June 3, 2013
The UK's manufacturing sector grew at its strongest pace in over a year last month, according to a survey. This is good news for the economy in general as the UK is seen as an early warning system for the Eurozone economies who are our largest tradin...
Click here for full articleCategories: Current Affairs, Recruitment, Engineering And Manufacturing, Purchasing And Supply Chain, Core Talent Company | Tags: Manufacturing Jobs, Uk Manufacturing Sector, Eurozone | Author: Damiandiggles
March 19, 2013
Watching the news over the last few days building up to the 2013 budget has seen some interesting announcements. Not least a great boost for the Aerospace Engineering and Manufacturing sectors.
Click here for full articleCategories: Current Affairs | Tags: Budget, Government, Aerospace, Uk Manufacturing Sector | Author: Damiandiggles
January 16, 2013
New car registrations in the European Union fell by 8.2% in 2012, hitting their lowest level since 1995,
Click here for full articleCategories: Current Affairs, Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Car Manufacturing | Author: Damiandiggles
November 29, 2012
Demand is always soaring for high calibre Engineers within the Aerospace industry. Whether it’s in design, quality or manufacturing the best engineers are highly sought after due to the highly regulated environment to which they are exposed.
Click here for full articleCategories: Current Affairs, Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: British Engineering, Space, General Manufacturing, Space Engineering, Engineering, Aerospace, Uk Manufacturing | Author: DanielSmith
October 23, 2012
The Manufacturing Institute, in partnership with the European Regional Development Fund, has this week been awarded almost two and a half million pounds a part of a leadership and management programme for SME’s within the area.
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Uk Manufacturing Sector, Employees, British Engineering, Retirement, Workers, Manufacturing Institute, Employment, Engineering, Manufacturing | Author: RoryStewart
October 19, 2012
If you thought saving the pennies to buy your first home was already proving an enormous mountain to climb, that mountain got a little bit bigger.
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Engineering, Manufacturing, Uk Manufacturing Sector | Author: RyanMoore
October 19, 2012
Rolls Royce has announced the development of a more powerful and easier to maintain marine thruster. The newly designed thruster can also be removed underwater so there is no longer a need for dry docking.
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Automotive, Uk Manufacturing Sector, Uk Manufacturing, Industrial News, Thruster, Ships, Marine, Engineering, News, Manufacturing | Author: KarenJohnson
October 10, 2012
Throughout my 7 years in recruitment, I have found that the summer period is typically one of the more quiet times of year. People are winding down and getting ready for their long-awaited summer holidays and are less motivated to either source a ne...
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Quality Engineer, Automotive, Fmcg, Aerospace, Uk Manufacturing Sector, Design, Pharmaceutical, Chemicals, Aero, Engineering, Recruitment, Manufacturing | Author: RoryStewart
October 2, 2012
New research suggests that turning air into liquid could a solution as to how to store energy. This has been one of the biggest challenges engineering has faced. The Institute of Mechanical Engineers has said that liquid air can be a real competitor ...
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Manufacturing, Uk Manufacturing Sector, Industrial News, Technology, Turbines, Energy, Air, Air, Wind Turbines, Imeche, Storing Energy, Power, Engineering, Current Affairs, News | Author: Lisatonge
September 26, 2012
According to an article I read this morning on www.themanufacturer.com, performance among the UK’s SME’s is improving, with a far lower number reporting insolvency events in comparison to this time last year
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Automotive, Fmcg, Aerospace, Uk Manufacturing Sector, Employers, Employees, Continuous Improvement, Production, Science, General Manufacturing, Quality, Yorkshire, Engineering, Manufacturing, Smes | Author: RoryStewart
September 24, 2012
Airship manufacturing is notorious for its volatility, and a history of tragedy - most notably the Hindenburg disaster of 1937. But historian and author John Swinfield has a cautious optimism in regards to a firm in Bedfordshire, who are hoping to br...
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Bbc News Report, Aerospace, Uk Manufacturing Sector, Uk Manufacturing, Industrial News, Aero, British Engineering, Airships, History, Engineering, News, Manufacturing | Author: Lisatonge
September 20, 2012
Nexsan has designed a cable to stop thieves causing mass travel chaos and save Network Rail an estimated 19 million a year.
“In one of the latest efforts to combat this growing threat, European cable specialist Nexans has developed a number of cabl...
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Uk Manufacturing, Industrial News, Rail, Railways, Trains, Cable, Utilities, Copper, Engineering, Manufacturing, Uk Manufacturing Sector | Author: KarenJohnson
September 14, 2012
The automotive industry can be very cut throat at times, margins are tight and consumer demand dictates production. With us now approaching the final quarter of 2012, what is the outlook for the year to come?
Click here for full articleCategories: None | Tags: Uk Manufacturing Sector, China, Car Manufacturing, Engineering, Manufacturing, Automotive | Author: DanielSmith
September 12, 2012
I recently read a very interesting article on the Guardian website on the importance of lean manufacturing, and ensuring that organisations (in this instance OEM’s) are continuously striving to make their machines and operations as slick and efficien...
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: News, Manufacturing, Government, Automotive, Aerospace, Lean Methodology, Employers, Industrial News, Pharmaceutical, Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, General Manufacturing, Job Opportunities, Vacancies, Engineering, Core Talent, Recruitment | Author: RoryStewart
September 11, 2012
A recent survey by Barclays showed that almost two-thirds of British manufacturers - 61 per cent - source commodities and components from the UK, rather than abroad (39 per cent).
The UK manufacturing: Supply chain insight study by Barclays found 53...
Click here for full articleCategories: Purchasing And Supply Chain | Tags: Supply Chain, Uk Manufacturing Sector, Uk Manufacturing, Purchasing, Purchasing And Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing | Author: Damiandiggles
August 31, 2012
It’s that time of year again, the 31st of August, which can only mean one thing, transfer deadline day! For those of you who have zero interest in football, this is a pretty big deal, not only for fans, but for agents, players and managers alike.
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Manufacturing, Uk Manufacturing Sector, Sport, Deadlines, Football, Engineering, Current Affairs, News | Author: DanielSmith
August 28, 2012
For my blog this week, I thought I’d carry on my space theme, but unfortunately the topic is much sadder than my last blog.
The death of Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon was announced over the weekend, and the world has lost a truly inspira...
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Manufacturing, Bbc News Report, Aerospace, University, Aviation, Space, Outerspace, Nasa, Space Agency, Popular Culture, Engineering, Current Affairs, News | Author: Lisatonge
August 22, 2012
Maruti Sazuki’s Indian car manufacturing plant has re-opened its doors one month on from the violent clashes between workers and senior management.
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Automotive, Uk Manufacturing Sector, Industrial News, Industry, Car Manufacturing, India, Engineering, Manufacturing, Bbc News Report | Author: RyanMoore
August 22, 2012
Anyone who knows me realizes that I have a tendency to be a little bit nerdy on occasion but my nerdiness seems to reach new heights whenever any news breaks about outer space ...
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Aerospace, Uk Manufacturing Sector, Industrial News, Aero, Space, Outerspace, Nasa, Space Agency, Engineering, News, Manufacturing | Author: Lisatonge
August 14, 2012
Although the employment market has taken a slight downturn over the last month, high calibre engineers are still amongst the most in demand.
Click here for full articleCategories: Engineering And Manufacturing | Tags: Manufacturing, Quality Engineer, Fmcg, Uk Manufacturing Sector, Chemicals, Engineering, Recruitment, Current Affairs | Author: RoryStewart
