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Digital Transformation

Digital manufacturing a growing influence on business success

Female Engineer Quality Control Components In Factory - Quality Assurance - image courtesy of Despositphotos.

Greater product quality doesn’t have to mean higher production costs

Most sustainable companies The capacity of offshore windfarms nearly doubled over 2018. Among the new offshore wind farms was the Walney Extension, the largest offshore wind farm in the world - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Manufacturing helps the UK reach record levels of renewable energy production

81% of UK manufacturing firms are struggling to recruit workers, according to the BCC. Responding to the findings, the organisation reiterated its call for clarity of the UK's future trading relationship with the EU - stock image

People & Skills

Four fifths of manufacturers struggling to recruit workers

The East Midlands has a strong food and drink sector. It's home to Melton Mowbray, which is known as the "rural capital of food." - image courtesy of Depositphotos.

Four East Midlands Manufacturing Zones created to boost food and drink sector

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Time for UK manufacturers to seize growth opportunities

The Solarwave 62' solar powered boat by Nedship - image courtesy of Nedship

British superyacht manufacturing is booming

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Business groups call on government to prevent no-deal Brexit

The MiR200 base robots moving around Factory 2050 independently during trials - image courtesy of AMRC.

Airbus working to transport aircraft wing assemblies autonomously in Wales

Graphcore's Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) is set to revolutionise AI. It is designed for Machine Intelligence and delivers between 10x and 100x greater speed compared to today's hardware - image courtesy of Pixabay

UK chipmaker Graphcore raises $200m in unicorn funding

“The prospects for engineers in universities are extremely rosy,” says WEAF CEO