WEST MIDLANDS, BIRMINGHAM & COVENTRY BRANCH TECHNICAL LECTURE & WEBINAR Monday 5th October @ 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm Churchill’s Wednesbury, WS10 9BX The Clan Project – ‘A Steam Locomotive for the 21st Century’ Mr Geoff Turner IEng MIED, Engineering Director The Standard Steam Locomotive Company Ltd The…
Please find below the latest updates from the GOV.UK website. • Letters to businesses about new trade arrangements with the EU from 1 January 2021 • Trade with the UK from January 2021: prepare your EU business • HMRC video guidance for business who are brand new to customs •…
If you’re creating fewer than 30 job placements, a Kickstart gateway can act on your behalf and apply for a Kickstart Scheme grant for you. They will: gather information from you about the job placements you’d like to offer use this information to submit an online application on behalf of…
Foundry Training Services are back delivering to the industry in their centre post COVID and are eager to support the industry. If you or a your team wish to join or gain further information on the Short, Bite Size, Apprenticeship or Bespoke Courses contact info@foundrytrainingservices.co.uk or call 0121 752 1814
The government has introduced a new Kickstart Scheme in Great Britain, a £2 billion fund to create hundreds of thousands of high quality 6-month work placements aimed at those aged 16 to 24 who are on Universal Credit and are deemed to be at risk of long term unemployment. Funding…
Please find below the latest updates from GOV.UK: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Apprentice Support COVID-19 Businesses and Employers Bulletin Changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and what this means for you. From 1 September HMRC will now pay 70% of usual wages up to a cap of £2,187.50 per month…
Publication of guidance for UK REACH on GOV.UK, which you can find here. More detailed guidance will follow later this month. Defra has recently concluded an evidence gathering exercise to better understand the costs associated with UK REACH. This identified practical ideas to allow industry more time to reach agreement…
The UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking is a new UK product marking that will be used for goods being placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland). It covers most goods which previously required the CE Marking. Full details available here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-ukca-mark-from-1-january-2021
Employers can apply for incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice. Lots of organisations have already expressed an interest in this support. You can get the payment in 3 steps 1. Hire new apprentices between 1 August 2020 and 31 January 2021. 2. Apply for the payment after you have…
Monday 24th August 2020 became an important date in ICME’s history when the first ever online technical presentation was successfully completed. Over 40 members from the Institute joined with guest delegates from both the UK and across Europe to support the event, listening and watching on-line. The presentation was made…