Friday Brief 14/01/2022

Good afternoon and welcome to this weeks Friday Brief! We hope you have all had a great start to the year!

First up this week we have a few upcoming events from NPL taking place in the next few months. Links to the three events can be found in their story below along with a description of each. Book your tickets now.

To help start 2022 on the right track, the experts of our partner, Citation, have pulled together their essential HR and Health & Safety pointers to help you get a handle on your business’ compliance from the very start. Find a link to their full guide below.

A new HSE Bulletin has been published. Employers responsibilities to workers regarding the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are changing from 6 April 2022. HSE has prepared interim guidance to help employers identify whether they and their workforce may be impacted by the changes and explains what employers may need to do to prepare for the changes.

4CM is running a free half hour webinar to help propel your business into the stratosphere. Find out more about your countdown to a successful launch. If you are launching a new product, service or project then this webinar will be for you. Please check out the story below to find the key topics that the webinar will include and a link to sign up.

Metalloobrabotka takes place from 23 – 17 May 2022 in Moscow and is the largest exhibition in Eastern Europe for the global machine tool and metal working industries. Professional visitors represent machine building, defence industry, aviation and aerospace sectors. Find out more about the show in the story below.

Climate change poses a risk to every aspect of our lives and the life of the planet, threatening to wreak havoc to the natural environment, to communities and livelihoods and the economy. Reducing carbon emissions and achieving Net Zero is essential. Read more on Lloyds Bank’s Sustainability Report in the story below.

We have split the economic news this week into two parts. The UK section covers the manufacturing output and monthly GDP numbers for November that were published this morning and also looks at the latest analysis of productivity data down to the industry level of the economy. The other article has the latest industrial production figures for Europe (November) and the European Commission’s Economic Sentiment Index for December and takes a look at the November figures for the US machine tool and cutting tool markets.

The December edition of the MTA Business Survey will be closing next week but there is still time to let us have your input via the online form at www.mta.org.uk/mta-business-survey-dec21. With thanks to those who have replied already, please try to spare a couple of minutes to participate – we would love to hear from you.

That’s all we have for this week’s Friday Brief so thank you all for keeping up to date with us! We hope you enjoy your weekend and we look forward to ‘seeing’ you again next week!

ECONOMIC NEWS – UK

UK Manufacturing Output , November 2021: Data released this morning by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that manufacturing output increased by +1.0% compared to October. However, taking the rolling 3-month trend, output in the latest period (September, October and November 2021) was -0.1% lower than the previous 3 months (June, July and August 2021) […]

2022 checklist from Citation

Back to basics – your essential New Year checklist One of the biggest lessons 2021 taught us is just how important HR and Health & Safety compliance is for keeping your business and your people safe. To help start 2022 on the right track, the experts of our partner, Citation, have pulled together their essential […]

BSI Standards

Please be advised that a New Work Item Proposal has been loaded to the BSI Standards Development Portal for comment. We hope this will assist in increasing awareness of the Standards Development Portfolio. Any comments received will be submitted to IST/033/01 Information Security Management Systems, for consideration when deciding the UK response to CEN. Proposal: […]

Upcoming MMN Events

Future Supply Chain 25th January 2022 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mmn-future-supply-chain-event-tickets-163179475203 “What will Primes and higher tier suppliers in the manufacturing supply chain demand in the future and how do we meet these demands? Hear from speakers about reshoring and developing the supply chain with case studies on how organisations have been successful.” Measurements for Cycling 8th February 2022 […]

ECONOMIC NEWS – EUROPE & USA

European Industrial Production, November 2021: The data for Europe published by Eurostat covers industrial production; most of this is manufacturing output but it also includes the extraction industries (mining & quarrying) and utilities (supply of electricity, gas & water). The headline figures show an increase of +2.3% for the Euro-zone compared to October 2021, although […]

From Now to Net Zero: a practical guide for SMEs

Climate change poses a risk to every aspect of our lives and the life of the planet, threatening to wreak havoc to the natural environment, to communities and livelihoods and the economy. Reducing carbon emissions and achieving Net Zero is essential. The journey to Net Zero1 is a long one. Stretching years or decades into […]

METALLOOBRABOTKA – RUSSIA – International Specialised Exhibition for Equipment, Instruments and Tools for the Metalworking Industry.

Metalloobrabotka takes place from 23 – 17 May 2022 in Moscow and is the largest exhibition in Eastern Europe for the global machine tool and metal working industries. It ranks in the world’s top ten leading machine tool trade shows and has been bringing together leading manufacturers, suppliers and dealers from around the world since […]

Save the date. Free members webinar: Mission critical marketing for a successful sales launch

Calling all members who are launching a new project, product or service this year. On Thursday 10th February, MTA member, 4CM, is running a free half hour webinar to help propel your business into the stratosphere. Find out more about your countdown to a successful launch … If you work in marketing, sales or project […]

HSE eBulletin: Personal Protective Equipment at Work (Amendment) Regulations 2022

Employers responsibilities to workers regarding the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are changing from 6 April 2022 The regulations and accompanying impact assessment extend employers and employees duties in respect of personal protective equipment to workers. What is PPE? PPE is defined in the regulations as “all equipment (including clothing affording protection against the weather) […]