MTA and Mission Community launch a veterans’ career guide to strengthen UK manufacturing
4 March 2026 Mission Community and the MTA have announced they have launched a new industry guide to help bring additional talent into… Read More
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Editor’s comment: Why this Budget matters
12 November 2025 As the UK approaches the November 2025 Budget, industry will be looking for direction rather than rhetoric – this is more than an accounting… Read More
Make UK appoints ex Skills Minister as Director of External Affairs
2 October 2025 Make UK has announced it has appointed Rt Hon Robert Halfon as its new Executive Director responsible for Policy Membership and External Affairs. He replaces… Read More
Government Restructure Tackles ‘Hideous Waste of Talent’
17 September 2025 Skills Minister Baroness Smith has spoken of the ‘hideous waste of talent’, due to nearly a million young people in the UK not in employment,… Read More
Dispelling the myths about degree apprenticeships in the engineering industry
1 September 2025 Finding the right talent in a tight employment market can be difficult. In fact, the OECD Skills for Jobs … Read More
Within grasp of glory
15 May 2025 The brightest lights in British engineering and manufacturing are set to shine as finalists for the Enginuity Skills Awards 2025. Six of the nine finalists, featured… Read More
”Skills Emergency” Alert
13 May 2025 A prominent expert in Engineering and Manufacturing skills has called for business to urgently overhaul UK skills provision to ensure there’s an adequate number… Read More
Bridging the skills gap to secure Britain’s industrial future
12 May 2025 Britain’s manufacturing sector faces a critical skills shortage, threatening its ability to apply emerging technologies. Make UK’s Industrial Strategy Skills Commission calls for a Skills Covenant to… Read More
Amazon delivers artistry in engineering
8 May 2025 Grace Peckett, a Mechatronics Apprentice at Amazon, has been announced as the winner of this year’s Enginuity Skills Awards Trophy Design Competition. She is part… Read More
UK’s top skills talent takes on Europe’s finest
29 April 2025 Our very brightest and best young apprentices and learners are heading to Denmark in September, to test their skills against the crème de la… Read More