26/06/08 : BUSINESSES URGED TO REGISTER FOR LONDON 2012 OPPORTUNITIES

Businesses are being encouraged to fully register on the CompeteFor website to ensure valuable business opportunites are not missed.

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24/06/08 : GROUNDBREAKING LONDON BUSINESS DESIGN PROGRAMME LAUNCHED

The ground breaking Designing Demand programme - which shows business leaders how good design can turn ideas and technologies into profitable products, services and brands - was officially launched in London last week.

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19/06/08 : ORDERS UP, BUT SO ARE PRICES

Manufacturers reported a rise in the order books in June, though output prices are likely to continue rising, according to the latest CBI Industrial Trends Survey.

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12/06/08 : LEAN PROCESSES SAVE JOBS AT MEAT FACTORY

Staff at a Cornwall meat processing factory will not lose their jobs after managers backed down on plans for redundancies.

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11/06/08 : UK MANUFACTURING ON THE RISE

The UK's manufacturing sector could be on the brink of a major revival, according to a leading economist.

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09/06/08 : NEW SCHEME TO TACKLE SKILLS SHORTAGE IN PROCESS INDUSTRIES

Process Industry employers will be able to use a standards benchmark to assess their own training and qualifications, in a bid by the National Skills Academy to tackle a shortage in competent staff.

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09/06/08 : PRODUCER OUTPUT PRICES IN RECORD RISE

Figures released today by the Office for National Statistics shows UK manufacturers raised output prices by a record 8.9 per cent over the last year.

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05/06/08 : GREEN BUSINESS CLUB FOR LONDON MANUFACTURERS

Manufacturers in London and the South East can now get specially tailored advice on how to turn their operations environmentally friendly, through the Manufacturing Advisory Service’s (MAS) new Green Business Club.

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02/06/08 : OUTPUT PRODUCTION HALTED WHILE CHARGE INFLATION INCREASES FOR UK MANUFACTURING

Manufacturing output production in the UK stalled in May after almost three years of sustained growth, says the latest report from the CIPS/NTC Purchasing Managers’ Index.

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