Stephen Cooper, KPMG's Head of UK Industrial Manufacturing comments on the Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing PMI for January 2014 which showed the PMI at 56.7. He said: "The UK manufacturing sector made a positive start to 2014 with the PMI at 56.7. Increases in both domestic and export demand (more...)

Reports from the CBI have revealed that manufacturing orders grew at a rate stronger than has been seen for the last three years in the last quarter of 2013, with 34% of manufacturing companies and organisations reporting an increase in new orders. From September to December in 2013, 0.8% growth in (more...)

A new initiative, opened today by Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts, promises to revolutionise the way energy is generated, distributed and stored, by supporting R&D projects focused on bringing energy generation and supply down to a local level.Through a funding competition to (more...)

Commenting on The Prime Minister David Cameron's comments in which he pledged to further cut red tape affecting small businesses, Alexander Jackman, Head of Policy at the Forum of Private Business, said:"The Government has done a solid job in tackling the overall number of regulations out (more...)

A new report titled 'Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Market (2013-2018)' says the global UAV market size can be expected to grow to $8,351.11 million by 2018. The HALE/MALE/SUAV market has the highest business potential throughout the study period, while the USA and Israel will be the maximum (more...)

Ahead of the latest official GDP statistics, the CBI said the volume of output in the three months to January grew at the fastest pace since late 2007, with the outlook for the next quarter buoyant. That is according to a new CBI Growth Indicator launched today (Tuesday).The CBI Growth Indicator is (more...)

Following the UK launch of Horizon 2020, leading research organisation Pera Technology is calling on the Government and leading business organisations to do more to make engineering and manufacturing businesses aware of the significant opportunity it presents. According to Pera Technology Chief (more...)

The Carbon Trust has launched a new report examining the need for businesses to urgently assess their exposure to resource challenges in order to future proof their business models in today's resource-constrained world. Business resource challenges such as the increasing scarcity of land, (more...)

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics returns to FIVE, Farnborough, on February 12th and 13th 2014. The 2013 show established a new record for both visitor attendance as well as the number of firms participating. 2014 promises even further growth, with more than 100 additional companies joining (more...)

Britain's first orders of the new F-35 fighter jet represents good news for UK manufacturers. British companies build some 15% of every jet. Over 500 British companies are involved, with the UK input for the project supporting around 25,000 jobs. Britain is the only top tier international (more...)