productEEF and UK Trade & Investment
have signed a three-year memorandum
of understanding to collaborate on
the promotion of export services to
manufacturing and engineering
companies across the UK. The aim is
to work together
newsMaterial costs are driving radical solutions for UK manufacturers says an EEF/RBS survey.
newsThe overall picture remains mixed with few signs that the flow of lending to business has eased significantly according to a major survey released today by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation.
newsBritain’s manufacturers have urged the government to redouble its efforts to achieve a meaningful reduction in the burden of regulation at a time when it needs to focus all its efforts on getting our economy growing.
newsThe Chancellor George Osborne announced an ‘above the line’ tax credit for 2013 to encourage research and development (R&D) activity by larger companies in his Autumn Statement.
productBritain’s manufacturers are looking
past economic gloom and focusing on
generating continued growth through
2012, according to a survey of senior
manufacturing executives published
by manufacturers’ organisation, EEF.
productBritain’s manufacturers have warned
that the government’s green and
growth ambitions are failing to
match the ambitions of industry
through a continued pursuit of
complex, costly and incoherent
climate and environment p
newsStatistics show a continued increase in the number of people taking up apprenticeships. The provisional data shows that for the full 2011/12 academic year (August 2011 to July 2012) 502,500 people started an apprenticeship.
newsA survey from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) show apprenticeships have been highly praised, with nearly 8 out of 10 (78%) apprentices and 8 out of 10 (81%) businesses saying they would recommend them to friends or other employers.
newsProjected manufacturing expansion of 2.7% will help to put the UK top of the EU growth league, according to a survey of senior executives published by the EEF and Aldermore Bank.
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