Report reveals a lack of skills is holding back the UK’s big reshoring drive
More than half of manufacturers in the UK feel they don’t have the right skills to take advantage of the growing ‘reshoring’ trend according to…
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Brandauer’s Crozier awarded Honorary Doctorate from Birmingham City University
The CEO of a 161-year-old award-winning metal engineering business has been bestowed an honorary doctorate from Birmingham City University (BCU) for his outstanding contribution to…
Biggest ever Design & Make Challenge recognises the brightest young engineering minds
The UK’s biggest independent STEM event crowned four major winners last week in a competition that attracted more than 80 pupils keen to get an…
Budding motorsport engineer wins main title at the In-Comm Training Awards
A young apprentice that is helping motorsport teams achieve their best possible performance has been named as the Outstanding Apprentice of the Year for the…
Rising engineering star bangs the drum for more ‘girl power’ in industry
Attracting more females into engineering is the mission for a Black Country electrical engineer that has won a clutch of awards in the early part…
YMCA Black Country Group caps recruitment drive by striking Gold with Investors in People Award
A Black Country charity that supports thousands of young people every year has capped one of its largest ever recruitment drives by securing a prestigious…
Metals chief warns that a faltering ‘Apprenticeship Levy’ is hampering industrial growth
Manufacturing’s growth is being hamstrung by an out-of-date Apprenticeship Levy scheme that is failing to address key labour shortages in the workforce. Rachel Eade MBE,…
NIS backing paves The Way for Youth Zone’s critical work in Wolverhampton
A Wolverhampton-based training specialist that thrives on getting disadvantaged people back into employment has thrown its support behind The Way Youth Zone. National Infrastructure Solutions…
Gestamp and In-Comm launch new training centre
One of the UK’s leading automotive suppliers has joined forces with In-Comm Training to boost its learning and development offer and support employee retention. Gestamp,…
Skills a priority as electrification race aims to deliver over 169,000 jobs
Hundreds of thousands of new skilled jobs will need to be created over the next two years if the UK is going to transition to…