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Fhaheen Khan Senior Economist, Make UK Business confidence among Britain’s manufacturers has dipped at the sharpest rate since the onset of the pandemic in response to rising costs, according to Make UK and BDO’s Manufacturing Outlook Q4 2024 report. The report says that the mood among companies has deteriorated considerably since the last survey in…
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Joe Llewellyn, General Manager of Cloud ERP at the UK’s Access Group, the parent company of Unleashed UK industrial manufacturers are riding high on a wave of newfound confidence, figures from a Manufacturing Health Index survey from software provider Unleashed suggest. A report from the UK owned inventory management software specialist shows an uplift in…
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Listen to this article The Railway Industry Association (RIA) is continuing its regional seminars to encourage innovation around the UK, holding its latest event in September covering the South of England and asking whether improved services might result from the introduction of new and imaginative thinking. The venue for this event was the Ricardo Innovation…
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Listen to this article Iain Rae is the Railway Division (RD) chair for 2024/25. He started his traditional tour of RD Centres in Swindon in early September, a long way from his home in Scotland. He is the fifty-sixth chair and his theme is about diversity, inclusion and the skills gap in the industry, caused,…
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Listen to this article The Railway Industry Association (RIA) annual conference is a big event at which the supply chain can hear from government, regulators, Network Rail, and train companies. Over 300 people were in attendance representing suppliers, from the big Tier 1 companies to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), to hear what’s needed and…
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Planteneers aims to demonstrate to producers how they can satisfy consumer demand for plant-based substitutes while providing delicious food at affordable costs. Planteneers developed its fiildMeat S 111404 system to make affordable plant-based foods accessible to as many people as possible, without compromising on quality, texture, or flavour. The system enables the manufacture of cold…
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Image courtesy EIB The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending Romania’s Distributie Energie Electrica Romania (DEER), the distribution operator within the Electrica Group, €200 million ($208.4 million) to upgrade its electricity distribution network. According to the EIB in a release, the electricity network in Romania is in urgent need of investment to address ageing infrastructure…
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Image courtesy National Grid UK utility National Grid has published its RIIO-T3 business plan for its National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) business, earmarking up to £35 billion ($44.3 billion) over the next five years to March 2031. The £35 billion includes a baseline investment of over £11 billion ($13.9 billion) to maintain and upgrade the…
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Wall’s Pastry has announced a new charity partnership with Action Against Hunger, pledging to donate 5p from every pack sold of its 10x55g sausage rolls. Funds raised through the initiative will support Action Against Hunger’s work to tackle hunger in areas of high poverty across the UK. The announcement follows an exceptional year of growth…
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This is launching two alternative chicken products for Veganuary. The brand’s new chilled ‘Isn’t Chicken Kyiv’, which is made from soya and fava protein and stuffed with wild garlic plant-based butter, will hit shelves on 1 January in Sainsbury’s at £4.95. This’ frozen ‘Isn’t Chicken Wings ‘ will roll out on 6 January in Asda…
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