Sector News
£6 Million programme extension at WMG to help small manufacturers across the midlands
The SME Group at WMG, University of Warwick, has secured a £6m extension to their programme to help small manufacturing companies in the East and West Midlands. This has been funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the High Value Manufacturing...
£300 million to boost UK manufacturing productivity by 30%
Businesses with creative ideas to boost the UK’s manufacturing capabilities, including using robotics, AI and augmented reality, are set to receive £300m of joint government and industry funding, Business Secretary Alok Sharma confirmed at London Tech Week today (11...
CBI says manufacturing downturn eases after record dip
Manufacturer output volumes in the three months to August continued to fall quickly, but the pace of decline eased somewhat from last month’s survey-record decline, according to the latest CBI monthly Industrial Trends Survey. The survey of 278 manufacturers found...
Digital Forum at heart of £85m King’s Quarter plan
One of the largest digital quarters in the UK will form part of the £85million King's Quarter project to redevelop part of Gloucester city centre. Plans for The Forum, which will form part of the regeneration of King's Square, have been revealed as part of today's...
Over 200 jobs announced as part of the Welsh Lighthouse Lab facility
Welsh Government and Life Sciences Hub Wales are supporting plans to build a 200 strong team of specialists at Wales’ soon to be launched Lighthouse Lab, which is set to create additional capacity for the UK’s Covid-19 testing strategy. Work to establish the UK...
The VentilatorChallengeUK consortium wins award for Pandemic Service
In March, the Prime Minister called on the manufacturing community to produce ventilators at the pace and scale needed to support the NHS in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Reaching out to the HVM Catapult’s contacts throughout the UK’s engineering community, our...
Civic leaders urge greater investment in R&D
Leaders from across local and civic government, as well as universities and research institutions, have signed a manifesto calling on Whitehall to provide more support to the knowledge economy to ‘level up’ the regions. The 10-point manifesto was sent to business...
Six companies shortlisted for £400M Golden Valley development project
Six potential development partners have been shortlisted to work on Cheltenham’s £400,000 Golden Valley Development. One of the UK’s flagship schemes, the Golden Valley Development, will sit on a 200 hectare site adjacent to GCHQ in West Cheltenham and aims to deliver...
Yorkshire leaders sign manifesto to boost innovation in the region
Leaders from across Yorkshire’s local and civic government, universities and research institutions have signed a new manifesto to boost the nation’s regional innovation potential. The signatories – which include Martin Farrington, director, city development at Leeds...
Place Matters: Innovation and Growth in the UK
Produced by Metro Dynamics, on behalf of Bruntwood SciTech, the Place Matters: Innovation and Growth in the UK report explores the power of place.Many of our cities and towns have or have had a key role in the creation of the innovation-based global knowledge economy....
Over £100 million cash boost to manufacture millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine
New state-of-the-art centre to scale up COVID-19 vaccine and gene therapy manufacturing gets £100 million investment. The UK’s capability to manufacture vaccines has received a substantial boost yesterday, as the government announced an additional £100 million to...
CBI reports record drop in UK manufacturing as total orders dip
Hopes of a rebound in manufacturing output in the three months to July have been dashed by figures from the Confederation of British Industry that showed production volumes declined at a record pace and total orders fell at their fastest rate since October 1980. The...
Professor Paul Monks to join BEIS as new Chief Scientific Advisor
The University of Leicester’s Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry and Earth Observation Science Paul Monks is to join the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) as its new Chief Scientific Advisor. The Pro-Vice Chancellor and Head of College of...
Bid lodged for £20m to create advanced manufacturing research centre in Derby
A bid has been submitted to secure £20 million from the Government to fund a new advanced manufacturing research centre in Derby. City leaders have lodged a bid to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for the cash to create a permanent home for...
Make UK/BDO Report – Industry warns of damaging triple whammy hit to red wall regions from ‘no deal’
Some of the UK’s most economically deprived regions and so-called ‘red wall’ constituencies are at risk of a triple whammy hit to their economies in the event a comprehensive new relationship with the EU is not concluded by December. Those regions with a high...