SME manufacturers across England have been given a £6.5m funding boost to help them recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and address key barriers to growth.

A Midlands manufacturer of X-ray protection equipment has halved its lead times and reduced production costs following the intervention of experts from the Coventry-based Manufacturing Technology Centre.

Forecasts reveal it will take until 2022 for manufacturing to recover to its pre-Covid-19 growth track, while it could cost a potential £36 billion in Gross Added Value this year alone, according to a major report ...

SKF has announced its aim to achieve a fully carbon neutral manufacturing footprint by 2030.

UK Export Finance (UKEF) has published its annual report and accounts, showing it has provided support worth £528 million to exporters in the manufacturing sector, including £57.5 million of short-term financing.

A consortium led by Magtec has been awarded a significant grant in the latest round of APC funding, committed to achieving low carbon technology in the automotive industry.

The first orbital spaceflight from the United Kingdom has come a step closer following the Highland Council’s decision to give the go-ahead for the Space Hub Sutherland spaceport.

​Furloughed apprentices and employees are being given the opportunity to learn new skills, thanks to a new package of support from the Training and Manufacturing Group (TMG). The job retention scheme allows employees to ...

As the UK marks three months under lockdown, Sage - the market leader in cloud business management solutions - today published an in-depth report based on weekly polling of a total of 5,000 SMEs over the course of the ...

Britain’s automotive industry is set to benefit from a £73.5 million government investment to develop green technologies and safeguard jobs, Business Minister Nadhim Zahawi has announced.

Ford and its consortium partners have received government backing for the introduction of 5G connectivity to speed up electric vehicle manufacturing.

A South Derbyshire engineering specialist has reiterated its confidence in the skills of local youngsters by launching a search for a clutch of new apprentices.

Leading e-bike manufacturer VOLT has officially opened the doors to its new UK manufacturing facility in Milton Keynes, realising an expansion project one year in the making.

Brexit will have significant adverse effects on a UK manufacturing sector highly integrated with the EU single market, and that disruption will have a sizeable negative impact on the wider UK economy, a new report by UK ...

​Aerospace sector cutting tool maker Technicut has been badly hit by the impact on the sector, with the company announcing its intention to launch a formal redundancy process, reports Lancashire Live (see link below). ...

​MSC Industrial Supply Co. (MSC), a leading national supplier of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products and services, has been recognised for its outstanding levels of employee engagement, ...