and development capabilities. The match-funded grant, which comes as part of the government’s Sharing in Growth (SiG) initiative, will be used to drive continued innovation at the …
Saїd Business School, University of Oxford As the Government makes £15 million available to establish new University Enterprise Zones across the country, an Oxford academic has warned that too great a focus on short-term innovation could damage its long-term ability to innovate and grow. New policies are needed to encourage …
Fresh perspective needed on non-traditional roles as industry cries out for talent, says manufacturing recruitment specialist The latest figures announced by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills revealed that the sharpest rises in skills shortages fell into the manufacturing, plumbing and electrical engineering sectors. Beatrice Bartlay, entrepreneur …
How can Britain double its exports by 2020 and bring manufacturing home? EEF, the manufacturer’s organisation, will seek answers at its third National Manufacturing Conference – ‘Make it Britain’ – on Tuesday 4 March 2014 at the QE2 Centre, Westminster. Senior industrialists and politicians will question how to turn the …