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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Barnstaple and Exeter FABLABS have been closed since March during the COVID-19 Lockdown but have plans in place for reopening. FABLAB Barnstaple – Reopening Plans are in place. Do watch out for announcements on social media.FABLAB Exeter – Reopening Tuesday 28th July at 10am**Reopening on a limit basis – booking only. We are very much
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Special Focus: Covid-19 Recovery & Future Growth Plans The Manufacturing Barometer survey is open for SME manufacturers to have their say! This is your chance to highlight, and call for, the help and support you still need as you face the challenges of operating in the ‘New Normal’. Results from the last report, published in
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Immediate stimulus package for manufacturers should lead measures to boost investment and save jobs Key findings Output plunges to lowest level in 30 year survey history UK and export orders at lows comparable to financial crisis Employment and investment suffer significant cutbacks Just over 10% of companies operating at full capacity Industry forecast to contract
West Country based design engineers, Sharp & Tappin Technologies have just released their latest Precision Composite Router (PCR) onto the UK market. The new range of Precision Composite Routers complements and enhances the successful Compcut Saw Range by offering a true 3 axis machining capability.Aimed initially to tackle complex geometry and high accuracy compression Composite
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Make UK has analysed the guidance… Late on 12 June, the Government updated its guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to provide more detail about how the revised Scheme, which begins on 1 July, will operate. The revised Scheme provides for flexible furloughing from 1 July, however, the level of grant available to employers
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TDK Corporation (TSE 6762) announces the introduction of the i7C series of 8A 300W rated non-isolated DC-DC converters, packaged with the industry standard 1/16th pinout. The output voltage of these step-up and step-down converters can be adjusted from 9.6 to 48V and accept a wide range input voltage of 9 to 53V. The converters seamlessly
