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What does the PM’s ten point plan for a green recovery mean for manufacturers?

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UK grant support beyond Brexit

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HMRC YouTube guidance for business new to customs

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The next chapter in the UK’s immigration rules – 2021 and the points based system

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Leadership Summit Online Series : A new manufacturing system building a fully digital operation

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Where we send our workers

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Innovation funding for manufacturers

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Where are we with the digitalisation of UK manufacturing?

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What is an A1 form and how to apply?

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What next for UK Manufacturers? An update to Government Business Support

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Travelling to Europe to work? What every UK employer should know

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EU negotiations Where are we and what next

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Who is ‘competent’ when it comes to Risk Assessments?

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Manufacturing: vibrant, versatile and vital to the UK

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How UK manufacturers should gear up for the recovery

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3 Tips for identifying workplace safety risks

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NDI Defence Insights 07/08/2020

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How to prepare for your insurance renewal in the current climate

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What is the future of manufacturing supply chains?

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Delivering Effective Supply Chains: Increasing Productivity, Profit and Resilience

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Applications open for £50 million funding to boost UK customs intermediaries

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What are manufacturers doing now to build smart supply chains?

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Government tools required for manufacturing-led recovery

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Driving Safe Behaviours under COVID-19

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How technology can improve resilience post Covid-19

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How does today’s Economic Update announcements support UK manufacturing?

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Covid-19: UK manufacturing’s road to recovery

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Lets look forward to getting together again soon

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What can manufacturing supply chains learn from Covid-19?

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The new training room

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Learning and applying lessons from geopolitical crisis to build resilient supply chains

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Fighting on two Fronts

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NDI Weekly Defence Insights 29/05/2020

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Flexible working – the new normal?

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Lasting impact of geopolitical events – how global events disrupt UK manufacturing supply chains

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Working from Home

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A New Meetings & Events World: Proactive, Productive and Customer-centric

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NDI Weekly Insights 07/05/2020

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Are virtual classrooms the answer to quality online training?

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How Make UK keeps you safe

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Manufacturing Supply Chains Today – the Evolution from Supply Chains to Networks and Potential Disruptors

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Parental bereavement leave regulations now in force

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NDI Weekly Insights 29/04/2020

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Notes from the leadership frontline

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NDI Weekly Insights 21/042020

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Apprentice learning online and more vital than ever

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NDI Weekly Insights 14/04/2020

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NDI Weekly Insights 31/03/2020

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NDI Weekly Insights 13/03/2020

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2020 statutory rate rises HR should know about

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£7.5M customs training grants available from HRMC - Apply Now

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The UK Global Tariff Regime – what is it and what do you need to do?

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What does the new immigration system mean for manufacturers?

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NDI Weekly Insights 17/02/2020

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Checklist and FAQ's : how to comply with the new section 1 statement requirements

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Managing Mental Health in the workplace

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A rough guide to become a Chartered Health and Safety Professional

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Leaving the EU: What happens next?

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The long term gain of 'valued' and 'valuable' meetings

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NDI Weekly Insights 13/01/2020

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Funding through the Innovation Project Lifecycle

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Wellbeing at work

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The Results of Innovation - making things lighter

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Digital Manufacturing- what is it all about?

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NDI Weekly Insights 21/10/2019

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Preparing North West manufacturers for leaving the EU

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HR Checklist: Plan effectively for a redundancy project

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NDI Weekly Insights 21/10/2019

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Brexit & Manufacturing: Updates from the Government and how we can help

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Make UK Queen’s Speech Analysis

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NDI Weekly Insights 14/10/2019

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A checklist for using safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals in the workplace

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Mediation - the last resort?

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NDI Weekly Insights 07/10/2019

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Resources to help you prepare for Brexit

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The UK’s AI landscape

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The New Brexit Deal: What it means for manufacturers

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The Importance of Managing Cyber Risks in your Supply Chain

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Brexit fatigue grows in Brussels after Supreme Court decision

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Maintaining employee engagement

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Supreme Court lays down the law: What it means for Brexit

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NDI Weekly Insight 20/09/2019

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Aye, Robot

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DSEI: A Brief Round-Up

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NDI Weekly Insights 16/09/2019

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UK Manufacturing Facts and Figures

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R&D Tax Relief: why it’s beneficial to bring in experts

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The No-Deal Brexit Bill and prorogation

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The Results of Innovation - Making Things Greener

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NDI Weekly Insights 02/09/2019

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The NEBOSH Olympics – a new way to categorise NEBOSH training providers

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How to deal with an employment tribunal

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Just how happy and engaged are your people?

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NDI Weekly Insights 19/08/2019

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8 ways manufacturers could get caught out by the CDM Regulations 2015

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Top tips for maintaining a productive workforce in times of change

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NDI Weekly Insights 07/08/2019

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The Results of Innovation - Making things stronger

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Raising a glass to KPM

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NDI Weekly Insights 30/07/2019

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NDI Weekly Insights 19/07/2019

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Insurance: Changes on the horizon

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NDI Weekly Insights 12/07/2019

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Get the better of sickness absence

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A managers guide to return-to-work interviews

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Finding the right balance in your risk assesments

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Download our Wellbeing guide

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The results of innovation - making things faster

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The value of a HR audit and why it's important

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The results of innovation - Making things smaller

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NDI Weekly Insights 02/07/2019

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NDI Weekly Insights 03/06/2019

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Employers offer to employees was not unlawful inducement

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Eight reasons why you should consider using interim HR for your business

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NDI Weekly Insights 03/06/2019

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NDI Weekly Insights 27/05/2019

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Presenteeism and Leaveism: Can you recognise these attendance problems in your workplace?

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NDI Weekly Insights 20/05/2019

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The ‘reality’ of the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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Make Food - Its time to go back to basics...

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Zero Tariffs in a No Deal Situation-what does this mean?

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Customs & Export training - Last Chance

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NDI Weekly Insights 13/05/2019

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What Is the Future for Manufacturing Robots?

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So, you want to be a leader - who do you think you are?

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NDI Weekly Insights 02/05/2019

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A roadmap of how to improve employee engagement

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Why invest in employee wellbeing?

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April Pay Bulletin shows a stable picture

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T Levels Make or Break for Manufacturers

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NDI Weekly Insights 08/04/2019

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Why great leaders are like great brands

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Workforce Planning: A strategic approach to addressing your future workforce requirements

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NDI Weekly Insights 29/03/2019

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The myths around accessing R&D tax relief

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How does your company measure up on Labour Turnover?

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5 essentials for planning a strategic approach to address your future workforce requirements

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Wabtec Faiveley UK creates the leaders of tomorrow through an innovative cross-Business Unit (BU) Leadership Programme

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Facing the 21st century: Recruitment and skills

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Mindfulness within the workplace

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Manufacturing Outlook Q1 2019

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NDI Weekly Insights 01/03/2019

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Government’s £30,000 salary threshold risks decimating manufacturing’s labour force

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Week ahead 4th February

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What should EU nationals visiting Britain expect under a no-deal Brexit?

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Gender Pay Gap Reporting - 5 essential tasks for HR before the 4 April deadline

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10th Future Manufacturing Awards

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Week ahead 28th January

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Gamification for learner engagement in health and safety

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Randstad celebrates UK manufacturing's future talent

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How to create learner engagement in health and safety

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Week ahead 14th January

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Annual Executive Survey 2019: What's important to UK manufacturers?

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  • Policy submission
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How tough could Brexit make things for manufacturers?

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Rockwell Automation - Manufacturing’s best kept secret

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Rockwell Automation - The Innovation in automation

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What do manufacturers predict for 2019

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Week ahead 7th January

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January monthly briefing

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Twas (almost) the night before Christmas 2018

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Blatchford: Proud past winner of the Future Manufacturing Awards

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10 things employers need to know from the Government's Immigration White Paper

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RSM: Why we're passionate about EEF's Future Manufacturing Awards

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EU Industrial R&D Scoreboard 2018 - how do UK businesses compare?

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  • European policy
  • Spending review
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Next steps for T Levels an action plan

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Deal or no-deal, what’s the deal for EU citizens in the UK after a no-deal Brexit?

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Apprenticeships continue to tick all the right boxes for manufacturing

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Week ahead 17th December

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Brexit risk – only one of many for manufacturers?

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Emerging Technologies within the Energy and the Environment sector

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  • Budget
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Directors' Pay Benchmark: which way does the compass point?

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Week ahead 10th December

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Manufacturing Outlook 18q4 - The sub-sector picture

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Quiz - How good are you at managing change?

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December monthly briefing

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Week ahead 3rd December

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Last Manufacturing Outlook of 2018, still positive but trending down

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Get your Brexit questions answered on the EEF Manufacturing Network

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Things we read in November 2018

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  • Productivity improvement
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Join us at the National Manufacturing Conference 2019

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Employee health and absence: EEF and Howden launch Health and Work survey

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Mental health in the workplace: How to recognise the early signs that someone may need support

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Are more pubs calling it a night?

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  • Food and drink

A quarter of manufacturers unprepared for IFRS16 leasing standards

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Time for an update: what is happening in the automotive sector?

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  • Automotive
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Arco: Health and Safety After Brexit

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5 facts about business R&D expenditure in 2017

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  • Investment
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Video: Discipline and grievance key challenges

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  • Discipline & misconduct
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Pay increases are different by sectors but also by business areas

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Week ahead 12th November

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A bright GDP result with some clouds on the horizon

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Manufacturers are making school engagement their business

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Engineering an increase in professionals pay

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6 key findings from our Reinventing the Manufacturing Workforce report

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November monthly briefing

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Week ahead 5th November

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6 key findings from our Reinventing the Manufacturing Workforce report

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Week ahead 5th November

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Decarbonising while reindustrialising

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Bank continues to wait and see

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The skills your staff needs to overcome manufacturing challenges

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Autumn 2018 Budget - a mixed bag for energy and environment

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7 things manufacturers will want to know from the #Budget2018

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Things we read in October 2018

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Week ahead 29th October

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Some companies in the UK were able to get productivity back on trend

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Video: Employment tribunal key challanges

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CMG Technologies – Metal Innovators

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CMG Technologies – What is MIM?

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It is time to piece together the puzzle

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Wage growth hits near decade high in August

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Week ahead 15th October

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Week ahead 15th October

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7 simple ways you can help your team achieve their potential

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What happened to the UK economy in August?

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What will a no-deal Brexit mean for UK manufacturing?

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An international perspective on the implications of 4IR adoption for workers

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Millennials in the workforce - the misunderstood generation

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Developing future talent in manufacturing

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Week ahead 8th October

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The latest investment figures are not good news for productivity

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ICYMI: Education, skills and employment policy announcements from Conservative Party Conference

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October monthly briefing

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What's happening with manufacturing investment?

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Week ahead 1st October

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PPMA joins EEF as an Affiliate Partner

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Can we manufacture leaders?

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Thoughts versus facts

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Things we read in September 2018

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What is the legacy of the Year of Engineering?

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Video: How to handle sickness absence

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Horizon 2020 - the basics

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Week ahead 24th September

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What do the public actually think about UK manufacturing

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Senior executives share: How companies can improve productivity through leadership and management

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The big MAC will be hard to swallow

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Manufacturing is paramount to UK growth

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Inflation accelerates more than expected

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A step change needed: The chemicals, product and waste interface

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  • Climate policy
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A millennial problem for manufacturers

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Santander’s approach to manufacturing

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Week ahead 17th September

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Changes to the way you trade with the European Union

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EEF Photography Competition judge Robert Lea shares his tips for winning

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  • Photography awards

Who tops the table for workforce pay in manufacturing?

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  • Pay benchmarking

The Labour Market...in 5 charts

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4 effective ways to help your staff maximise the benefits of online training

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  • Learning and development
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  • Engineering technical skills
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6 things we learned about UK GDP growth in July

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Week ahead 10th September

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Future skills and the present – an interview with Liebherr Sunderland Works Ltd. MD Ralph Saelzer

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Manufacturing Outlook 2018q3 - The macro picture

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September Monthly Brief

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Manufacturing Outlook 2018q3 - what's the sector story?

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6 insightful things about UK manufacturing MPs may have missed over recess

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Week ahead 3rd September

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Manufacturing in 2018q3 - humming along but heading for a crossroads?

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Things we read in August 2018

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How are things on the other side of the Channel?

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GCSE results day 2018

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  • Skills policy
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Key highlights from EEF's 2018/19 Manufacturing Fact Card

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Week ahead 20th August

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Video: Your GDPR questions answered

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A Level results are in

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The secrets of colour

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Week ahead 13th August

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UK growth in 2018q2 - the good news or the bad news first?

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Two months in, what is the impact of Section 232?

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4IR technologies - Cobots

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What are the barriers holding back 4IR adoption?

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  • 4th Industrial revolution
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4IR technologies Augmented Reality

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  • Digital technology
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August Monthly Brief

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Week ahead 6th August

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How competent should your competent health and safety person be?

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  • Skills
  • Health and safety management and leadership
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Help, what health and safety training does my company need?

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  • Skills
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  • Learning and development
  • Health and safety management and leadership

4IR technologies - Internet of Things (IoT) and Predictive Analytics

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  • Digital technology
  • 4th Industrial revolution

Some questions (and answers) about August's Super Thursday

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What's in store for employment law in 2018/19?

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  • Legislation and regulation
  • HR & Legal

Our Super Thursday Preview

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Things we read in July 2018

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UK manufacturers are boosting fourth industrial revolution investments

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Week ahead 30th July

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Did government finish its industrial strategy to do list before recess?

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  • Industrial strategy
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Groceries that tell you when they've gone off: Emerging food and drink technologies

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  • Food and drink

A step towards full fibre Britain?

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How are our partners?

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  • European policy

Video: Your Gender Pay FAQs answered

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  • Video
  • Pay
  • Equal pay
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2018 - heatwave or washout for UK manufacturing?

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IFM joins EEF as an Affiliate Partner

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  • Membership
  • Manufacturing

Regional Manufacturing Outlook - Focus on productivity

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How to advance your technical career

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  • Engineering technical skills
  • Careers advice

Fear and Loathing in America

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June's Inflation data...in 5 charts

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Taking a break - the latest trends in holiday entitlement

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  • Employment policy
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5 key takeaways from today's migration data

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  • European policy

Regional Manufacturing Outlook - here's what you need to know

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Week ahead 16th July

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32 days of football, 32 teams showing their best, 32 interesting things about the World Cup

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Trump and the BBC pink Cadillac

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  • Steel

Trading Blows - what's happening to global trade policy?

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  • Trade

Super statistics Tuesday - what's the latest on the UK economy?

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  • Economic policy

Will the National Infrastructure Assessment help build a full fibre Britain?

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The options for chemicals regulation after Brexit: planning ahead

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  • Health and safety policy

Week ahead and preview of new GDP release

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2018q1 - the news on productivity isn't good

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July Monthly Brief

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What's happening in UK manufacturing? 2018 quarter 2

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Trading blows: an update on the global trade outlook

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  • Trade

What's the latest on T Levels? 5 key takeaways from the Government's response

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Boneham & Turner – One century of manufacturing, one family

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  • Meet the Maker

Caraline Robinson Operations Director Husqvarna

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  • Leadership and management
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Dealing with union pay claims: six practical steps to consider

  • Blog
  • Trade unions
  • Pay

7 highlights from EEF's Pharma Bulletin

  • Blog
  • Policy

The Brexit Toolkit for UK Manufacturers

  • Blog

Week ahead 2nd July

  • Blog
  • Policy

A surprising third GDP release

  • Blog
  • Policy

Jolene Spall, Operations Director, Whitworths

  • Blog
  • Women in Manufacturing

EEF award a testament to team's hard work

  • Blog
  • Future manufacturing awards

Unpacking success with P&B

  • Blog
  • Membership
  • Manufacturing

Things we read in June 2018

  • Blog
  • Policy

Making Gender Pay Manufacturers' Business

  • Blog
  • Pay
  • Equal pay
  • Gender pay

Camilla Giacobbe, Process Engineering Manager, Carl Zeiss

  • Blog
  • Women in Manufacturing

Week ahead 25th June

  • Blog
  • Policy

Not long left to tell us your views on the productivity puzzle

  • Blog
  • Policy

Interest rates kept on hold...for now

  • Blog

Rachel Eldridge Operations Director Eminox Ltd

  • Blog

More women in engineering is key to filling skills gaps and apprenticeship

  • Blog

So what does the UK actually want from future EU-UK science and innovation collaboration?

  • Blog

Cleveland Bridge: 140 years of iconic bridges and structures

  • Blog

Week ahead 18th June

  • Blog

What exactly is the 4th industrial revolution?

  • Blog

Our special World Cup

  • Blog

What is happening in the oil market

  • Blog

The labour market continues to be bearer of good news

  • Blog

Future Manufacturing Awards - 10th year of celebrating UK manufacturing

  • Blog

A contraction way sharper than expected

  • Blog

Week ahead 11th June

  • Blog

What do we know about Horizon Europe?

  • Blog

Emerging technologies within the Materials industry

  • Blog

Manufacturing Outlook 2018q2 - what's the macro picture?

  • Blog

Manufacturing outlook 2018q2 - what's the sector story?

  • Blog

Manufacturing Dinner Yorkshire speakers

  • Blog

June Monthly Briefing

  • Blog

6 trends in UK manufacturing - 2018q2 edit

  • Blog

Week ahead 4th June

  • Blog

6 key takeaways from EEF's submission to the LPC on the NLW/NMW rates for April 2019

  • Blog

Cleveland Bridge: over 140 years of iconic bridges and structures

  • Blog

How difficult will it be to hire EU workers after the Brexit transition period?

  • Blog

Things we read in May 2018

  • Blog

How will UK manufacturers participate in EU R&D programmes post Brexit? Part 2

  • Blog

Government backs a target for full fibre digital connectivity – what needs to happen next?

  • Blog

How will UK manufacturers participate in EU R&D programmes post Brexit? Part 1

  • Blog

Sharing the good news: export-driven growth is fuelling the UK manufacturing supply chain

  • Blog

Warren Services – Modern day challenges

  • Blog

Warren Services - From humble beginnings

  • Blog

Making sense of migration - what next for the UK after Brexit?

  • Blog

Ageing population is not a threat for productive economies

  • Blog

Week ahead 21st May

  • Blog

Challenges ahead in the HE funding landscape

  • Blog

Manufacturers ramp up investment in skills as #Brexit approaches

  • Blog

Five things I've learned in five weeks

  • Blog

Real wages are finally growing, but productivity is suffering again

  • Blog

Unfinished business: women in engineering and manufacturing

  • Blog

Week ahead 14th May

  • Blog

MPC keep rates on hold

  • Blog

An expected contraction ahead of the MPC meeting

  • Blog

Why PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers) skills are invaluable to manufacturers today more than ever

  • Blog
  • Engineering technical skills

Our Super Thursday Preview

  • Blog

Getting UK manufacturing productivity growth back on trend

  • Blog

How does university funding impact the delivery of engineering degrees?

  • Blog

Why is productivity so important?

  • Blog

May Monthly Briefing

  • Blog

Trying to unpack the productivity puzzle

  • Blog

Week ahead 30th April

  • Blog

A Levy Price to Pay? The Apprenticeship Levy One Year On

  • Blog

Come dine with me - Cambridge edition

  • Blog

6 things that happened to the economy in 2018q1

  • Blog

BAMA joins EEF as an Affiliate Partner

  • Blog
  • Membership

Things we read in April 2018

  • Blog

How do you solve the problem of getting more young people into manufacturing? Host an #EEFHackathon!

  • Blog

UK Manufacturing - What you can learn from our latest survey data

  • Blog

Downward trend in absence is good news for manufacturers

  • Blog

7 highlights from EEF's Cyber Security for Manufacturing Report

  • Blog

Week ahead 23rd April

  • Blog

View from the bridge: Plan ahead for Brexit uncertainty

  • Blog
  • Membership
  • Manufacturing in Europe

Lander Automotive MD Peter Tack talks about future skills and current challenges

  • Blog
  • Engineering technical skills
  • Leadership and management

How innovative are UK manufacturers?

  • Blog

Whitepaper: The fourth industrial revolution - opportunity and risk for manufacturers

  • Blog

Pay data, unemployment and some mixed messages ahead of the MPC meeting

  • Blog

Decisions still needed on the industrial strategy

  • Blog

The supply and demand of engineering graduates

  • Blog

7 highlights from EEF's Mechanical Equipment Sector Bulletin

  • Blog

Week ahead 16th April

  • Blog

EAT decision on enhanced payment for maternity leave

  • Blog

What does the future hold for UK manufacturing?

  • Blog

Avoid ‘rogue’ energy advisors: the top 5 questions to ask your energy consultant?

  • Blog

Choosing the right health and safety training for senior executives

  • Blog
  • Health and safety management and leadership

Cold real data and sunny games

  • Blog

Week Ahead 9th April

  • Blog

Apprenticeship Levy 1 Year On: Where are we now and what needs to happen next?

  • Blog

April Monthly Briefing

  • Blog

David Nieper shows that British-made clothing is a winning business model

  • Blog

Why manufacturing matters to the UK economy

  • Blog

Looking at manufacturing output from a different angle

  • Blog

How to prepare for an Employment Tribunal?

  • Blog
  • Grievances
  • Tribunals

Things we read in March 2018

  • Blog

Manufacturers discuss Brexit, cybersecurity and energy at National Manufacturing Conference

  • Blog

Manufacturers agree: They need more cyber-security support

  • Blog

Benchmarking turnover

  • Blog

Is UK manufacturing in decline?

  • Blog

A look back at the journey forward

  • Blog

Week ahead 26th March

  • Blog

Business rates changes for tax year 2018/19

  • Blog

Tough Choices for Defra on Air Quality

  • Blog

Energy security: A cause for concern?

  • Blog
  • Policy
  • Energy policy

Pay rises are accelerating and the labour market is still roaring

  • Blog

What is it like to work in UK manufacturing?

  • Blog

More engineering employers invited to join diversity-led graduate employment campaign

  • Blog

AIG's Manufacturing Industry Practice Group takes lessons home from manufacturing conference

  • Blog

Stephen Phipson on Sky's Ian King Live on Brexit

  • Blog

Houghton International: Walking the fine line between R&D and manufacturing

  • Blog

Time to finish the job in fixing local roads – ALARM 2018

  • Blog

Apprenticeships and the younger generation: an Interview with Billy Meldrum

  • Blog
  • Engineering technical skills
  • Training needs analysis
  • Learning and development

R&D tax credits for productivity improvement projects: You can have your cake and eat it!

  • Blog

What is manufacturing?

  • Blog

Week ahead 19th March

  • Blog

Speakers for Manufacturing Connect at Rockwell Automation

  • Blog

How can we get more factories connected to full-fibre internet?

  • Blog

Houghton International: It’s all about people

  • Blog

What does today's graduate outcome data tell us?

  • Blog

ISO 45001 becomes first globally recognised health and safety standard

  • Blog

When is a Budget not a Budget?

  • Blog

Houghton International: A tradition of innovation

  • Blog
  • Membership

Manufacturing Outlook 2018q1 - The macro picture

  • Blog

Expanding manufacturing, snow, and the US

  • Blog

What the Factory of the Future could look like

  • Blog

How manufacturers can free up capital for growth and acquisitions

  • Blog

Britain has so much to gain from the Fourth Industrial Revolution

  • Blog

Manufacturing Outlook 2018q1- what's the sector picture?

  • Blog

Calling out for allowances

  • Blog

Why apprenticeships are more important than ever

  • Blog

What should companies do now to prepare for a post-Brexit UK?

  • Blog
  • Leadership and management
  • Leadership and management
  • Learning and development
  • Training needs analysis
  • Training objectives

March Monthly Briefing

  • Blog

#NAW and #YoE - What better time to talk about ukmfg apprenticeships?!

  • Blog

Manufacturing Outlook 2018q1 - what's new?

  • Blog

Week ahead 5th March

  • Blog

Whats happening in manufacturing activity?

  • Blog

National Apprenticeship Week 2018 #NAW2018 #YoE #InspireAnEngineer

  • Blog

Things we read in January and February 2018

  • Blog

Speakers for Creating the 4IR Workplace of the Future – in partnership with Oracle

  • Blog

Week ahead 26th February

  • Blog

Why 2018 is a big year for electric cars

  • Blog

Speakers for International Trade Dinner - East Midlands

  • Blog

Wage growth accelerates

  • Blog

7 takeaways from EEF's National Manufacturing Conference

  • Blog

Week ahead 19th February

  • Blog

How was 2017 for European manufacturing?

  • Blog

Stephen Phipson covers Manufacturing Management Magazine

  • Blog

Manufacturers' solution to the T Levels conundrum

  • Blog

EEF Members Secure Discount to 2018 International Business Festival

  • Blog

Week ahead 12th February

  • Blog

What happened to trade in 2017

  • Blog

Five known unknowns of energy and environment policy

  • Blog

Five known unknowns of energy and environment policy

  • Blog
  • Campaigns
  • Carbon and energy management
  • Environmental policy
  • Climate policy
  • Energy policy
  • Regulation and legislation

A rate hike sooner rather than later?

  • Blog

7 unexpected uses for battery energy storage

  • Blog

Media misnomers – equal pay and the gender pay gap

  • Blog

Gareth Jenkins MD shares his insights on future skills

  • Blog
  • Leadership and management
  • Apprentice advice for employers
  • Leadership and management
  • Learning and development
  • Skills policy

February Monthly Briefing

  • Blog

Week ahead 5th February

  • Blog

Are accelerated degrees a thing? What about in engineering?

  • Blog

Manufacturing activity starts 2018 in good health

  • Blog

A benchmark for pay at the top

  • Blog

Week ahead 29th January 2018

  • Blog

Better than expected

  • Blog

Wages are rising, but inflation is still faster

  • Blog

Inal Metals is shattering the glass ceiling in the Aluminium Industry

  • Metal products
  • Non-metallic minerals
  • Blog

What will leaving the EU mean for regulation in the UK?

  • Blog

Year of Engineering: An interview with Dame Judith Hackitt

  • Blog

EEF makes customer service count with ServiceMark award

  • Blog

What manufacturers make of plans for an Industrial Strategy Council

  • Blog

Upskilling and new skills required for the workplace of the future

  • Blog

Week ahead 22nd January 2018

  • Blog

Business Transformation Toolkit

  • Blog

2018 is the Year of Engineering this is why it matters

  • Blog

7 things you need to know about the chemicals sector

  • Blog

Week ahead 15th January

  • Blog

Week ahead 15th January

  • Blog

Sustained growth ahead for EEF Venues

  • Non member
  • Blog
  • Media release

Gender Pay Gap: To Report Early or To Not Report Early? That is the Question

  • Blog

EEF's forecasts for 2018

  • Blog

What should policy makers do in 2018?

  • Blog

Will anything knock UK manufacturing growth off course in 2018?

  • Blog

Want the inside track? Join EEF’s exclusive online member platform

  • Blog

A short guide to development options for your top talent

  • Blog
  • Learning and development

What do manufacturers think about T levels...and what exactly are they?

  • Blog

What does 2018 hold for UK manufacturers?

  • Blog

Your guide to the next step in your career

  • Blog
  • Guidance
  • Environmental management and leadership

Week Ahead 8th January

  • Blog

EEF response to the Lords' Economic Affairs Committee inquiry into Brexit and the Labour Market

  • Blog

EEF response to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry into immigration policy

  • Blog