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The KPMG and REC UK Report on Jobs, November 2021​​

Scotland plans to launch a trial four-day workweek. The decision was the culmination of a campaign promise made by the ruling Scottish National Party. Workers will have their hours reduced by 20%, but won’t suffer any loss in compensation. The program will be funded by the SNP with a £10 million fund ($13.8 million U.S.). The monies will be used to experiment with the abbrev...

​Like many, I have felt battered and bruised from the last 16 months and occasionally, questioned whether life would ever return to normal and whether I was "past my best". After nearly 10 years away from the sport, I wanted to know if I was still capable, so I entered the next available Mountain Biking Enduro with an old colleague and good friend Tom Maloney(I taught Tom ev...

​Just 3% of small to medium-sized manufacturers in England believe Brexit will have a positive impact on their recovery according to the latest Manufacturing Barometer.The report, which gathered intelligence from 409 companies across the country, revealed that uncertainty is still holding many management teams back, with 47% admitting they have no idea how the Brexit transit...

​A move by Tesco to change the packaging of its own label hard cheeses will save 260 tonnes of plastic each year.The saving has been made by switching from the traditional square block shape to oblong packaging and also by removing the current re-sealable zip, Tesco says.New 400g pack sizes will replace 460g packs and both they and existing 220g packs will have the re-sealab...

​Dow revealed the winners of the 2020 Packaging Innovation Awards recognizing breakthrough packaging achievements in design, technology, sustainability and user experience on November 11.The competition’s highest honor, the Diamond Award, went to Henkel AG & Co KGaA’s Social Plastic Ecosystem in collaboration with Plastic Bank. To create a new line of sustainable cosmeti...

Dear Knowsley Manufacturing Network In response to the current COVID-19 crisis the UK Government is putting out a number of calls to action for manufacturing businesses to support in the fight against the virus. At present, we must prioritise the most crucial areas that the Government requires support in, with a huge focus on rallying those who can help in the producti...

On top of its plans for massive growth at its Whitley site in Coventry, Jaguar Land Rover has been given the green light to build a new logistics hub on land near to its Solihull plant. The new site, measuring one million square foot, will be used by the carmaker to receive and store parts to supply its Lode Lane factory. It would supply replacement parts to about 80 regi...

“It marks the beginning of construction for one of the Midlands’ most important industrial parks. “This deal with Meggitt is the largest in the region to our knowledge for many many years, a reflection on the quality of the location, what has been created by Homes England at Ansty Park and what Manse Opus is in the process of creating on the surplus Rolls-Royce land.” ...

IMPOSTOR SYNDROME   ‘Impostor Syndrome’, a term coined in 1978 to describe the feeling of “inability to believe that one’s success is deserved” was found to commonly affect a majority of women in senior roles and those starting something new like a graduate, but is now recognised to be prevalent in workers of all levels. It’s a voice of self-doubt and chronic fear a...

You don’t have to be Shakespeare……………………… Two pages? Three? Four? What CV layout should I use? Do I need a covering letter?   There is no perfect way to write your CV, but it should be easy to read and understand, and presented using the basic framework set out below. It is important that your CV creates a positive first impression and gets you that “...

Helen Meloy, MD of Clitheroe Light Engineering has chosen to partner with Morgan Ryder Outsourcing to fight the UK skills shortage in Engineering. With over 45 years’ of experience in the engineering industry producing parts for global customers, Clitheroe Light Engineering has become a leader in Automated Production Engineering. The companies lights out unmanned lean manufa...