More than 9,000 people have signed an ISOH petition calling on the government to abandon plans to scrap health and safety guidance that helps protect employers against prosecution.
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UK manufacturers continue to expect strong output growth in the next three months, according to the CBI's latest monthly Industrial Trends Survey. However, firms in the survey found that output growth was broadly flat over the three months to May, again disappointing expectations for a more pronounced recovery.
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WM has published IT Shortlist 2013- the ultimate guide to IT systems and service designed to help manufacturers boost performance.
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Taking the cheapest option on compressor maintenance will only end up costing you more in the long run according to an Atlas Copco white paper.
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Growth prospects among small manufacturing businesses in England are at a 12 month high, according to the latest Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) Barometer.
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WM has teamed up with Dr Marek Szwejczewski to offer readers the chance to win a copy of the Best Factory Award judge's Learning from World Class Manufacturers book.
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Students from 13 Glasgow schools have put their design and build skills to the test in the BAE Systems Schools Engineering Challenge 2013.
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A £750,000 investment in a new glass beneficiation plant (pictured) is set to boost sales and create 10 new jobs at Middlesbrough-based Ward Recycling.
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Pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca has extended its contract with Yusen Logistics to include the transport of prescription drugs to Australia under temperature-controlled conditions.
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The Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the UK's innovation agency, has been allocated a record £440 million budget which experts say will provide a boost to the UK's long-term competitiveness.
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Manufacturing bosses have hit out at those who, it says, are "letting Britain down" by calling for a referendum on EU membership.
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Boosted by the export of machinery and cars, the UK manufacturing sector appears to be moving into more positive territory, according to the latest official data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Energy-intensive manufacturers are calling for urgent government intervention to protect industry from gas shortages, warning that UK supplies of gas have been running perilously low and that the consequences of this are harming firms and stifling employment.
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The UK automotive sector continues to defy gravity with new car registrations rising almost 15% in April and 9% (768,555 units) in the year so far – a performance that has put the rest of Europe in the shade.
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Small and medium-sized manufacturers saw orders and output continue to fall in the three months to April, though firms are expecting both to grow in the next quarter.
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The decommissioning of the UK's centrepiece for fast reactor nuclear research and development is providing local learners with jobs and skills for the future.
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Birds Eye has extended its logistics partnership with Norbert Dentressangle to include the storage and supply of packaging and ambient raw materials, along with on-site shunting operations into the manufacturer's award-winning manufacturing complex in Lowestoft.
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Crisp manufacturer Burts has announced that it "could easily double or treble in size" and is looking to grow to a £20m-plus business over the next two to three years by maximising production capacity.
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Britain's blue chip aero engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has started construction of its new state-of-the-art core manufacturing facility in Derby that will produce reactor cores for the UK's current and future submarines programme.
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Hoptroff, the London-based manufacturer of watch movements, has announced what it described as "a quantum leap in luxury timepieces for connoisseurs" – a movement which is destined for the world's first atomic-powered pocket watch.
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Influential new data suggests that UK manufacturing is at least showing signs of stabilising after a rocky few months. While remaining just below the neutral 50.0 mark, the Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a well-regarded bellwether of the sector's health, rose to 49.8 in April, from 48.6 in March.
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A chemical firm has been fined £120,000 after an employee sustained severe burns when he was engulfed by a fireball at a factory in Wirral.
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Maintenance experts at global manufacturing giants including Heineken, PepsiCo and Siemens will be revealing the secrets of banishing downtime at WM's Maintenence Conference this June.
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The automotive sector continues to hold out the prospect of jobs growth, according to a survey from an employment specialist.
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Official data bringing news that Britain has avoided a triple-dip recession brought sighs of relief all round but the fact that the economy grew by 0.3% in the first three months of the year owed no thanks to the manufacturing sector.
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