Workforce and skills

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

Lucid Motors announced Casa Grande, Arizona, as the location of its new factory - image courtesy of Lucid Motors

Finance

Electric car maker Lucid Motors to build $700m Arizona factory

UK manufacturing productivity grew by 4.7% between 2000 and 2007 - image courtesy of Pixabay.

Leadership & Strategy

Overcoming productivity woes

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

Skills

AMRC apprentice helps boost UK exports

The technologies and concepts BMW unveiled are already being assessed in a number of pilot projects across its global network – image courtesy of BMW Group.

Smart Factory

Logistics: the beating heart of BMW Group

L to R: Christopher Greenough (Salop Design & Engineering), Bekki Phillips (In-Comm), Matthew Snelson (Grainger & Worrall) & Mike Roe (Classic Motor Cars) - skills & training

Skills

£3m training & development lab to bridge skills gap

Manufacturers are urged to consider the ways in which data can help them remain innovative and ahead of a challenging marketplace. This could include predictive maintenance.

Leadership & Strategy

Rockwell Automation: upskilling for the future

BusinessModels

Number of apprenticeships struggle as university numbers continue to do well - work experience

Skills

Govt called to provide work experience for engineering students

Repair Cafe also has an active community and forum, which helps bring people together and share ideas - image courtesy of Repair Cafe

Skills

Repair Cafe helps people fix items rather than dump them

Automotive Digital Manafacturing Data ERP

Digital Transformation

Digital manufacturing offers £74bn opportunity for UK

L to R: Adrian Coppin (Envisage Group); Mick Bradley (Concept Group); Bryan Campbell (Envisage Group), & Chris Devane (Envisage Group).

Finance

Buyout puts Concept Group on road to growth