by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
WEST SUFFOLK COLLEGE, BURY ST EDMUNDS Engineering and Innovation provides exciting global opportunities and excellent rewards, says Gary Jefferson, Executive Director of Engineering and Technology at West Suffolk College, which is bidding to be one of the first...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
Above: The Bridgman family – Esteé, Richard, Sharon and Will – collecting Richard’s OBE at Buckingham Palace in June 2018 2018 WAS AN EVENTFUL YEAR FOR RICHARD BRIDGMAN OBE, SKILLS CHAMPION, FOUNDER AND FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THETFORD-BASED WARREN...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018, Sponsored Content
“WE WANT TO BUY ANOTHER MACHINE, BUT NEED SOMEONE TO RUN IT; DO YOU SELL OPERATORS?” The manufacturing skills shortage prompted this question, put by a customer to Haas Operations Director, Andrew Ward.This led Mr Ward to ask himself: can Haas take people with no...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
HELPING JOB SEEKERS AND FILLING THE SKILLS GAP IN EAST ANGLIA If you’re recruiting engineers in East Anglia, Jobcentre Plus should be your first point of call, that’s the message from Julia Nix OBE.Recognising a shortage of skilled engineers in the region, and...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
MARINE, LEISURE AND ADVANCED ENGINEERING COMBINE TO MAKE PLYMOUTH A LEADING MANUFACTURING AREA. 2018 was the 40th Anniversary of PMG (Plymouth Manufacturers’ Group). While celebrations included a gala dinner, the main focus throughout the year was on the achievements...
by Nuno Caldeira-Pereira | Jan 31, 2019 | Regions, Regions 2018
OUR PEOPLE ARE OUR GREATEST ASSET With an order book spanning electro-mechanical assemblies, luxury construction fabrications and food packaging machinery, and with a successful apprenticeship programme, versatile subcontractor Warren Services has high expectations...
