The investment, which will be staged over the next three and a half years, will enable the company to increase production capacity by 50%. The original factory was built over 50 years ago with further expansion in the mid-1980s. While the company has invested heavily in new equipment and building upgrades over these years, including […]
The Job Retention Scheme must be extended for critical, strategic industrial sectors or risk the loss of key skills leaving the UK in the slow lane behind major competitors in recovering from the pandemic.
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Following the recent acquisition of the historic Appledore Shipyard, Harland & Wolff is delighted to welcome prospective employees onsite as part of its first Careers Open Day.
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A deal has been agreed for a listed business to acquire substantially all the assets of Appledore Shipyard in Devon. InfraStrata, the owner of Belfast’s historic Harland & Wolff (H&W) yard, has acquired the assets, with the site to be renamed H&W (Appledore). The business, which is focused on strategic infrastructure projects and physical asset
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Small businesses and the tourism sector across Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay are among those who can benefit from the Growth Support Kickstart Grant Scheme offering grants of up to £3,000. It follows the recent government announcement of a £10 million national investment to kickstart the tourism economy and a £20 million national investment to
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The Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership – covering Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay – is one of the 38 LEPs in England. We are a business-led partnership between the private sector, local authorities, universities and colleges.
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A brief digest of recent developments at Make UK – Furlough updates and manufacturing resilience post-Covid-19
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The Heart of the South West LEP is working with the Learning and Work Institute (L&W) to explore ways to boost demand for higher technical education at Level 4 and 5, and create provision to meet this demand. L&W has been commissioned by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and the Heart of the South West is
Innovate UK has two competitions open to drive digital innovation in UK manufacturing supply chain Particularly of interest to those who have experienced supply chain disruptions due to Covid-19, Innovate UK are welcoming projects which will help UK manufacturing supply chains to develop digital technologies to become more efficient, productive, flexible, resilient. These must encourage
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Survey shows redundancy plans escalating and prospects for normal trading receding Britain’s manufacturers are calling on the Government to extend the Job Retention Scheme for strategic industry sectors by six months in order to avoid the loss of highly skilled job losses in manufacturing on a scale not seen since the 1980s. These sectors are
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