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Skills gaps could ruin industry
02 Sep 2010 18:56

A leading industry professor has warned that manufacturing in the UK could “collapse” within five years because of a lack of skills.

Manufacturing recovery running out of steam
02 Sep 2010 16:56

The recovery manufacturing has enjoyed throughout much of 2010 is continuing but at significantly slower rate, according to the latest industry PMI from Markit and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Call for local lending approach
02 Sep 2010 14:39

The head of MAS West Midlands has called on banks to reintroduce local business bank managers in order to increase commercial lending.

Coke employees to can work over pay
02 Sep 2010 12:28

Employees at Coca Cola's Edmonton plant in north London have voted in favour of strike action after rejecting a two per cent pay rise offer.

NW Precision Forms sold
01 Sep 2010 14:12

The joint administrators of North West Precision Forms today announced a sale of the business and its assets to North West Precision Limited.

Halliburton's training praised
01 Sep 2010 13:51

The oil and gas engineering giant scooped a best practice certificate at its new Aberdeen test facility.

Academies Advance
01 Sep 2010 13:12

Deal done to buy Corus site
27 Aug 2010 16:04

ADS seeks budget assurance
27 Aug 2010 14:39

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Moving on or staying steady
02 Sep 2010 15:33

Jon Miller of Gemba Research discusses the pros and cons of paced conveyor lines

Insight on ERP
02 Sep 2010 15:00

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Apprentice Apotheosis
27 Aug 2010 13:11

TM's Jane Gray investigates whether the high fall-out from university clearing is manifesting in a...

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Aerotherm

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Aras

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Ancra Systems

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The IT crowd dish up their experiences

Early last month, a group of East Midlands manufacturers assembled in Nottingham to sample the culinary delights of local fine dining favourite, Harts. The group discussed their experiences with IT and specifically ERP and, as Tim Brown writes, while no two experiences were the same, the consensus among those present was that paper based systems are unequivocally a thing of the past.

Finance for growth - can we bank on it?

Industry and government have accused banks of starving small businesses of funding and making a private-led recovery from recession impossible. The banks say the money is there to borrow but there is little demand and even less viability.

Mark Young weighs up the arguments.

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Vitacress
Cultivating green shoots

From singlehandedly developing the UK watercress industry, Vitacress has established itself as a leading European grower and packer of salad and vegetable products. Tim Brown discusses with members of the Vitacress team the differentiating factors that have afforded the company its considerable success.

KK Fine Foods
Cooking up success

Mark Young hears about the business principles in place now and from the start that have taken KK Fine Foods from MD Leyla Edwards’s kitchen to an 80,000 square foot factory supplying the biggest brewery chains in the UK.

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