‘Skills Council’
A Manufacturingtalk guide
Start with the news release
NI announces grant programme for small businesses from
National Instruments, which we summarised at the time by saying "National Instruments (NI) UK and Ireland has announced a grant programme to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in embedded development.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Clitheroe Engineering invests in machine tools from
Clitheroe Light Engineering: "At Clitheroe Engineering, turnover this year looks set to return to 2008 levels after a nine per cent fall in 2009 as a consequence of the recession. ".
In March 2010, we covered the news from Sandwell MBC
- take a look at Sandwell Council announces green event
which says: "The Growing Green event in West Bromwich on Thursday 18 March 2010 will offer companies an insight into the green market and help them to improve resource efficiencies. ".
Take a look also at the news release from Lawson Software, Lawson enhances enterprise-management system,
as well as Traka key management system for small fleets from Traka,
and Yamazaki Mazak to host Grand Prix-themed events from Dean Group.
Latest stories...
Maidstone Borough chooses Kubota equipment (February 2010)
A combination of Kubota tractors and out-front mowers have been selected for all grass-cutting work carried out by Maidstone Borough Services.
Load-handling maintenance more vital than ever (February 2010)
It is currently more important than ever that regular pre-planned service and maintenance of existing load-handling equipment is implemented.
Amada press brakes reduce Dextra's setup times (February 2010)
UK lighting manufacturer Dextra has implemented six Amada press brakes to reduce setup times.
Mills academy offers CNC programmer training (February 2010)
Mills CNC has introduced the 360 Training Academy in recognition of the need for precision manufacturers to change existing manufacturing methods and business practices.
C and M declares reliance on Citizen CNC machines (January 2010)
John Cable, managing director of precision turned-parts specialist C and M Precision, has paid tribute to the role Citizen CNC machines play in his business.
ERP software forces Whiteland expansion (January 2010)
Southern Manufacturing exhibitor Whiteland Engineering Software has expanded its workforce in order to take its ERP product Datahub to new markets.
Hone-All relocates deep-hole drilling factory (January 2010)
Hone-All Precision has relocated its subcontract machining operations to larger refurbished premises in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.
Seawell expands use of IFS Applications (November 2009)
Seawell has decided to expand its use of IFS Applications into engineering, project management, job setting, material management, financials and human resources.
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