Friday Brief (31/05/2024) W22
Good morning and welcome to this week’s Friday Brief! The English weather can’t make up its mind this month! Make sure to grab a bit of sunshine on Sunday while you can.
This week The MTA’s CEO James Selka has done an interview with Mark Allen Group. James Selka discusses the True Impact of UK Manufacturing Report providing his insights on UK manufacturing and its crucial role in the economy. The True Impact of UK Manufacturing Report, originally published in 2018 and recently refreshed, aims to rectify misconceptions about the manufacturing sector’s economic impact. Selka emphasises the necessity of this report: “Manufacturing is often seen as a poor cousin to other industries by policymakers and the government. The sector is officially said to constitute 8% of the UK’s GDP, including food production, which diminishes the perceived size of engineering based manufacturing.” Read the full report below.
CBI has released some guidance around the upcoming general election. While these are not set out in PPERA, there are a number of factors that can help to determine whether campaign activity can be reasonably regarded as intended to influence voters to vote in a particular way at an upcoming election. Take a look at the information in the story to find out about what tests are used, a general overview and tips to ensure compliance.
Chamber Translations has been supporting manufacturing and engineering businesses, nationally and internationally, for over 45 years. They undertake translation projects of any size, in all commercial world languages, helping you communicate effectively with key international markets. Chamber Translations are offering MTA Cluster members a 10% discount.
They also have a fully accredited documentation team that handle a wide range of documents required for international trade, from Certificates of Origin to preference documents, ATA Carnets and more. They are also pleased to provide you with a 10% discount on export documentation. Find out more in the story.
The MTA have partnered with the vocL to offer its members a bursary for one person to participate in the vocL Leader Programme. Founded by Juergen Maier, vocL is a leading national professional development programme and network, exclusively for a new generation of value-driven, ambitious, business leaders. Check out ore details in the story below.
That concludes the Friday Brief for today, we hope you all have great weekend and we’ll ‘see’ you again next week!
VocL Bursary Offer
The MTA have partnered with the vocL to offer its members a bursary for one person to participate in the vocL Leader Programme. Founded by Juergen Maier, vocL is a leading national professional development programme and network, exclusively for a new generation of value-driven, ambitious, business leaders. Who is it for? The three-year programme is […]
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MTA Cluster membership benefit on translations and export documentation
TRANSLATION SERVICES Chamber Translations has been supporting manufacturing and engineering businesses, nationally and internationally, for over 45 years. We undertake translation projects of any size, in all commercial world languages, helping you communicate effectively with key international markets. All of our technical translators are specialists in their field with many having worked in the manufacturing […]
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CBI – General Election 2024: Guidance around regulated activity and non-party campaigning
Overview What tests are used to determine regulated activity How to determine if an activity passes the purpose test While these are not set out in PPERA, there are a number of factors that can help to determine whether campaign activity can be reasonably regarded as intended to influence voters to vote in a particular […]
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Think Big – Interview with James Selka
James Selka discusses the True Impact of UK Manufacturing Report providing his insights on UK manufacturing and its crucial role in the economy. James Selka, CEO of the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), discusses his motivations behind the True Impact of UK Manufacturing Report, carried out by Oxford Economics and MTA. He gives his views on […]
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