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Perkins Learning Centre in Peterborough expands
A world-class manufacturing learning centre in Peterborough has received a GBP 750,000 funding boost to enable it to expand its facility and extend its skills offering.
News from East Of England Development Agency (11 March 2008)
UK development agency helps firm gain sales
User application article UK Trade and Investment has helped a manufacturing company to commercialise innovative airborne nanoparticle detection technology to gain a prestigious overseas sale. Brochure available
News from UK Trade and Investment (14 February 2008)
Advisory service raises company performance
User application article Thanks to advice from the UK's Manufacturing Advisory Service, a manufacturer of ultrasonic testing equipment for the power generation and aerospace industries has improved its performance.
News from Manufacturing Advisory Service - East Midlands (29 January 2008)
Truck/automotive firms invest in France
Encouraged by an impressive network of specialised R and D centres, leading truck manufacturing and automotive supply companies are continuing to make big investments in France.
News from French Technology Press Bureau (24 December 2007)
Fifty French plastics firms to attend K 2007 show
French Agency for International Business Development, UbiFrance, said that sime 50 French plastics companies will be exhibiting at the German at K 2007 plastics manufacturing exhibition.
News from UbiFrance (27 August 2007)
UK industrial hemp plant announced
To meet increasing demand for hemp in, for example, manufacture of automotive door panels, Hemcore is to build a GBP 3.6 million industrial hemp processing facility near Halesworth in Suffolk, UK.
News from East Of England Development Agency (10 August 2007)
UK government reorganises trade/industry office
The UK government has amalgamated its Department of Trade and Industry with the Better Regulation Executive to form he Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
News from DTI (10 August 2007)
Faltering roll maker changes practices succesfully
User application article Two employee NEPA Change Agents, implemented workforce training, management development, scrap reduction and waste levels at a UK mill roll casting plant.
News from One NorthEast (16 July 2007)
Save money, protect the environment
Two appointments by UK regional development agency One NorthEast are aimed at continuing the effort to save businesses money while protecting the environment.
News from One NorthEast (20 June 2007)
Grant for high-quality turned components
Key Precision is on course for a GBP500,000 annual turnover less than three years after starting up, after a sliding head investment supported by an Advantage West Midlands grant.
News from Advantage West Midlands ( 9 May 2007)
Wireless intrinsically safe devices markets
According to Venture Development, the Americas is the largest market for wireline and wireless intrinsically safe devices and equipment.
News from Venture Development Corp ( 4 May 2007)
Manufacturers in the East benefit from initiative
The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has launched the Manufacturing Framework document, which lays out aims to increase the profits of the region's 18,000 manufacturers.
News from East Of England Development Agency ( 5 April 2007)
Encouraging UK manufacturers to achieve excellence
In the UK, Excellence North West has partnered in Yorkshire and the North East to form a body which helps businesses to improve their performance in all areas of their operation.
News from Excellence North West (30 March 2007)
Four free days' advice given to UK SMEs
The UK's successful Manufacturing Advisory Service will offer all small and medium sized manufacturing firms up to four days free advice from April next year.
News from Manufacturing Advisory Service - West Midlands (30 March 2007)
Copper trial tests ability to kill germs
An 18 month trial will begin in April 2007 to establish whether the installation of copper surfaces will kill MRSA and other hospital-acquired infections.
News from Copper Development Association (29 March 2007)
Subcontractor gains ISO9001 with MAS support
User application article UK manufacturing advisory service has helped a precision engineering parts maker to acquire ISO9001 certification for the design and manufacture of precision engineered components.
News from MAS-East ( 8 March 2007)
Engineering project showcases work to brussels
MEIRG, with MEP Glenis Wilmot, has put before the European Parliament the results of its pilot redeployment initiative to 'help secure the future of engineering'.
News from MEIRG (28 February 2007)
Gain an 'Oscar' for business improvement
Sometimes referred to as the 'Business Oscars', the 2007 North of England Business Excellence Awards are open to private companies wishing to improve their performance.
News from Excellence North West (28 February 2007)
Advisory service supports subcontractor's future
User application article Thanks to support it's received from a UK manufacturing advisory service, an aerospace subcontractor has secured a surer future and is gaining more orders.
News from Manufacturing Advisory Service (East Midlands) (22 February 2007)
Self employment and freelance working rising
More and more people are opting to live the life of a freelance worker as businesses choose to 'flex' their skills needs.
News from People4business.com ( 5 February 2007)
Gaining environmental credentials - support given
User application article Support from a UK manufacturing advisory service is helping an aerospace subcontractor to gain enviromental credentials - regarded as soon to be compulsory in this sector.
News from Manufacturing Advisory Service (East Midlands) (23 January 2007)
UK region advice boosts plastics netting output
User application article Following advice from a UK regional manufacturing consultancy, a manufacture of food industry plastics netting has recorded massive output increase and is taking on more employees.
News from Manufacturing Advisory Service (East Midlands) (22 January 2007)
Advisory service raises output by one-fifth
User application article Manufacturing advisory service examined operations at a window making factory and was able to help it reorganise to raise productivity by one-fifth.
News from Manufacturing Advisory Service (East Midlands) (22 January 2007)
Firm moves into composites with agency help
User application article A UK development agency has assisted a manufacturer of leather bellows to diversify into new industries and is now taking on the world of rail with ground breaking composite materials.
News from Advantage West Midlands (12 January 2007)
Self-heating can manufacture supported
User application article The main benefits of an UK agency's support have been to enable a food manufacturer to consider a fully automated assembly process for a self-heating can.
News from Manufacturing Advisory Service (East Midlands) (11 January 2007)
GBP 3 million to 'enhance' remanufacturing
The London Development Agency is investing almost GBP 3 million in the UK capital city's recycling industry, including reprocessing and remanufacturing.
News from London Development Agency ( 4 January 2007)
UK firms urged to develop more new products
A UK government's Department of Trade and Industry report is urging manufacturers to invest in new product development in order to remain competitive globally.
News from DTI (28 December 2006)
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