#Funding

the Midlands Industrial Ceramics Group (MICG)

Innovation

Midlands to become global centre for advanced technical ceramics

CROP Great idea concept innovation NPI NPD - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Innovation

Funding for UK research and innovation projects to create high-value jobs

MTC Apprenticeships = Apprentices record

Leadership & Strategy

MTC Apprenticeships applications hit record high

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Smart Factory

Virtual reality technology set to double turnover for furniture maker

Innovation

£400m to help ambitious UK aerospace projects take off

CROP - Whitehall Downing Street in London - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Leadership & Strategy

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Summer Statement 2020: The manufacturing industry reacts

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Digital Transformation

Digital innovation fund launched to revolutionise industrial supply chains

Steve Wood, Parity Medical - courtesy of Made Smarter

Digital Transformation

Made Smarter hits major milestone – 100-plus SMEs now reaping benefits of digital tech

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

Leadership & Strategy

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

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

Innovation

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

Innovation

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