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How Does the Black Friday Weekend Affect the Supply Chain Industry?
What is Black Friday? Black Friday first began in the USA, it lands on the fourth Friday of November which is the day after the American holiday Thanksgiving. Retailers would [...]
Manufacturing Partnership Set To Boost UK Exports
Manufacturing companies are set to benefit from a new partnership designed to boost UK exports. A memorandum between the manufacturer's association EEF and UK Trade and Investment will help the [...]
Transport and Manufacturing Jobs Increase, Public Sector Slips Further
Transport and manufacturing jobs are continuing to increase, as private sector jobs growth balances out public sector losses. The Reed Job Index slipped three points in March, indicating that job [...]
Hitachi Gets Go-Ahead for Newton Aycliffe Manufacturing Base
Hitachi's plans to build a factory and manufacturing base at Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, was given the go-ahead yesterday, The £4.5bn Intercity Express Programme (IEP) deal secures at least 500 [...]
No Sign of Manufacturing Pay Escalation
Pay settlements in manufacturing have remained stable, amid widespread concerns about salary inflation. According to figures from the North East manufacturer's organisation EEF, pay settlements have remained at an average [...]
Manufacturing Growth Speeds Up
UK manufacturing is growing at its fastest pace for 16 years, according to a survey carried out by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply. The CIPS activity index rose [...]
North East Manufacturing is Providing a Ray of Sunshine
Despite the dark cloud that still hangs over the economy, with tomorrow’s Government spending cuts set to hit the North-East hard, manufacturing is providing the region with a welcome ray [...]