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MARCH 16, 2023

Amelia Crump, Area Sales Manager for Northern England and North Wales at Pelican Engineering, which distributes Yutong electric buses in the UK, said the company has given her the opportunity to work in different areas of the business and given her an excellent overview of operations. This needs to change.

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E&T

MARCH 14, 2023

The project is a scaled-down version of a plan first designed under former Prime Minister, Liz Truss, and has been framed under Hunt's ambitions to turn the UK into “the next Silicon Valley “. The announcement was made by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on Monday, but he is expected to unveil more details in tomorrow’s Spring Statement.

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MARCH 28, 2023

Chaos in the aftermath of the pandemic, company mergers and acquisitions and ongoing supply chain issues in the colorants industry has led to HMG seeing a significant increase in supplying colourants to other UK paint brands, who produce paints for decorative and industrial applications.

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MAY 2, 2024

While they can already drive an articulated truck with no distance limit, currently a fully trained 18 to 20-year-old driver is not permitted to operate a coach from London to Manchester, or the scenic Coastliner bus route across the Leeds-York-Yorkshire coast area, due to the restriction.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

Services between London Euston and Manchester appear to be the worst affected by the cut, with train frequencies reduced from three per hour to just one. Whittingham continued: “The reduced timetable is being introduced to ensure a reliable service is delivered so our customers can travel with greater certainty.

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MARCH 23, 2023

Logistics UK said the announcement is very welcome news for logistics businesses, particularly SMEs – who make up 99% of the industry, and traditionally operate on low margins. This is crucial for the UK’s wealth and health.” We look at some of the key points.

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i4.0 today

JULY 21, 2023

Lusso, based in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, is a brand used by professional and amateur cyclists globally. A cycle clothing manufacturer is gearing up for growth after investing £100,000 in new technology with the support of Made Smarter.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

So far 2,500 manufacturers from across Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and Liverpool have engaged with the programme, with hundreds going on to receive support through grant funding, impartial technology advice and leadership and skills training to help transform their businesses.

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SMMT

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This year National Apprenticeship Week celebrated the contribution that thousands of apprentices make in the UK road transport sector. In addition, Go North West, the Manchester-based bus company known for launching Greater Manchester’s Bee Network public transport service, aims to add 100 apprentice bus drivers.

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MARCH 15, 2023

million minority investment from BGF one of the largest and most experienced growth capital investors in the UK and Ireland. KCA has grown significantly in the last 3 years, employing 95 people across its head office in Leigh, Greater Manchester and its development hub in Bengaluru (Bangalore), India.

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SMMT

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Last year the UK government, via its Officer for Veterans’ Affairs, provided £100,000 in funding to the charity to significantly increase staff numbers and treble the amount of training available. This designated training area at Bowlee in Greater Manchester enables veterans to practice their reversing skills before taking their tests.

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MAY 17, 2023

That’s why we at ABB conducted a survey of 2,300 leaders across key global markets: US and Brazil, Germany, the UK, Sweden and Italy, China and India, and Australia. In Greater Manchester, for example, a local authority has begun rolling out a microgrid at its environmental services site.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The backing from WeDo Business Investments will enable Atlas Composite Technologies to invest in new plant and equipment, its premises and additional staff as it gears up for its next phase of expansion to cater for increasing demand in the UK and from overseas. WeDo has taken a minority stake in Atlas as a result of its investment.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

HVO fuelling stations are also currently being built across Wren’s network of eight UK transport depots in Stansted, Bristol, Lanark, Howden, Barton-upon-Humber, Dudley, Rochester and Manchester. About 40% of the company’s UK fleet now operates on HVO fuel, with a further 10% using Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).

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E&T

MARCH 15, 2023

In his first full speech to Parliament, chancellor Jeremy Hunt said that the UK has "proved the doubters wrong" and confirmed that the country will not enter a technical recession in 2023. During his speech, Hunt announced a package of measures aimed at reducing the pressure that the cost-of-living crisis has had on the UK population.

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MARCH 28, 2023

Chaos in the aftermath of the pandemic, company mergers and acquisitions and ongoing supply chain issues in the colorants industry has led to HMG seeing a significant increase in supplying colourants to other UK paint brands, who produce paints for decorative and industrial applications.

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E&T

APRIL 20, 2023

Unicorns are irresistible to UK politicians. They seem like a natural element of that (arguably almost mythological) dream of the UK as a ‘science ‘superpower’, to which the world’s greatest inventors and investors come to do business. It is notable that – despite slick PR operations – many UK unicorns have compromised reputations.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

The adoption of the metric system was discussed in the UK Parliament in 1818, though many generations would pass before it could bring itself to so much as acknowledge the system. The UK Parliament conceded to legalise metric units in the Weights and Measures Act 1897. chemicals) had fewer qualms.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Infrastructure isn’t the only problem with EV charging A news story in the June 2023 issue of E&T, ‘Demand for electric vehicles slows as public chargers remain elusive’ , touches on the slow-down in demand for EVs in the UK due to lack of infrastructure. How easy is that? I love the car though.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

Expansion in the UK. As a global business based in the UK, it’s important that we and other technology providers harness the UK’s significant expertise in healthcare, advanced manufacturing, logistics, medical technology and pharmaceuticals. UK phone lines will subsequently switch to voice over internet protocol (VoIP).

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E&T

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

James Walker is right to identify the significant potential for hydropower on old mill sites in the UK (Letters, November 2022). However, this must be done responsibly and, until there is greater enlightenment in relation to project finance, must make financial sense over a short timescale. EurIng Mike Matthews CEng MIET.

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MAY 9, 2023

Watch now on FastenerTV (11:34) AFC Industries has acquired EAP International Limited, a leading distributor of rubber sealing products, including O-rings, gaskets, and associated technical products, based in Greater Manchester, UK. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. year-over-year, with daily sales up 7.8%.

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E&T

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Winner: National Grid Electricity Transmission and The University of Manchester. However, it is also a potent greenhouse gas with a global warming potential that is 25,200 times greater than CO 2. . Currently, 86 per cent of all road collisions in the UK have a contributing factor of human error.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Early in 2021, a team of 100 experts from across the UK launched a one-year intensive research project to investigate the best route to zero-emission commercial flight. The UK was the first major industrialised country to set legally binding targets for cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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JANUARY 12, 2023

The benefits are being seen across the UK, with a journey from Newcastle to Middlesbrough now reduced by 75% from £8, and a trip from Leeds to Scarborough, normally £15, is lowered by 87%. More people using buses is good for the economy, environment and wider society,” said Tom Stables, CEO of National Express UK. “We

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Payne adds that irrigation will be provided by rainwater collected on the roof, which should be ample thanks to “our Manchester climate”, she quips. Eden might be a somewhat unusual building, but the developer’s goal of increasing biodiversity on the site will soon become the norm in England (other UK nations are mulling similar ideas).

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