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Coventry-based company hosts its own machine exhibition

Bystronic UK, agents for Bystronic laser cutting and metal processing machines, opened the doors of its Coventry showroom in April for Innovation 2012 - a week of machine demonstrations, technical information and practical presentations. ...
With over 600 UK firms now exporting to Russia, is there a market opportunity for your business

Export focus: To Russia, with love

Tom Moore investigates the challenges of doing business in Russia and speaks to manufacturers already there to reveal some of the wealth of export opportunities. ...
Joe Flanagan, principal consultant sustainability at international materials technology company Ceram

Resource alert: Water footprinting

In the UK water is generally cheap and is used liberally both in a domestic and business context. But Joe Flanagan, principal consultant sustainability at international materials technology company Ceram, warns that this situation will not last and urges manufacturers...
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Mask-arade scores a goal with Hodgson masks

Mask manufacturer Mask-arade has taken a break from producing products for the Diamond Jubilee to cope with an influx of orders for masks of the new England manager Roy Hodgson. ...

Regulation update: Protected conversations

In November 2011 David Cameron announced a consultation for the idea of ‘protected conversations’ in the workplace. The aim is to make it easier for employers to manage difficult employment issues with less risk of a tribunal claim. Chris Coopey,...
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Manufacturing leadership: Mark Lee of Barclays on finance

Access to finance is rated as one of the top barriers to growth in manufacturing. But what are the real pinch points in banking relationships? And what can manufacturers do on their own behalf to make their financing prospects as...

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    The calls for cheaper and longer bank lending terms still ring out across industry, and yet the banks say a healthy manufacturing sector is keeping them busy. With the EFG, BGF, asset and invoice finance

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  • Catapult Update: shaping the network of centres

    This document explains how the UK’s new network of Catapults is being established by the Technology Strategy Board. Catapults are centres of technology and innovation that will transform the UK’s ability to create new products

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