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…
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Skills factory unveils new Industry 4.0 tech to train future generations of manufacturers
A SKILLS factory unveiled groundbreaking new technology that will deliver cutting-edge Industry 4.0 training to students and manufacturing workers in North Wales. Coleg Cambria has…
Reimagining manufacturing: education’s role in busting misconceptions
Manufacturing has an ageing workforce. In fact, according to the Manufacturing Institute, 78% of manufacturers are concerned about their ageing workforce. While this means many…
In-Comm Training and RTX’s Collins Aerospace take off with ‘fast track’ employment course to create up to 65 advanced engineers
In-Comm Training has joined forces with one of Wolverhampton’s largest employers, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA)…
Funding secured for FREE Higher Technical Short Courses at NSCG
Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group (NSCG) has secured more than £150,000 of funding from the Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) as part of the government’s Levelling…
Attracting the next generation of manufacturing talent
The UK is the ninth largest manufacturing nation in the world as of 2022, providing 2.5 million jobs and an annual output of £183 billion.…
South Yorkshire named as first UK Investment Zone
Communities in Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley are set to benefit from thousands of new jobs and £1.2 billion of investment as part of the…
Rising engineering star bangs the drum for more ‘girl power’ in industry
Attracting more females into engineering is the mission for a Black Country electrical engineer that has won a clutch of awards in the early part…
Metals chief warns that a faltering ‘Apprenticeship Levy’ is hampering industrial growth
Manufacturing’s growth is being hamstrung by an out-of-date Apprenticeship Levy scheme that is failing to address key labour shortages in the workforce. Rachel Eade MBE,…
Automation is the key to getting over 50s back to work (especially for physically demanding roles)
With the UK government encouraging over 50s to return to work to tackle the labour gap, Mark argues that automation will be key to this,…