Tim Potter, managing partner of accountancy firm HURST, together with a senior team from NatWest in Manchester, led a delegation of north west manufacturers on a tour of Jaguar Land Rover’s factory on Merseyside to discover what lessons could be learned from the plant’s success.
Coventry based automotive firm Penso will target growth after winning £4.3m in funding. The firm is set to expand to meet increasing demand for its vehicle systems.
New employees in the UK automotive supply chain are set to benefit from the Government’s latest £25 million funding support for training and skills development.
British sports car brand Trident has announced the global availability of its Iceni sports car, the world’s fastest and most fuel efficient diesel sports vehicle.
Automotive OEM supplier Stadco has completed a £180,000 investment in its Shrewsbury facility for the installation of white-light scanning technology for measuring components.
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Car manufacturing group Fiat and Chrysler have contracted IBM to integrate their different IT systems into a single global operation.
The future of the UK as a leader in the development and take-up of low emission vehicles has been given a boost with government's announcement of how the Office of Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) will spend its £500m funding allocation over the next five years.
Luxury automotive manufacturer Aston Martin has announced its revenues surpassed £500m last year as sales climbed by 13%.
Ford has announced a series of engineering and business apprenticeship programmes, including a newly-established Higher Apprenticeship in IT.
