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Horizon Fund - addressing the needs of industry |
This Scottish Funding Council Horizon Fund call for knowledge exchange proposals addressing the needs of Scottish Industry will focus on the key sectors identified in the Scottish Government's Economic Strategy (page 29), published in November 2007. Proposals are invited for strategic projects that demonstrate potential impact in any one or more of these sectors, with a particular focus on ‘enabling technologies'. We are particularly keen to receive proposals for projects that involve Scottish small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The key sectors are:
- creative industries (including digital content and technologies);
- energy;
- financial and business services;
- food and drink (including agriculture and fisheries);
- life sciences (including biotechnology and translational medicine); and
- tourism.
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Future Captains of Industry from the Year in Industry programme |
‘FUTURE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY'
10th ANNUAL SCOTTISH ‘CONTRIBUTION TO BUSINESS' AWARDS
In today's times of stringent economic constraints, a beacon of hope shines at The Year in Industry today as it held its annual finals of the prestigious Scottish ‘Year in Industry' ‘Contribution to the Business Awards' at Strathclyde University on the 1st of July and the event sponsors were BAE Systems Regional Aircraft in Prestwick.
Participating students who have been aptly called the "Future Captains of Industry" spent a challenging and demanding year in industry prior to going to university.
Students spent their year working on a real-life, difficult in-house project. They also completed the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) residential course in Business Management at Perth College. This gave them excellent experience and a sound understanding of business today, as well as gaining invaluable industry contact.
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Scottish Manufactured Exports 1st Quarter 2010 |
Dr Peter Hughes, Chief Executive of Scottish Engineering said:
"The latest Government figures for Scottish Manufactured Exports show a marginal rise for the 1st Quarter 2010, much of this arising from the drinks sector, which showed a rise in excess of 10% in the 12 months to Qtr 1 2010.
"The corresponding figure for engineering and electronics showed a disappointing drop of 16%, reflecting the very difficult trading conditions within that sector.
"It is to be hoped that the recent improvement in order intake and output volume will result in better figures being achieved during 2010."
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What we think of the Budget! |
Comment on the Budget by Dr Peter Hughes, Chief Executive of Scottish Engineering.
"The Chancellor stated categorically that ‘manufacturing as a whole will pay less tax'. If that is the case then the engineering manufacturing sector in Scotland will be delighted.
"As it is, manufacturing companies will benefit from both the reduction in corporation tax and the raising of the threshold for paying National Insurance. If this, as is forecast, takes 650,000 employees out of paying tax then that will benefit our workforce.
"A bank levy of £2bn a year will help the economy but our concern is that banks will pass this on to business customers. This must not be allowed to happen."
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Best figures for Engineering Industry in three years |
Order intake and output volumes for the three months to June in Scotland's engineering sector are at their healthiest level for almost three years.
According to the Quarterly Review of the industry published by Scottish Engineering, the support group for the industry the improvements recorded in the previous two quarters have continued, pushing the figures well into positive territory.
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