Articles by Fred Tongue

Nearly a quarter (23%) of levy-paying firms have no understanding of the Apprenticeship Levy or don’t know how their company will respond to it.

Baker Dearing Educational Trust gets high profile trustee

Since 2010 there has been a much greater emphasis on building up a strategic reserve of salt to help keep the country on the move - image courtesy of The Salt Association.

Brown salt: keeping Britain moving

Plans outlined for the future of UK prosperity

Hard Brexit Euro Pound Sterling Finance - Stock Image

Calls to assess Brexit impact on manufacturing

Jaguar Land Rover vehicles in production - industrial strategy

Strong start to the year for British automotive sector

Weak pound could lead to price increase by SMEs

milk, bottle, consumer good, food, dairy,

Reckitt Benckiser in £13.2bn takeover talks

Weetabix announce £30m investment in plant

Weetabix set for £30m investment

Young Engineers STEM Apprentices Engineering Stock Image

People & Skills

Government warned over cost of apprenticeships

Demand is expected to grow strongly over the next three months as is output growth - image courtesy of Pixabay.

Industry optimism grows at fastest rate for two years

The Rolls-Royce Trent-xWB engine. Rolls-Royce has recently been embroiled in bribery claim brought by the Serious Fraud Office relating to bribery and corruption involving intermediaries in a number of overseas markets - image courtesy of Rolls-Royce.

Rolls-Royce agrees £671m bribery settlement