newsNew West Midlands Festival offers manufacturers direct access to future talent
A NEW festival is launching with the goal of helping manufacturers across the Midlands and the wider UK to secure their future workforce and address the skills gap.
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newsGovernment restructure tackles ‘hideous waste of talent’
SKILLS MINISTER Angela Smith has spoken of the ‘hideous waste of talent’, due to nearly a million young people in the UK not in employment, education or training and the need for skills to be at the epicentre of government if growth targets are to be met.
newsMade in Britain launches new UnPacked series, showcasing the innovators shaping UK manufacturing
THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED second series of UnPacked kicks off today, offering an in-depth interview with Steve Mason, MD of the legacy soft-faced hammer manufacturer Thor Hammer. New episodes will be released weekly
newsDoosan Bobcat opens eFORCE LAB
DOOSAN BOBCAT has announced that the company has officially launched eFORCE LAB., a dedicated battery pack research and development (R&D) center focused on advancing next-generation electrification technologies for construction and other compact equipment.
news“It’s All About Practical Value”: Solving Real Maintenance Challenges Together at IMSS 2025
Ahead of the Industrial Maintenance Solutions Summit 2025, we caught up with event director Rachel Godfrey to discuss what attendees can expect and some of the highlights at this year’s Summit
newsThe power of ten! Autopack celebrates ten-fold expansion and sets sights on continued growth
LEADING INDEPENDENT integrator of packaging lines Autopack has marked a tenfold growth in turnover over the last five years – and is targeting ambitious plans for even further growth.
newsEvesham strongman completes epic charity lorry pull for Cancer Research UK
A STRONGMAN from Evesham has successfully completed his biggest fundraising challenge to date after pulling a 16-tonne Jet Plant Hire tipper more than 30 metres.
newsGPS tracking tech leads to court action against Barkers Bakery over repeated misuse of bakery equipment
Evidence gathered by Bakers Basco’s investigations team prompts legal case against Cambridge-based bakery, leaving £7.5K in unpaid debt
newsAccu helps student engineers to achieve lift off!
PRECISION ENGINEERING component distributor Accu, based in Huddersfield, has demonstrated its commitment to STEM by sponsoring three successful student teams, in the Race2Space Rocketry competition, a national propulsion competition and education initiative designed to boost the UK space sector.
newsBacking lifelong learning: ERIKS opens new multi-media training suite
ERIKS HAS taken a great step forward in supporting both employee development and customer training with the opening of the newly refurbished multimedia training suite at its Fulfilment Centre of Expertise site in Oldbury in the West Midlands.
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