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Hitherbest, Heath Hill Industrial Estate, Heath Hill, Dawley, Telford - image courtesy of Manufacturing Growth Programme

£6.5m to help manufacturers tackle “immediate business issues”

Steve Lindsey, founder, CEO and designer of the Blade Compressor, Lontra.

Lontra passes key funding milestone to increase high-value manufacturing post Covid-19

£680m R&D boost to help drive UK’s economic recovery

Just 1000 cars were earmarked for domestic sale in the UK in May - Image by khamkhor from Pixabay

UK car production slumped 95% in May despite factories restarting

automatic robotic hand moving and preparing tiny bits of chocolate at chocolate factory - shutterstock_196486598

Automation creates jobs – so long as you move quickly

A crop being sprayed with a pesticide such as Roundup - Image by Erich Westendarp from Pixabay

Bayer to pay $10bn to settle Roundup US cancer law suits

JCB (Staffordshire) for developing and manufacturing the world’s first volume produced fully electric digger (19C-1E),

Babcock, JCB and JLR named as MacRobert Award 2020 finalists

Captured at the launch of the very first Bradford Manufacturing Week in 2018 is Nick Garthwaite, founder of Bradford Manufacturing Weeks and Chair of West & North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce with Christeyns apprentices Lauren Bean (L) and Jordan Smith (R).

‘Virtual’ Bradford Manufacturing Weeks 2020 announced

UK Chemical Industry Chemicals Science Research Laboratory - image courtesy of Depositphotos

UK recovery at risk unless R&D investment is protected

electromobility electric cars vehicle ev charge charging recharging battery transport mobility - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

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Move to electric cars could deliver £24bn boost to UK economy by 2025

CROP - any warehouse vehicle can become an automated guided vehicle (AGV) by installing a robotic module - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

What are the challenges for the development of autonomous systems?