The Manufacturing Barometer is a quarterly survey that charts the experiences of UK SME manufacturers. It is the largest survey of its kind and has informed both government industrial strategy and the national debate on manufacturing. It regularly features in both national and regional media. The latest barometer survey is now available to complete. If you […]
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A task force has been set up to address the closure of Appledore Shipyard in March. Excerpt & photo from North Devon Gazette It is estimated the closure, scheduled for March 15, will cost the local economy around £10million a year. Some 199 jobs are at risk, with another 70 in the supply chain at
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Manufacturers among first to be fined for failure to pay data protection fee and register details with ICO The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has just issued the first fines for failure to pay a data protection fee and provide details for inclusion in the ICO’s register of fee paying data controllers under new rules which
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Petroc is delighted to announce that it has secured funding from the European Regional Development Fund towards a £1.2 million project to create a Centre of Technology and Innovation Excellence at its North Devon Campus. Work is due to commence in summer 2019, to create a technology-based research and innovation hub for local SMEs and
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EEF – The Manufacturers’ Organisation has launched an online Brexit Toolkit NDMA members benefit from affiliate membership to EEF which offers access to a wide range of resources, documentation and events concerning manufacturing and employment law, as well as broader business advice and good practice. The Brexit Toolkit enables you to calculate the import duty
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The Home Office is in beta testing of the settlement scheme for EU citizens. Not unlike much of the UK, Northern Devon’s manufacturing industry benefits at all levels from the skills and labour of people from around the world, many of whom have settled here from Europe. With Brexit looming, this has naturally caused uncertainty
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Lineal Software Solutions Ltd. has become the only current VMware Enterprise Partner across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. Enterprise Partners can both provide and implement the most advanced and specialised VMware solutions to the market – including cloud infrastructure and mobile device management solutions alongside datacentre products. Now owned by Dell Technologies, VMware’s ground-breaking technology has become a staple
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Isca Barum announce that after 4 years at Taw Vale, they are moving their Barnstaple office. From December the 4th they will be based in Queens House, Queen Street, Barnstaple, EX32 8HJ. Sarah Page – Key Client Director says ‘Our Taw Vale offices have served us well as an initial base to build our
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Bideford-based TCi (GB) Ltd has been honoured with the top awards at both the EDF Energy HPC Excellence Awards and the Considerate Constructors Scheme National Company Award. TCi attended the Considerate Constructors Scheme Awards ceremony on 3rd November, having been shortlisted. The furniture supplier and refurbishment specialist walked away with not only a Gold award,
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Bruce Archibold – and the team at Isca Barum – have succeeded in comfortably beating his fundraising target of £2000 for the Alzheimer’s Society, with a total to date of £2600 – with donations still coming in! Bruce completed his challenge of making a beautiful coffee table and 5 bowls in just one week
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