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US FACTORIES LEAD GLOBAL MANUFACTURING RECOVERY
"US manufacturing steamed ahead at its fastest rate in 20 years during November, leading a global factory rebound stretching from Britain to Asia."
"As U.S. exporters benefited from a sagging dollar, the Institute for Supply Management said its U.S. industrial barometer surged to 62.8 in November from 57.0 in October, far exceeding Wall Street forecasts for a rise to 58.0.<BR> The report suggested the world's largest economy is due for another strong quarter of growth, though analysts acknowledge t
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MANUFACTURING RECOVERY SLOWLY TAKING HOLD
"Manufacturers' export order books were fuller in December than for nearly three years and output is expected to grow for the first time in almost a year, according to the latest CBI monthly industrial trends survey published recently."
"The employers' organisation said UK manufacturers were still struggling but it was clear the global recovery was filtering through and conditions were gradually improving.<BR> Of the 886 firms answering the survey, 11% said their export order books were above norma
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MET ALUMNUS WINS PRIZE
"Aled Laugharne, a recent MET alumnus, has been awarded the IEE Manufacturing/IBM M.Eng Project Prize for 2003. Mr Laugharne graduated from Cambridge University in June last year with the degrees of BA and MEng, having specialised in Manufacturing Engineering at the Institute for Manufacturing. "
"The Manufacturing Engineering Tripos (MET) is a broadly based course that provides students with foundations of knowledge in all aspects of manufacturing and business, from the technical side (design, factory o
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ONLY A SCHOOL LEAVER?
"New regulations have come into force that affect young people in the period between 'school-leaving age' and legal adulthood at the age of eighteen. Employment law specialist Nichola Upperton-Evans, a partner at the London office of law firm Rowe Cohen, offers a guideline to employers trying to navigate the shifting sands of adolescents' employment legislation."
"Many industries and sectors have come to rely on young people, barely out of school and up to eighteen, to make a contribution to their workfo
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MANUFACTURING CONDITIONS IMPROVE
"Whilst there are some positive signs of an upturn in the manufacturing sector, a significant fall in capital investment is an unwelcome and worrying trend according to Bob Hale, chairman of the RSM Robson Rhodes' National Engineering Group."
"Historically, companies coming out of recession and into an upturn, increase capital investment. This clearly isn't happening this time and, for those choosing not to re-invest, they may be unable to take full advantage of any significant upturn when it comes, he s
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TENDERSFORALL.COM SPEARHEAD <BR>A CAMPAIGN TO HELP SMALL BUSINESS COMPETE FOR CONTRACTS
"A new website, tenders4all.com, has been launched, which aims to help SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises) compete for business against larger companies."
"SMEs can find it hard to compete with larger companies for business. This can be due to a number of reasons, such as lock of experience or contacts. Often though the reason is financial; larger companies usually have much more money to Invest in finding tender opportunities.<BR> The Internet has become a great resource for SMEs to find business o
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PRIME MINISTER OPENS CENTRE FOR ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING EXCELLENCE
"Prime Minister Tony Blair MP has officially opened the world-class training and education facility, the Centre for Engineering and Manufacturing Excellence (CEME) at Dagenham, Essex. "
"Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone and Ford Motor Company President and CEO Sir Nick Scheele accompanied Mr Blair at the opening ceremony following the Prime Minister's visit to the adjacent Ford Diesel Engine Plant.<BR> CEME is a radical initiative set up following Ford's decision to end vehicle production at Dagen
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GOOD BUSINESS SENSE FOR YOU
"Scottish and Southern Energy incorporates the supply business of Southern Electric, Scottish Hydro-Electric and SWALEC and is one of the UK's largest energy companies serving about four million electricity and one million gas customers. "
"To help improve the stability of prices and ensure the most competitive terms for their electricity customers, they have developed a flexible range of purchasing contracts to buy energy direct from the major electricity generators, from their own generation resources
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HOLIDAY HANGOVERS HINDER PRODUCTIVITY
"More than half of manufacturing firms say that it takes over two weeks for their business to get back on track after the Christmas break, a recent survey has revealed."
"Fifty-two per cent of respondents to the survey, conducted by Close Invoice Finance - one of the UK's leading factoring and invoice discount firms - said Christmas was getting longer; with many calculating that festive-induced disruption of day-to-day business can last up to six weeks.<BR> The survey unearthed a general feelin
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Supposedly the construction
materials of the future, composites are increasingly seen in
applications where optimum efficiency is paramount including
aircraft construction and renewable energy. As two research
examples show in this video, composites really are the future
for efficiency.
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