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Saved Vauxhall site to double apprentice intake

The Vauxhall car plant at Ellesmere Port, thrown a lifeline last week with the announcement that it had been chosen by US parent GM as the production base for the new generation Astra, is to double the number of technical apprentices working there next year.

The news follows the announcement of a £125m investment at the site and that 2,100 jobs had been ...
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Sign up to our Starved of Skills campaign

WM editor Max Gosney on our blindspot to bringing bright kids into manufacturing and why signing WM's Starved of Skills campaign can help us solve the problem

Sum of the parts

When a number of local transport firms come together under the umbrella of a national pallet network, their combined muscle can offer a highly cost-effective means of moving goods for manufacturing customers, as Laura Cork discovers

Right on the money

Many businesses have wildly exceeded their machinery replacement lifecycles, as they cling on to cash in hard times. Could asset finance be the knight in shining armour? Brian Wall reports

Hozelock’s IT journey to be unraveled

Hozelock's IT journey to be unraveled at the WMMC Business IT Conference

Training: ownership and partnerships

Philip Whiteman, chief executive of sector skills council Semta, on the importance of ownership and partnerships.

Magic medicine

They're respected by politicians, adored by the public and a top career choice with kids. GSK's Ian McCubbin meets Max Gosney to discuss the UK pharma giants – the mavericks of the UK manufacturing family

Stepping up to the Mark

Manufacturers say the job market is saturated with a generation of the illiterate and unemployable. So what's Mark Prisk, the man behind future industry policy, going to do about it? The WM Leaders Forum – our think-tank for the sector – ...
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How to make innovation pay

Energy is undergoing huge change, with the focus shifting from traditional power to low-carbon and renewables – and a new title, Innovation Excellence, details case studies from the energy and natural resources sector which prove that this is a highly innovative sector with an eye firmly on the future.

Ventilation risk assessment service

Duct cleaning company Ductbusters is offering a new risk assessment service for site ventilation systems. The company has previously given risk assessment advice on an ad hoc basis but has now decided to launch this as a standalone service.

Manage exports by the book

As manufacturers rely on exports to fuel their order books, it is timely that a new publication out this month promises to explain in straightforward terms the principles and practice of export.