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Ding Dong Thatcher's Gone - Should I Celebrate?

Rima Amin | Posted 18.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: UK, Welfare, Economics, Falklands, Thatcherism, State, Community, Argentina, Ireland, Manufacturing, Conservative, Ideology, Influence, Funeral, Politics, Prime Minister, Mining, Industry, Thatcher, Unions, Thatcherites, Magaret, UK Impact, UK Politics News
Rima Amin

I understand why people are angry by the woman who favoured functional inequalities and believed it to be a necessity for a dynamic economy as she cared little for those consequently suffering.

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Cadets Discovering Industry

Dr Gordon Mizner | Posted 17.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Engineering, Stem, Industry, Industrial Cadets, UK Business, UK Economy, UK News
Dr Gordon Mizner

Industrial Cadets provides a flexible means by which industrial companies can engage with schools in their local area by providing hands-on project and site visit experiences which give students a taste of local industry.

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Industrialisation Is Key to Fighting Poverty

Ivor Ichikowitz | Posted 04.04.2013 | UK
Read More: South Africa, Markets, BRICS Summit, Economy, Industry, Africa, Tariffs, Ghana, Digital, Development, Dreamers, Silicon Valley, UK News
Ivor Ichikowitz

A new industrial revolution is required to lift developing economies from poverty.

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Book Review: The Trebor Story by Matthew Crampton - A Surprisingly Sweet Read

Abigail Tarttelin | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: History, Finance, The-Trebor-Story, Industry, Books, Sweets, Manufacturing, Matthew-Crampton, Trevor, Book, Sugar, UK Business, Book Reviews, UK Entertainment News
Abigail Tarttelin

In this cut-throat, every-man-for-himself age, this thorough history and analysis of a respected and profitable company of the past proved excellent, timely and wise reading.

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What Women Want: Engineering's Hidden Human Side?

Sakthy Selvakumaran | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Opportunity-Working, Women, International Development, Industry, UK Economy, A-Levels, UK Education, Youth Unemployment, Gcses, Engineering, UK Universities & Education News
Sakthy Selvakumaran

I am not one to put faith in gender stereotypes, but with careers such as nursing, biological research and social work drawing a much higher proportion of females, I am lead to question whether the perception of engineering as a "heavy" industry, almost sterile of human interaction is putting women off.

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Miners Evacuated From Underground Fire

PA | Posted 25.02.2013 | UK
Read More: UK-Industry, UK News, Industry, Mining, Daw Mill Colliery, Fire, Warwickshire, Underground Fire, Coal Mining, UK Coal Mine Holdings, Coal Mine Fire, UK News

More than 90 miners at a closure-threatened colliery have been safely evacuated after a severe underground fire. The operators of Daw Mill Colliery...

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Food Industry Takes Control of Its Engineering Future

Richard J. Martin | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Education, Food Science, Sheffield-Hallam-University, Nestle, Engineering, Industry, Masters Degrees, UK News
Richard J. Martin

The food and grocery industry is central to all of our lives. It puts food on our tables, employs one in seven people in the UK and offers a variety o...

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Why Life Values Are So Important in Business

Mark Young | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK
Read More: Business News, UK Business, Sales, New Business, Industry, UK Lifestyle, UK Economy, UK News
Mark Young

Being straight down the line, open and business-like is always positive. That way people don't feel like you're being pushy or trying to drag them kicking and screaming towards something they don't want and didn't ask for in the first place.

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Believing in Wales: How We Can Make the Most of Our Entrepreneurs

Paul Davies | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Conservative Party, Fsb, UK Business, Smes, Unemployment, Ed Balls, Cardiff, George Osborne, David Cameron, Invest Wales, UK Industry, Wales, Paul Davies, UK Politics News
Paul Davies

I am ambitious for Wales and I believe in the Welsh people. I want them to succeed, and I believe that the Welsh government could be doing more to ensure businesses aren't turned down outright when they try to access finance.

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UK Car Production Hits Four-Year High

PA | Posted 17.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Business Secretary Vince Cable, Business Secretary, UK News, Car Production, UK Car Production, Car Building, Industry, Vince Cable, UK Business, Car Industry, Auto Industry, UK Cars, Smmt, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, UK News

Car production in the UK accelerated ahead last year to its highest level for four years. And the number of cars made for export reached an all-tim...

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How Technology Can Help Businesses Innovative - Without Reinventing the Wheel

Jannick Malling | Posted 05.03.2013 | UK Tech
Read More: UK Business, UK Tech, UK Innovation, UK Tech 2013, Modern Techology, Industry, UK Tech News
Jannick Malling

One thing that I personally feel people are missing out on is how technology can help a business innovate. More precisely, how today's technology concepts can help businesses take advantage of the principles of open innovation.

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IT is a Hidden Opportunity for Britain's Young People

Kieran Bay | Posted 28.01.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Apprenticeships, Computing, Skills, UK Education, Careers, Technology, Industry, Universities, Student Jobs, Students, UK Universities & Education News
Kieran Bay

It's also a myth that IT is only for people with highly technical qualifications. Of course you need an interest in technology, but an IT career can be joined at any level, age or experience. It is an industry open to everyone, and is particularly advantageous for young people.

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Why We All Need to Get Collaborative

Rankin | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: The Hunger, Photography, Industry, Collabor8te, Hunger Tv, Rankin, Culture, UK Photography, Ukfilm, UK Entertainment News
Rankin

Great films start with bright ideas, not thousands of pounds worth of camera equipment. These days, filmmaking is not just within the grasp of the rich and famous, nor is it reserved for film studios, elaborate sets or big budgets.

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'There Will Be Shock And Anger'

PA | Posted 25.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Job Losses, Ford Transit, Transit Vans, Ford UK, UK News, Industrial Relations, Ford, UK Industry, Auto Industry, UK News

Ford is to close its Transit van factory and another UK site with the loss of up to 1,500 jobs, sources have said. The grim news was given to union...

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Made In Britain

PA | Posted 14.10.2012 | UK
Read More: UK News, UK Manufacturing, China Industry, Topshop, Sir Philip Green, UK Business, UK Industry, Arcadia, China Manufacturing, UK News

Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green has signalled a boost for the UK clothing industry by revealing that more homegrown firms now supplied his fashion emp...

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Celebrating Ten Years of Visual Effects in the UK

Dominic Davenport | Posted 28.11.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Dark Knight Rises, Escape Studios, Dominic Davenport, Vfx, Film, Eduction, Visual Effects, Inception, Employment, Creative, Harry Potter, Industry, UK Entertainment News
Dominic Davenport

I've been working in the VFX (Visual Effects) industry for many years now and I've seen it grow from a world of a few mad scientists, working with rooms of computers and pushing a few pixels around, to legions of artists, animators and programmers all around the world working on the latest blockbusters.

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Home County Of Dickens, Diana And Des O'Connor Praised For Its Enterprise

Charlie Thomas | Posted 20.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Government, Silverstone, Motor Industry, Industry, Exports, Business News, Michael Fallon, Manufacturing, UK Business, UK News

Northamptonshire has been crowned the most enterprising place in Britain. The Enterprising Britain competition, run by the Department for Business,...

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Honda Announces £267m Investment Programme At UK Plant

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Honda Civic, UK News, Car Production, Industry, Honda, Manufacturing, Car Industry, Japan, News, UK News

Japanese car giant Honda has announced a £267 million investment programme at its UK plant, where hundreds of new jobs have been created. It was t...

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Why Reyner Banham Was Right

Rosy Greenlees | Posted 29.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Manufacturing, Science, Craft, Industry, Culture, Architecture, Reyner Banham, Home News
Rosy Greenlees

The brilliant scholar and critic Reyner Banham was best known for his treatises on architecture, where he would compare ice cream vans with mediaeval cathedrals and explain the importance of bike sheds. However, he was originally trained as an aero engineer and it was this background of actually making stuff that he drew on when in 1973 he delivered a lecture entitled Sparks from a Plastic Anvil: The Craftsman in Technology.

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Used Cars Getting Older As Recession Squeezes Buyers

The Huffington Post UK | David Hobbs | Posted 24.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Car Sales, Car Manufacturers, Car Buying, Used Car Sales, UK Business, UK News, Used Cars, UK Industry, Car Dealers, UK News

If you've running an old car, then the chances are it's longer in the tooth than you might wish but like many other owners counting the pennies, you'v...

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Think About Manufacturing to Make it in Great Britain

Sakthy Selvakumaran | Posted 22.10.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: UK Education, Manufacturing, Youth Unemployment, A-Levels, Industry, UK Economy, Gcses, UK Universities & Education News
Sakthy Selvakumaran

For me, being an engineer is about putting science to work for the benefit of society. Being chosen as one of the Make it in Great Britain '30 Under 30' gives me the opportunity to describe what a career in manufacturing is really about. If you want to make society better, you should consider a career in manufacturing as one of the most rewarding ways to do it.

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SEE: Students Build UK's First Hybrid Train

PA | Posted 22.08.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Trains, Renewable Energy, UK Students, Birmingham University, UK News, Rail Industry, UK Industry, Hybrid, UK Environment, UK Universities, UK Universities & Education News

A prototype hydrogen-powered narrow gauge locomotive has been designed, built and tested by a group of university engineering students and staff. H...

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Catapult Set to Revolutionise the UK Space Industry

Robin Moss | Posted 16.10.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Innovation, UK, Galileo-Satellite-Navigation, Space, Science, Technology, European Space Agency, Technology Strategy Board, Industry, Logica, Catapult, UK Tech News
Robin Moss

The UK space industry is a well hidden success story. Like other nations, the UK is targeting space as a high-growth sector. More competition than ever is coming from Brazil, China, India and South Korea, which all have government-subsidised space programmes.

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Which Cities Are Building Their Business Communities In Spite Of The Recession?(INFOGRAPHIC)

Posted 16.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Video, Business Growth, Unemployment, Industry, Insolvencies, Economy, UK Economy, UK Business, Business, Economic Growth, Recession, UK News

All regions in the UK saw an increase in the number of companies in 2011, but the return to recession in 2012 means businesses still face a turbulent ...

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Government Has 'Snubbed' Coryton Oil Workers

Press Association | Posted 20.07.2012 | UK
Read More: Unite, UK Oil Industry, Oil Industry, UK News, Coryton Oil Refinery, UK Industry, Unite Union, Coryton, UK News

The government has been accused of "snubbing" hundreds of workers set to lose their jobs at an oil refinery amid calls for a public inquiry into the s...

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