97% of manufacturers say that hiring and retaining skilled labour presents a challenge to the growth of their business 91% of manufacturers are taking on more responsibility to train their workforces ...

Each day The Manufacturer compiles the top manufacturing news stories from around the web. To make your life a little easier, we trawl through all the major trade publications, broadsheets and ...

Following the announcement that Vauxhall’s Luton plant will shut down in April 2025, the Business Secretary has told Parliament the government did “everything it possibly can” to prevent the closure.

The Manufacturer MX Awards 2024 winners have just been unveiled at a black tie ceremony and gala dinner at the Titanic Hotel Liverpool, the culminating event of this year’s The Manufacturer Live. With ...

Hitachi Rail has won gold for reliability in the Modern Railways‘ Golden Spanner awards for its Lumo (Class 803) fleet. The 100% electric Lumo fleet was built in the North East at Hitachi Rail’s ...

A team of British engineers based in Portsmouth has successfully demonstrated a new type of autonomous submarine, developed specifically for military use, off the south coast of England. The vessel, ...

A suite of FANUC all-electric ROBOSHOT injection moulding machines are processing 10,500 tonnes of plastic each year for a Turkish manufacturer of plastic products, cutting energy usage, lowering ...

Manufacturing Leaders’ Summit is the annual gathering of the industrial elite. Leaders, senior executives and decision-makers representing all industries across the manufacturing sector converge with ...

UK manufacturers are less than one month away (15 December) from enjoying the benefits of the UK joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), one of the ...

Cummins Inc. has ranked in the Financial Times Diversity Leaders list for the fourth consecutive year, securing a position in the top 100 once again. This annual list, based on comprehensive surveys ...

Portakabin has generously donated two modular buildings to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Burnham-on-Sea station, providing permanent additional changing rooms for the station’s crew.

Technology company Siemens hosted secondary school students from across Greater Manchester for a day of learning about sustainable futures, as world leaders gathered in Baku, Azerbeijan, for COP29. In ...