Record backing for Leeds Manufacturing Festival 2026 as employers unite to tackle skills shortage

A record number of sponsors are backing this year’s Leeds Manufacturing Festival, as employers and industry organisations in the region seek innovative ways to address…

Leeds Manufacturing Festival returns - as employers step up to tackle skills gap and rising youth unemployment

Manufacturing and engineering employers across Leeds are stepping up efforts to tackle the sector’s ongoing skills shortage, as youth unemployment reaches a 10-year high. The…

Expansion for Bradford sixth form college with £4m new-build accommodation

Property consultancy Eddisons has played a pivotal role in a £4m project to increase the size of the sixth form at Immanuel College in Bradford…

Leeds Manufacturing Festival Awards hail industry’s rising stars as winners announced

Some of the brightest stars in West Yorkshire’s manufacturing and engineering sectors have been honoured, as employers gathered to celebrate the next generation of talent…

Leeds Manufacturing Festival launches 2025 programme with need for ‘generational shift’ topping the agenda 

The shortage of new talent that continues to hamper growth in the manufacturing and engineering industries is the focus of the Leeds Manufacturing Festival, which…

Winners announced as awards celebrate manufacturing’s brightest rising stars

Manufacturing and engineering employers came together last week to celebrate some of the sector’s brightest younger stars at a packed awards ceremony held at Leeds…

Leeds industry awards return to celebrate manufacturing’s rising stars

West Yorkshire’s manufacturing and engineering employers are once again being urged to nominate their outstanding younger employees for the 2024 Leeds Manufacturing Festival Awards, which…

New platform highlights top engineering apprenticeship employers

Leeds Manufacturing Festival will host the launch of a pioneering new digital platform this week, showcasing the very best employers offering engineering apprenticeships across the…

Leeds Manufacturing Festival announces headline sponsors for 2024

This year’s Leeds Manufacturing Festival, which last week launched an extended line up of events that will run until December, has announced the headline organisations…

Leeds Manufacturing Festival 2024: Expanded programme of events addresses recruitment and future skills challenges

The Leeds Manufacturing Festival returns this month with an extended, year-round programme of events highlighting career opportunities for young people in the region’s manufacturing sector.…