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: Workers, Manufacturing Institute, Employment, Engineering, Manufacturing, Uk Manufacturing Sector, Employees, British Engineering, Retirement | Author: RoryStewart
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...
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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
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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...
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September 7, 2012
Leading private equity firm ECI yesterday released its annual review and forecast, and it makes interesting reading with regards to 2013.
Despite the seemingly never-ending negativity surrounding the UK’s economy, a majority of British SME’s have in...
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September 3, 2012
According to the latest survey by the Confederation of British Industry, the UK’s economy is set to contract by an overall 0.3% in 2012. This is down from the previously-optimistic forecast of a 0.6% growth, made earlier this year
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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.
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August 9, 2012
After hearing on the news that our country’s economy has contracted yet again, those working within manufacturing would be forgiven for thinking “not again”.
According to this article on the BBC website company insolvencies in England and Wales a...
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July 24, 2012
I read an interesting article this morning which was discussing how businesses could take a leaf out of the Olympics qualification processes when recruiting for their own organisations and, although it was perhaps a little romanticised, there were ce...
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July 3, 2012
According to a recent report completed by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG, the UK employment market has contracted with a drop in demand for both permanent and temporary workers over the last month.
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June 20, 2012
UK Manufacturing was dealt another blow this week with the news that Unilever is set to slash 500 jobs in the United Kingdom. After the acquisition of Sara Lee and hair care group Alberto Culver, the business has announced that sites in Slough and S...
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June 13, 2012
According to an announcement by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trades yesterday, the UK automotive sector is on course to surpass all previous manufacturing records by 2015, with unprecedented levels of production
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May 29, 2012
The Indian-owned vehicle manufacturer is poised to post hugely impressive profits of around £1.5bn today, after successfully growing its business in developing countries and committing to major investment in modern UK-based facilities
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May 22, 2012
According to a recent survey by the Manufacturing Advisory Service, UK manufacturing SME’s are bucking sluggish trends by reporting an increase in sales figures in the last 6 months as well as positive forecasts for between now and the end of the yea...
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May 15, 2012
I read an interesting article on my way to work this morning which was discussing the difference between manufacturing in the UK or in China, and the theme was essentially that quality levels are generally higher in this country.
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May 8, 2012
Despite our economy lurching back in to recession, the resolve of SME’s across the country seems to be remaining strong, with an increase in optimism being reported for the first time in a year.
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May 1, 2012
The vast majority of my blogs over the past few months have been focusing on the perennial up-and-down of the manufacturing sector and associated effects on the UK economy. There seems to have been as many positive stories as there have been negativ...
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April 24, 2012
Energy giant Shell today announced its intention to assess the future its last remaining UK Manufacturing site in Stanlow.
Despite seeing a huge increase in profits to $18.6bn in 2010 (an increase of a none-too-shabby 54%!), Shell has already announ...
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April 17, 2012
Workers at Dairy Crest are due to get confirmation today that the closure of two sites in Merseyside and Cambridgeshire will ultimately lead to the loss of almost 500 jobs.
Although management have stated that this is part of a long term strategy “t...
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April 10, 2012
After my blog last week which was full of positivity around a 10 month high in UK Manufacturing, I’m writing again today to report the opposite – UK Manufacturing output in February suffered its biggest fall for the past ten months. Although origin...
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