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Relevant items of interest to the Engineering/Manufacturing Sector that Scottish Engineering represents.
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Engineering Industry maintains forward momentum |
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Monday, 01 March 2010 |
The improvements in order intake and output volumes reported by the engineering manufacturing sector in the final quarter of 2009 have been maintained into 2010, according to the latest review of the industry by Scottish Engineering, the industry support group.
However, as order intake within the engineering sector as a whole remains negative, large companies are bucking that trend and have returned positive results.
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Banks still stifling Engineering growth |
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 |
Despite assurances from the Bank of England, the FSA and Government ministers, engineering companies are still finding that getting their hands on much needed funding continues to be a problem.
During a number of meetings throughout the country, Dr Peter Hughes, Chief Executive of Scottish Engineering has been inundated with complaints from senior executives of member companies who are reporting that banks, and the Bank of Scotland in particular, continue to be extremely unhelpful and are charging highly inflated arrangement fees and implementing what are viewed as extremely high overdraft rates.
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The Carbon Trust "Carbon Coaching" Workshsops |
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 |
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The Carbon Trust is running 2 ‘Carbon Coaching' workshops in February and March for industrial and manufacturing companies in the West Lothian area in collaboration with Business Gateway West Lothian and the Business Environment Partnership.
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Read more... [The Carbon Trust "Carbon Coaching" Workshsops]
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Offshore Wind Supply Chain Share Fair - Scottish Enterprise |
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Tuesday, 19 January 2010 |
Offshore Wind Supply Chain Share Fair
Thursday 4 February 2010
Radisson SAS Hotel Glasgow
301 Argyle Street, Glasgow.
Find out about huge business opportunities
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Read more... [Offshore Wind Supply Chain Share Fair - Scottish Enterprise]
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Howden Chief Executive predicts recovery |
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Monday, 18 January 2010 |
In an article in the Glasgow Herald on the 18th December 2009, Bob Cleland, Chief Executive of venerable Scottish engineering company Howden, said he is preparing the group for a major uplift in 2011 but warned that smaller Scottish engineering companies must look to world markets to prosper in the global economic recovery.
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