Home About News Events Partners Members Contact     News   For busy Manufacturing Leaders' Club members; your own exclusive at-a-glance daily digest and archive of manufacturing-centric daily news and reports. If you have anything to add, email Consulting Editor Ken Hurst. Click here to subscribe/unsubscribe to the weekly email update. Showing 1 to 10 of 572 articles.   Next >>     BAE welcomes Woolf Report BAE Systems yesterday (6 May) welcomed the publication of the Woolf Committee Report, saying it was an important step towards BAE Systems’ objective of achieving benchmark standards of governance in the conduct of its day-to-day business. (07 May 2008) Bentley designers turn to Bond book Every Bentley owner will want one and, even at a whopping £750, will probably be queuing for a copy of the new James Bond book, Devil May Care. (07 May 2008)   Dents appear in manufacturing confidence The worsening economic outlook has dented manufacturers’ confidence across most UK regions over the last three months, according to the latest Regional Trends Survey published yesterday (6 May) by the CBI and Experian. (07 May 2008) Manufacturing starts to feel the economic strain Manufacturing appeared at last to be feeling the effects of the generally bearish economy with output for the month of March falling by 0.5 per cent. (07 May 2008)   Skillnet wins contract to run Ford apprenticeship scheme Automotive sector training provider Skillnet Automotive Academy, has been selected by Ford Motor Company to manage its national apprenticeship programme. (07 May 2008) Manufacturers urge delay in extension to flexible working legislation EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has urged the government to delay plans to extend the right to request flexible working to more employees until companies have adjusted to the current legislation or risk denying employees with legitimate reasons for asking to work flexibly the opportunity to do so. (05 May 2008)   BAE’s Woolf Committee report imminent The committee set up by BAE Systems under former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf (pictured) to scrutinise the ethical standards of the group is to report on Tuesday (6 May). (02 May 2008) GKN reports good growth In a management statement, automotive and aerospace group GKN said its first quarter sales and profits as a whole had shown good growth by comparison with the same period last year. (02 May 2008)   Smith and Nephew uncovers ‘unacceptable sales practices’ Medical group Smith and Nephew saw its shares take a hammering yesterday (1 May) after it revealed it had to take “prompt, decisive action” to ensure that unacceptable sales practices it uncovered within its recently acquired Plus business in continental Europe were stopped. (02 May 2008) Train company buys car firm Model maker Hornby announced today (1 May) that it had agreed to buy rival Corgi, famous for its die-cast toy cars, for £7.5 million. (01 May 2008)   Showing 1 to 10 of 572 articles.   Next >>       Hosted By In Partnership with   In Association with           © Findlay Publications 2008