Special Focus: Covid-19 Recovery & Future Growth Plans The Manufacturing Barometer survey is open for SME manufacturers to have their say! This is your chance to highlight, and call for, the help and support you still need as you face the challenges of operating in the ‘New Normal’. Results from the last report, published in […]
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Immediate stimulus package for manufacturers should lead measures to boost investment and save jobs Key findings Output plunges to lowest level in 30 year survey history UK and export orders at lows comparable to financial crisis Employment and investment suffer significant cutbacks Just over 10% of companies operating at full capacity Industry forecast to contract
West Country based design engineers, Sharp & Tappin Technologies have just released their latest Precision Composite Router (PCR) onto the UK market. The new range of Precision Composite Routers complements and enhances the successful Compcut Saw Range by offering a true 3 axis machining capability.Aimed initially to tackle complex geometry and high accuracy compression Composite
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Make UK has analysed the guidance… Late on 12 June, the Government updated its guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to provide more detail about how the revised Scheme, which begins on 1 July, will operate. The revised Scheme provides for flexible furloughing from 1 July, however, the level of grant available to employers
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TDK Corporation (TSE 6762) announces the introduction of the i7C series of 8A 300W rated non-isolated DC-DC converters, packaged with the industry standard 1/16th pinout. The output voltage of these step-up and step-down converters can be adjusted from 9.6 to 48V and accept a wide range input voltage of 9 to 53V. The converters seamlessly
With businesses having made hard decisions in the current Covid-19 pandemic, many are now looking ahead to understand how they can recover and restore their operations in anticipation of government guidance on the recovery period. Our teams of experts, from HR advisers and lawyers, to Health and Safety consultants, and Business Growth specialists have put
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Following the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s announcement on 27 April, I’m writing to inform you that the Bounce Back Loan (BBL) Scheme opens for applications from today. Delivered by lenders accredited by the British Business Bank for this scheme, Bounce Back Loans target small and micro businesses in all sectors, providing loans from £2k up
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Make UK has today launched our plans for the future: ‘Manufacturing Our Road to Recovery’ which sets out how to: Boost economic confidence Ensure a safe return to work Build resilience Download the pdf handout: Make UK has also launched a ‘Back to Business’ pack which includes: Return from Furlough template letter – designed to
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Make UK’s bi-weekly Manufacturing Monitor survey results are now published, giving an indication of the manufacturing climate in light of COVID-19 This is a fortnightly survey to ‘take the temperature’ of the sector and help us with our messages to government. The first survey results received very strong press coverage, and we are keen to
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Dymond Engineering and Metal Products in Barnstaple remains open for business during the COVID19 lockdown, being able to maintain social distancing discipline and the recommended hygiene practices across the site. Since the lockdown we have been involved with a number of orders for essential goods. These included urgently needed powder coating of respirators which we
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