“The Government values the contribution your sector is making. Your work in areas such as aerospace, chemicals, automotive, rail, metals and steel, defence, shipbuilding and repair, pharmaceuticals, plastics, and many other manufacturing sectors as well as in delivering vital services, products or materials are critical elements of the economic recovery…
Kwasi Kwarteng is appointed as Secretary of State for Business, as Alok Sharma takes on the role of full time President of the COP26 conference. Kwasi Kwarteng will take over leadership of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The previous postholder, Alok Sharma, will now focus full-time…
Community testing offer to be expanded across all local authorities in England to test people without symptoms. Local authorities will be encouraged to target testing to people who cannot work from home during lockdown. Around 1 in 3 people have coronavirus (COVID-19) without displaying any symptoms. Rapid, regular testing for…
Please find below the latest Businesses and Employers bulletin from BEIS: This bulletin is issued by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and provides the latest information for employers and businesses on coronavirus (COVID-19). All coronavirus business support information can be found at gov.uk/business-support You are reminded under current…
Monday 14th December @ 7.00pm – ICME National Webinar ICME were pleased to host Nick Child and David Hrabina of Foseco, as they presented the fundamentals and latest developments in the field of Steel Filtration. Nick Child explained the details as to why filtration of steel alloys is important, the…
Alucast’s commitment to investing in new technology and its people was praised during a recent visit by the Mayor of the West Midlands. Andy Street received a socially distanced tour of the aluminium casting specialist’s facility in Wednesbury to understand how the company is bouncing back from Covid-19 by targeting…
WEST MIDLANDS, BIRMINGHAM & COVENTRY BRANCH WEBINAR Monday 11th January @ 7.30pm – 8.30pm “Precise Industrial 3D Metrology” Mr Stuart Dix, GOM UK Ltd The Technical Lecture will be streamed online only as a webinar due to ongoing Covid 19 restrictions. You may join the webinar at 7:15pm where there…
ICME NATIONAL WEBINAR Tuesday 19th January 2021 @ 7:00pm. Weir Foundry Improvements and the Elephant for Glasgow. Speaker(s) – The Weir Foundry Team. The Technical Lecture will be streamed online only as a webinar due to ongoing Covid 19 restrictions. You may join the webinar at 6:45 pm where there…
UK Trader Scheme launched to support businesses moving goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-trader-scheme-launched-to-support-businesses-moving-goods-from-great-britain-to-northern-ireland New UK Trader Scheme (UKTS) will help ensure traders don’t pay tariffs on the movement of goods into Northern Ireland from Great Britain where those goods remain in the UK’s customs territory; Traders can…
The DIT (Department of International Trade has launched a new commodity code checker tool for businesses and organisations importing into the UK: https://www.gov.uk/look-up-product-commodity-code-importing Use this service to find the commodity code for the product you’re importing into the UK. Commodity codes are used when filling in customs paperwork and checking…