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Northwest businesses continue to adapt to shifts in the manufacturing landscape. But what are the real challenges they face in the coming years?For those companies looking to consolidate in changing times and to keep an eye on changes in the market then network with your peers through our forums.
You can also keep updated with industry news at Manufacturing Institute, Business Link and through EEF as well as looking to capitalise on training through Semta and other industry bodies such as Engineering Manufacturing Solutions.
Operations director for Improve, John Nixon, warns there are significant skills needs across the sector to be addressed for a sustainable future.
Not only does the Northwest have Europe's biggest bio-manufacturing regions, but it is also one of a handful of globally recognised bioscience communities.
Aerospace businesses in the Northwest have soared to new heights thanks to the global expansion of air traffic as well as ambitious military programmes.
Has Alistair Darling changed your future, offered you more incentives or salvaged your bottom line?
EEF's 'Manufacturing Week' kicked off with a full-scale debate, at Jaguar Landrover's Partnership for Learning building to ask the question: Is manufacturing our future?
In the next 20 years the world will need more energy - more specifically - cleanly generated electricity. And Nuclear power offers a powerful option to create clean electricity on ...
The chemical sector contributes a staggering 10bn to the Northwest economy. It is the UK Manufacturing Industry’s number one exporter with an annual trade surplus of £5billion.
January 2010: Chemical industry specialist Dai Richards implores the Chemical sector to fight for its own future.
Director of NWTexnet, Bill Mills, outlines his vision for tackling the textiles skills gap and how new technologies could ensure that the sector continues to play a pivotal role in...
Despite the difficulties seen in the past 18 months, the Northwest's £9bn automotive sector is still at the heart of the region's manufacturing base.
January 2010: Alan Pinkney aims both barrels at the bankers and predicts tough times ahead.
As global value chains become more and more important to businesses, the clustering of industry sectors remains the single, surest method of facilitating success within those chain...
