The Welsh Government and the Toyota Lean Management Centre at Deeside are pleased to announce the further courses of the Toyota Lean Clusters Programme, offering assistance for companies in Wales wanting to make sustainable improvements in competitiveness.

Budding scientists and engineers at eight primary school across Powys have been introduced to a series of STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths – activities.

On Thursday 28th April we hosted a webinar about changes to R&D tax relief. R&D tax relief specialists ForrestBrown and our accountant partners WR Partners, discussed these changes with us, and what they mean for our sector. Watch the webinar.

What is the UKCA marking?

The UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking is the new UK product marking covering most goods currently subject to the EU’s CE marking. Most manufactured goods will need to use the UKCA marking when placed on the market in Great Britain on or after 1 January 2023.

The requirements for the UKCA marking generally mirror those that currently exist for the CE marking. If the CE marking goes on the product or packaging currently, then so can the UKCA marking

New research has identified an “irrefutable need” for skills development to help Powys businesses respond to the economic shift towards a more sustainable future.

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The plan provides a focus for future proofing our manufacturing capability and identifies the steps needed to develop a resilient, high value manufacturing sector with a highly skilled and flexible workforce able to deliver the products, services and technologies necessary for our future economy.

ASTUTE 2020 are holding a webinar on the 3rd March focusing on how ASTUTE 2020+ can collaborate with Welsh manufacturing businesses to address the challenges of sustainable recovery and improve competitiveness to build long-term resilience.
Join James Davies, Executive Chair, Industry Wales and ASTUTE 2020 as they outline how the EU-funded operation can collaborate with Welsh manufacturing businesses to address the challenges of sustainable recovery and improve competitiveness to build long-term resilience.

Control Techniques, a Nidec brand, has successfully brought production of one of its most famous products back to the UK. Now, Control Techniques’ Commander general purpose drives will be produced entirely at the organisation’s UK manufacturing headquarters in Newtown, Wales. Previously, while designed in the UK, the drives were manufactured using a third-party in Asia.

Doing business with Europe has changed. The Government understand how challenging it can be to get used to the new rules and they appreciate how much you’ve done already.

They are there to help you understand what these changes mean for you. Customers that they have spoken to have told them that they need more help, and they hope the following information is useful to you.

The Welsh Government have put together an "Apprenticeship Week Toolkit" to support, and celebrate, the Apprenticeship Programme in Wales. Included within the toolkit are a variety of downloadable communications assets, including videos; animations and example newsletters, as well as funding information, and how to recruit an apprentice.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), in collaboration with Innovate UK, has today launched the next opportunity to bid for funding from the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF).

We recently announced our intention to hold another Phase 1 competition window this spring due to the large amount of interest we have received.

Thirty nine applications from the first Phase 1 competition window, totalling £31 million, have been approved for funding subject to final due diligence checks. Details of successful awards will be published in due course.

Welsh hydrogen car firm and Siemens UK sign MoU – focus on regional skills development, sustainability and preparation for volume production The two companies have signed a wide-ranging Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), highlighting collaboration on a number of fronts: • Sustainability initiatives – in particular focusing on circular thinking in product design, supply chain management and economic models • Support for skills and learning requirements in Wales and beyond for the hydrogen mobility sector • Securing the financing required to reach volume production of highly efficient hydrogen vehicles