GMB Welcomes British Steel Bids as Workers Await News
GMB Welcomes British Steel Bids as Workers Await News : GMB, the union for steelworkers, has welcomed bids received for British Steel after the Official Receiver reported encouraging levels of interest. Special Managers are in the process of analysing bids after last night’s deadline and are in ongoing discussions with interested parties. It came as the Government-convened British Steel Support Group, on which GMB sits, met today. Ross Murdoch, GMB National Officer said: “That bids have been put on the table is a show of confidence in British Steel’s dedicated workforce and this proud industry. “Production will carry on as normal as workers await consideration of the bids, and in hope that this vital industry gets the proper support it needs to be safeguarded for the longer term. “British Steel employees are absolutely working their socks off, proudly showing that they will fight for the future of this productive and viable industry.” https://www.gmb.org.uk/ Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine | The Home of Manufacturing Industry News Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine (MEM), is a the leading UK based monthly print & digital publication focused on promoting innovation in manufacturing and engineering available here in the UK. We cover : SUSTAINABILITY (Waste & Water Management, Recycling, Energy); INMOTION (Rail, Marine, Aerospace, Automotive, Defence); INFRASTRUCTURE (Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Construction); Healthcare (Medical), TECHNOLOGY(Printed, Connected, Software, Composite); MANUFACTURING (Chemical, Metals, Plastics, Electronics, Electrical); CONSUMER GOODS(Furniture, Electrical, Electronics, Food) to name but a few. We have over 50,000 views of each issue of MEM on average in 2022 and go to print monthly and also publish in our newsletter, (each issue is available free for 12 months digitally). Our focus is aligned across the next 12 months with our global media partnerships around Trade Events and also contains original content.
Manufacturing Highlighted at Northern Powerhouse Conference
The Northern Powerhouse International Conference and Exhibition takes place in the UK next month, and one of the hot topics on the agenda will be how manufacturing can be the key to driving the Northern Powerhouse forward, with 3,000 business delegates expected to attend the event in Manchester. The event will be spread out over the course of two days, with major national UK companies and delegations from all over the world set to be included in the 3,000, including China, Australia, India and the USA. The big name companies attending in February include British Steel, Nissan, Diosynth Polymers and Fujifilm, all of whom will be providing their input on the manufacturing topic. There will be a session entitled âManufacturing the Northern Powerhouseâ which will take place at Manchester Central during the two-day event, and this will see the majority of the manufacturing debate taking place. The governmentâs post-Brexit strategy places a huge amount of focus on heavy investment into manufacturing, with the North playing host to a significant portion of this investment. For example, a brand new manufacturing park is expected to be created as part of the manufacturing investment, and it is to be situated close by to the Nissan plant in Sunderland, creating thousands of jobs in the process. The Northern Powerhouse International Conference and Exhibition will also include speeches from organisation officials such as Andrew Percy MP, the minister for the Northern Powerhouse, and Lord Kerslake, who is the Chair of the UK Northern Powerhouse Advisory Board. The event promises to make history as being the biggest ever cross sectoral gathering of Northern business to have ever taken place in the UK, with topics including transport & infrastructure, finance & delivery and productivity & energy set to be discussed on 21st and 22nd February along with manufacturing and many more. Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine | The Home of Manufacturing Industry News
