Workforce and skills

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A third of UK employees fear workplace lacks first aiders

Unite demands answers over BAE Systems – EADS merger

Construction begins on Sheffield’s £8.5m UTC

Supply Chain Academy opens in Essex

PRF Engineering fined £6000 over lost fingers

Bracebridge Engineering is up against it with service companies offering competitive pay in convenient locations.

SME manufacturers struggle to compete on pay

Apprenticeship misperceptions

Holt Review: apprenticeship delivery is failing the employer

Lexus LS World Premiere 2013

Lexus and Toyota come out top in driver survey

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Manufacturers need business skills not GCSEs

Further threat to skills as GCSE grades drop