News for: Manufacturing

Stockport based schoolwear manufacturer, William Turner and Son Ltd, have announced their acquisition by Banner Group. The family-run business was established in 1969, and will complement Banner’s existing schoolwear range with ties and other accessories, as well as brining William Turner’s … [Read more...]

Five Stockport manufacturers in the home goods and furniture sector are taking advantage of a boom in their industry to accelerate their digital transformation with the support of the Made Smarter programme, and are urging others in their field to do the same. Despite challenges facing their … [Read more...]

Trade negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have launched, representing £33.1 billion of trade between the UK and GCC member states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The GCC bloc of nations when combined is the UK's seventh largest trading … [Read more...]

The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is hosting a series of webinars to help businesses understand the process of adopting new safety standards and marketing following Brexit. The UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking rules replace the Conformité Européenne (CE) … [Read more...]

The North-west has been confirmed as a strategic component of the UK's multi-billion pound space sector, with a dedicated North West Space Cluster formally launched in the region. Led by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), alongside a consortium of key regional, national and … [Read more...]

Starkey UK, Hazel Grove-based hearing technology specialists, has hosted its Dubrovnik Business Seminar to inspire UK hearing professionals to move into a world beyond the pandemic. The Starkey UK team travelled to beautiful Dubrovnik, Croatia with 100 hearing professionals from the UK and … [Read more...]

UK manufacturers are set to benefit from a new data innovation hub to support SMEs to improve their productivity. The £50 million Smart Manufacturing Data Hub (SMDH) has been announced by Industry Minister Lee Rowley and will be led by Ulster University as part of the Made Smarter programme to … [Read more...]

The manufacturing sector has seen business optimism fall sharply, citing rising costs and depressed growth according to the latest Quarterly Industrial Trends Survey from the CBI. The quarterly survey, sponsored by Accenture, found that business optimism fell in April by 9%, the sharpest decline … [Read more...]