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		<title>Growth ahead for smaller manufacturers, says MAS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/growth-ahead-for-smaller-manufacturers-says-mas/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21499741&#038;post=3207&#038;subd=whatshappeninginmanufacturing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Students bid for schools engineering challenge title</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students from 13 Glasgow schools have put their design and build skills to the test in the BAE Systems Schools Engineering Challenge 2013. S2 pupils are taking part in a challenge to design and build model ships using paper, card, &#8230; <a href="http://whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/students-bid-for-schools-engineering-challenge-title/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21499741&#038;post=3204&#038;subd=whatshappeninginmanufacturing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New plant set to boost sales and create jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. The new plant will enable Ward, which employs 140 people across the UK, to boost sales &#8230; <a href="http://whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/new-plant-set-to-boost-sales-and-create-jobs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21499741&#038;post=3201&#038;subd=whatshappeninginmanufacturing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Debate on Europe &#8216;letting Britain down&#8217; &#8211; EEF</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Manufacturing bosses have hit out those who it says are “letting Britain down” by calling for a referendum on EU membership. The voice of the manufacturers’ organisation EEF, is calling on the Prime Minister to hold good his promise of &#8230; <a href="http://whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/debate-on-europe-letting-britain-down-eef/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21499741&#038;post=3198&#038;subd=whatshappeninginmanufacturing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Record £440m funding for innovations agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the UK&#8217;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. The funding boost, announced by Universities and Science Minister David Willetts, &#8230; <a href="http://whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/record-440m-funding-for-innovations-agency/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21499741&#038;post=3194&#038;subd=whatshappeninginmanufacturing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trade data confirms manufacturing is ‘finding its feet again’</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 09:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest UK trade data showed that exports rose almost 5% in March, prompting suggestions that the manufacturing sector is “finding its feet again”. Official data showed the UK&#8217;s trade deficit falling slightly in March, down from £3.391bn in February &#8230; <a href="http://whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/trade-data-confirms-manufacturing-is-finding-its-feet-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21499741&#038;post=3191&#038;subd=whatshappeninginmanufacturing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exports boost UK manufacturing output</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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). In March, the ONS Index of Production showed manufacturing &#8230; <a href="http://whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/exports-boost-uk-manufacturing-output/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21499741&#038;post=3189&#038;subd=whatshappeninginmanufacturing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Manufacturers call for safer gas supply</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 08:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. Organisations including the &#8230; <a href="http://whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/manufacturers-call-for-safer-gas-supply/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21499741&#038;post=3186&#038;subd=whatshappeninginmanufacturing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UK auto sector puts rest of Europe in the shade</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hurst</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. SMMT &#8230; <a href="http://whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/uk-auto-sector-puts-rest-of-europe-in-the-shade/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=whatshappeninginmanufacturing.wordpress.com&#038;blog=21499741&#038;post=3183&#038;subd=whatshappeninginmanufacturing&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New composite engineering skills framework to be led by new chairman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 08:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hurst</dc:creator>
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