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Chancellor delivers pre-Budget speech amid tax rise rumours
Chancellor Rachel Reeves refused to rule out tax rises as she says she will make the “necessary choices” in this month’s upcoming Budget. Read more via The Manufacturer
Make UK warns of deindustrialisation risk from Budget business tax increases
Britain’s manufacturers are urging to government to use the forthcoming Budget to focus solely on measures to boost growth, warning that any further increases in business taxes, as well as a continued failure to reduce industrial energy costs, risks setting the UK on a path to significant deindustrialisation. Read more via The Manufacturer
What does a career in engineering really look like?
Today (November 5th) is National Engineering Day, a day which aims to “re-engineer what it means to be an engineer.” Today’s engineers are shaping the technologies and industries of the future – from defence and artificial intelligence to quantum and climate change, developing innovative solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems. Read more via The Manufacturer
JLR launches free education resource programme in schools to help close the UK STEM skills gap
JLR has launched Create Possible – a free online education programme for teachers and students aged 11–14, to help tackle classroom challenges and support efforts to close the UK’s STEM skills gap. Read more via The Manufacturer
UK engineering profession calls on government to help bridge “perilous skills gap and diversity challenge”
The Royal Academy of Engineering has published the results of Engineers 2030, a National Engineering Policy Centre project to establish the skills needs of the UK engineering workforce in the 21st century. Read more via The Manufacturer
