Workforce and skills

Apprentices at Nestle's Dalston plant.

Semta smashes high level apprenticeship take up target

Cardiovascular disease in hospital. Photography by Francis Bijl

Cardiovascular disease cases highest in the manufacturing sector

Premier Interlink Factory - overhead cranes

Manufacturers fearful of labour costs as uncertainty takes hold

15% drop in pension saving since 2007

Jaguar C-X75 incorporating two Bladon Jets micro gas turbines. Bladon Jets secured funding from OION

Jaguar Land Rover to create 1,100 jobs in the West Midlands

Survey: Automotive sector drained by lack of new blood

Semta want to double the amount of higher level apprenticeships by 2016

Manufacturers flock to the House of Lords to press skills issue

Opening up the world of engineering

Oil refinery

Coryton workers demand public enquiry after refinery is to be no more

EAL qualifications for NEETs will plug industry skills gaps

Masters of their fate