Friday Brief Intro 12/08/2022

Good afternoon and welcome to this week’s Friday Brief! It’s another scorching Friday in England, we hope you are all enjoying the sunshine and making the most of the beautiful weather!

To begin today’s newsletter, I would like to introduce you to a MTA membership benefit. The MTA will be offering a range of cost-effective Training solutions and to help us shape the training to your needs, we ask you to complete the training survey put together by Danny Reed. Please go to the story below to find a link to the survey.

The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) is now taking bookings for our standard training events for strategic export controls in the following locations, starting the 5th of September in Edinburgh and running through to December 2022 in London. Check out the story below to find bullet points on what these events cater to.

Half-way through the Conservative Party’s eight-week contest to decide who will be its new leader and the UK’s new prime minister, it seems that manufacturing has not been referred to, at least by the two remaining candidates. This week, Truss was at Reliance Precision in Huddersfield, a leading advanced engineering and manufacturing firm working in many sectors. She was there with defence secretary Ben Wallace and met the company’s apprentices, as well as its directors and other staff. Find out more in the story.

Download Associate Member, Citation’s newly updated, how-to guide that covers everything you need to have a smooth summer holiday season this year. If you’re struggling to get to grips with your HR and Employment Law obligations, give Citation a call. You can find the details below.

Part of the University of Birmingham’s Energy Institute, ATETA has supported over 170 businesses in the past four years, generating a net income of almost 325 million for the local economy. ATETA is an SME support programme offering free advice and technical support for businesses to develop sustainable energy-related products, services and practices that will ultimately drive business growth. More information can be found in the flyer attached to the story below.

The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) are working with the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA) to promote British companies at IMTEX 2023, from 19 – 25 January, 2023 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bengaluru. The MTA are recruiting UK companies to exhibit on a UK Pavilion which is open to both members and non members, and distributors/agents promoting UK products. Take a look at the article to read more.

That is all we have for this week’s Friday Brief! Thank you for keeping up to date with us and don’t forget to come back next week for more news! Have a great weekend!

ECJU Training Courses for rest of 2022 and the Symposium

The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) is now taking bookings for our standard training events for strategic export controls in the following locations, starting the 5th of September in Edinburgh and running through to December 2022 in London: Edinburgh Aberdeen (Including our ‘Offshore and Energy’ Intermediate course) Oxford Leeds Manchester London These events cater for: […]

MTA Training Platform, Education and Skills Survey

The Manufacturing Technologies Association will be offering a range of cost-effective Training solutions to all MTA members. The MTA will partner with training organisations, to give you access to the training you need. This membership benefit will be shaped by your needs. To help us deliver the training that you require, please take a few minutes […]

Police Registration Scheme

The Government has decided to abolish the Police Registration Scheme. The scheme, which requires some migrants to register with the police, is suspended with immediate effect. We are abolishing the requirement to register with the police as the police registration scheme in its current form is outdated and no longer provides any public protection benefit […]

IMTEX 2023 & Tooltech 2023

International Machine Tool & Manufacturing Technology Exhibition 19 – 25 January 2023 Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bengaluru, India The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) are working with the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA) to promote British companies at IMTEX 2023, from 19 – 25 January, 2023 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bengaluru. The MTA […]

University of Birmingham – ATETA

ATETA is an SME support programme offering free advice and technical support for businesses to develop sustainable energy-related products, services and practices that will ultimately drive business growth. Part of the University of Birmingham’s Energy Institute, ATETA has supported over 170 businesses in the past four years, generating a net income of almost 325 million […]

Supreme Court ruling on holidays for ‘part-year’ workers

Overwhelmed with requests? Download Associate Member, Citation’s newly updated, how-to guide that covers everything you need to have a smooth summer holiday season this year. The guide covers everything from calculating holiday leave to understanding accrued leave, PLUS, updated Supreme Court ruling on holidays for ‘part-year’ workers. DOWNLOAD NOW: https://tinyurl.com/32mm84vt If you’re struggling to get to […]

Truss and Sunak silent on manufacturing

Half-way through the Conservative Party’s eight-week contest to decide who will be its new leader and the UK’s new prime minister, it seems that manufacturing has not been referred to, at least by the two remaining candidates. Neither Liz Truss nor Rishi Sunak appear to have said anything at all about the sector, upon which […]

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