Friday Brief Intro 18/02/2022

Good morning and welcome to this week’s Friday Brief! With storm Eunice hitting the UK today, we hope you are all staying safe and only going out when you must!

We’d like to begin this week’s newsletter with some exciting news regarding our MACH Exhibition taking place from April 4th – 8th. The MTA is delighted to announce a programme of high-profile speakers from across the manufacturing technologies spectrum. The speakers have been selected to offer valuable insight into latest developments across this important sector and to provide intuitive market intelligence to the thousands of people expected to visit the UK’s national manufacturing show. Find out all the details about the speakers attending the Seminar Programme in the story below.

Following on from the theme of exhibitions, we are offering our EIA members a discount opportunity to exhibit at the engineering supply chain show alongside MACH. To get all the details on the discount please go to the story.

The Department for Education has embarked on its annual listing of apprenticeship employers in England. Firms are asked to complete a short survey, which asks about apprenticeship numbers and levels, and diversity according to sex, age, ethnicity and learning or other disabilities. Check out the links to enter and find out the 2 categories below.

IFATE is gathering apprentices’ views of apprenticeships and the survey is open to those who are either working towards or have recently completed an apprenticeship standard in England. The survey covers eight themes. Check out more below.

To help you feel confident in conducting thorough risk assessments that are fit for purpose, the Health & Safety experts of MTA Associate Member, Citation, have put together a useful free guide summarising the must-knows for employers. Download the guide though a link in the story.

Croner’s Webinar & E-Learning sessions are free to association members and cover HR and health & safety basics, right through to specialised sessions including relevant legislation and key case law. Find links to some relevant Webinars there are hosting next month in their story.

The £2,000 grant initiative for management development which began last year closes next Friday. You’re eligible for up to 10 grants of £2,000 to train your managers with only a small contribution to pay towards each. Check out how to apply in their story.

The TDI Challenge 2022 and The Big Bang Competition would like to get students between 14-19 years old to think about design, innovation and also issues they’re passionate about or developing solutions to challenges they’ve come across in their own lives by doing a project. To find out some more details please go to the story.

Jack Semple at EAMA has sent us an interesting update with some key points of interest that have developed regarding Manufacturing, levelling up and Brexit this month. View all the comments and notes below.

Thank you for reading this week’s Friday Brief! We look forward to ‘seeing’ you again next week! Stay safe out there!

Special Discount Opportunity For EIA Members to Exhibit at The Engineering Supply Chain Show Alongside MACH

The Engineering Supply Chain Show (ESC) is dedicated to buyers looking to source precision sub-contracting products and services from UK-based suppliers, helping to reduce goods miles, as part of the UK’s commitment to greener manufacturing. ESC will run alongside MACH which is the UK’s national event to showcase engineering and manufacturing, traditionally attracting 25,000 visitors. […]

Update On manufacturing, levelling up, and Brexit

A brief update on recent developments, with commentary. As always, it does not aim to be comprehensive, rather to highlight important points. On manufacturing and advanced engineering, I suspect the government is facing growing frustration from outside and internal tensions: In The Times yesterday (February 17th), Dr Clive Hickman, in effect calls for a national […]

The Big Bang Competition

The MTA’s competition, The TDI Challenge 2022 https://www.thetdichallenge.co.uk/ and The Big Bang Competition https://www.thebigbang.org.uk/the-big-bang-competition/sign-up-for-competition-top-tips/ would like to get students between 14-19 years old to think about design, innovation and also issues they’re passionate about or developing solutions to challenges they’ve come across in their own lives by doing a project. These events exists to help teachers and lecturers to […]

Croner’s Upcoming Webinars & E-Learning Schedule

Webinar & E-Learning Schedule – Croner’s Webinar & E-Learning sessions are free to association members and cover HR and health & safety basics, right through to specialised sessions including relevant legislation and key case law. Tuesday 8th March – Will The New COVID-19 Guidance Affect Your Business – Register Here Monday 21st March – Retention Boosting […]

£2,000 Grants for Management Development – Final Applications

Back to basics: how to get your risk assessments right | free guide

Your risk assessments – the vital building blocks of Health & Safety compliance need to be up to scratch to help you identify the hazards and risks in your workplace. This is not only to avoid leaving your business vulnerable to accidents and the resulting penalties but to also help you win more business and […]

DfE listing of apprenticeship employers

The Department for Education has embarked on its annual listing of apprenticeship employers in England, this time with two categories: For the first time, there will be a Top 50 SME Apprenticeship Employers, which is open to firms with 10-249 employees. The Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers, which is open to firms with 250 employees or more. Firms are asked to […]

IFATE surveys apprentices

The Apprentice Panel Survey 2022 from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IFATE) is now open. You may wish to invite your apprentices to complete it. IFATE is gathering apprentices’ views of apprenticeships and the survey is open to those who are either working towards or have recently completed an apprenticeship standard in England. […]

High profile speaker programme announced for MACH 2022

A programme of high-profile speakers from across the manufacturing technologies spectrum has been announced for MACH 2022. The speakers have been selected to offer valuable insight into latest developments across this important sector and to provide intuitive market intelligence to the thousands of people expected to visit the UK’s national manufacturing show. Aside from being […]

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