Category Archives: R&D

Growth ahead for smaller manufacturers, says MAS

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Growth prospects among small manufacturing businesses in England are at a 12 month high, according to the latest Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) Barometer. It reveals nearly two thirds (64%) of companies questioned are expecting to increase sales over the next … Continue reading →

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Aerospace engineer enlists MAS to develop snappy idea

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

A former aerospace engineer enlisted the help of the Manufacturing Advisory Service’s new product development programme to help him in the early-stages of bringing his canine behavior warning idea to fruition before turning to LS Manufacturing for its production. Branded … Continue reading →

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Unions welcome Heseltine proposals

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Both workers’and bosses’ unions reacted positively today to the government’s response to Lord Heseltine’s No Stone Unturned report published last autumn, welcoming its approach to growth strategy, migration policy, science and research funding and proposals on localism. TUC General Secretary … Continue reading →

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MDL acquires new multi-million R&D facility

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

The biggest new research and development facility built in York in the last five years has been acquired by international engineering business Renishaw in a multi-million pound deal. Redwood House (pictured), a 20,000 sq ft purpose-built research and development facility … Continue reading →

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Gap between ambition and reality on investment is growing – EEF

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

UK manufacturers with ambitious strategies to take new products and services to new overseas markets may not be investing enough to deliver them. According to a new survey conducted among manufacturing organisations by EEF, nine out of ten firms want … Continue reading →

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‘Green’ manufacturing faltering, says EEF

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

A new report from the manufacturers’ organisation EEF shows that the UK’s position as the sixth largest producer and provider of low carbon goods and services is faltering, with manufacturing output contracting. The report – Tech for Growth,’ delivering green … Continue reading →

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GSK announces ‘major change programme’

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced that its existing operational excellence programme is to be supplemented by “a new major change programme”.  The new £1.5bn programme will continue to focus on simplifying GSK’s supply chain, and on “building the Group’s … Continue reading →

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BFA winner continues to invest in plant and people

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

The metrology to medical products group Renishaw has confirmed that it is continuing to invest for growth, despite global economic uncertainties and short-term fluctuations in its business activity levels. Renishaw – whose Woodchester, Gloucestershire facility picked up the Best Electronics … Continue reading →

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Global manufacturers predict tough times ahead – PwC survey

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

Global manufacturing firms are bracing themselves for more tough times ahead, according to a new survey from the business advisory firm PwC. Asked for their perceptions, aspirations and concerns for the industry, manufacturing leaders were particularly sceptical about the economic … Continue reading →

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IfM invites firms to join new industry-university programme

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

A new collaborative industry-university programme has been launched to build a sustainable collaborative research-practice partnership delivering benefits to both industrial and research communities. The Strategic Technology and Innovation Management (STIM) Consortium was instigated by the Centre for Technology Management (CTM), … Continue reading →

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