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newsThe Government has made £1.4 billion available in a Regional Growth Fund.
newsA package of changes to Britain�s health and safety system designed to support the Government�s growth agenda and to ease regulatory burdens on business have been announced by employment minister Chris Grayling.
newsUbisense has released the Assembly Control System (ACS), which is designed to help automotive manufacturers to identify and track the location of vehicles, parts and tools through the assembly line process.
newsDeputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg gave more detail on the coalition’s plan for a green investment bank, saying it would be up and running by April 2012.
productEEF, the manufacturers’ organisation
has urged the government to open
the debate on the 2020 Renewables
Target or risk unnecessarily
undermining the competitiveness of
industry and unnecessarily increasing
the costs of
newsThe UK’s Index of Production fell 1.2% year-on-year in April, but the EEF says it is a blip caused by temporary factors.
newsFollowing initial reports of a strong first quarter for the industrial automation electronics equipment (IAEE), IMS Research has upgraded its forecast to 12.9% market growth in 2011.
newsManufacturing companies are being urged to step up to the plate and create a bonfire of legislation that they would like to be either improved or scrapped under the government’s ‘Red Tape Challenge’ (RTC).
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