EEF, is urging British manufacturers to take advantage of a £30m Government matched funding scheme to give employers the skills they need to realise their growth ambitions.
Engineering business Weir Group is set to close five of its manufacturing facilities in 2015, cutting roughly 350 jobs, it was announced yesterday following the firm's third-quarter results.
Tomorrow’s Engineers Week (#TEWeek14) takes place from 3-7 November 2014 and aims to change perceptions of engineering among young people (focusing on 11-14s), their parents and teachers.
Siemens and leading qualifications body OCR have launched a new partnership designed to tackle the skills gap in engineering and manufacturing.
UK economic growth has slackened in the third quarter, with the GDP increasing by 0.7%, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Manufacturing output in the UK has now surpassed its levels in the late 1970s, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Manufacturing growth has slowed in the third quarter according to a study published today by the British Chambers of Commerce.
Alan Turing's famous bombe machine, which helped break Nazi codes during WWII, has been named by the members of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers as their favourite engineering artefact.
Liberal Democrat business secretary Vince Cable has revealed plans to increase pay for thousands of apprentices.
Euan Fairholm has won the 2014 Create the Trophy Competition, beating hundreds of UK hopefuls with his design The Golden Crown.
