South West Manufacturing Network

Please click on the links below for the latest Manufaturing Strategy:
berr_manustrat_amened.pdf
7845-berr-new-challenges-new-opps.pdf

The Technology Strategy Board has launched a reformed SBRI programme designed to help early stage, high technology small businesses gain greater access to Research and Development opportunities.
The new SBRI is a procurement programme through which Government Departments buy research and development services, helping to bring new technologies to market and leading to the possibility of […]

EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has welcomed today’s announcement that the new diplomas will be recognised by Universities as exceeding A levels in value and urged government to ensure their success by backing them with adequate resources.
The Diplomas offer a new model for learning and developing new skills and have the potential to raise the numbers […]

Manufacturers continue to record healthy growth and remain upbeat about the future despite tougher trading conditions, according to a leading barometer of the sector published today by EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation and Grant Thornton.
Furthermore, EEF also released figures showing that the recent credit crunch has had a relatively limited impact so far on manufacturers, with […]

Man on a Mission - National Skills Academy for Manufacturing
Four months in, managing director of the National Skills Academy for Manufacturing, Bob Gibbon, tells Laura Cork why industry’s training needs are not all academic.
 

Lambda - Our man in China ROHS
China RoHS came into force in March 2007 and the variety of information available for those trying to decide exactly what it means is dizzying. Here Richard Kenshole, Component Engineering Manager for Lambda UK highlights the most important points about the legislation and offers his opinions on how it […]