Research and Development

Spring Statement 2018 allocates the first wave of funding, providing over £95m for 13 areas across the UK.

Finance

Manufacturing investment: uncertainty ahead

Students at NTU’s School of Architecture, Design and Built Environment - image courtesy of NTU

Innovation

AECOM & N’ham Trent Uni to help foster innovation

RESIZE-Owen Mumford Design Manufacturing

Innovation

A combined approach to design & manufacturing

Advanced Structural Testing Centre machinist, Edward Allen, with the newly-refurbished CNC machine - image courtesy of AMRC.

People & Skills

AMRC apprentice helps boost UK exports

EmDrive built by Eagleworks inside the test chamber - image courtesy of Eagleworks Laboratories, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

Innovation

NASA publishes EmDrive paper showing physics-defying engine works

Batteries Battery Power Stock Image

Innovation

An answer to the world’s battery power prayers?

A Jetstream 31 is used as a ‘flying testbed’, which flies itself while having pilots on board who could take control at any time - image courtesy of BAE Systems - unmanned aircraft

Innovation

Next trial of unmanned aircraft tech begins

Automotive Digital Manafacturing Data ERP

Digital Transformation

Digital manufacturing offers £74bn opportunity for UK

Santander has provided an invoice financing facility to ensure that supplier payments are processed quickly - image courtesy of shutterstock.

Finance

Autumn Statement: everything manufacturers need to know

A diagram of the EBR Systems wireless pacemaker technology implanted in a heart - image courtesy of EBR Systems.

Innovation

New wireless pacemaker technology to help global heart patients

L to R: Titanium powder obtained from rutile sand, Field Assist Sintered double cone preform, then pancake forging - image courtesy of FastForge.

Innovation

FASTForge to deliver cheaper aerospace titanium