Burnley-based Lean business specialists Fedden USP, will be delivering productivity efficiency training in August at Blairgowrie-based fruit growers Thomas Thomson, one of the three Strategic SmartHort Centres run by the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). AHDB is well aware of the decreasing availability of quality labour for many ...
Read MoreMETALL Skills Masterclass makes progress
At the latest METALL Masterclass meeting delegates looked at the complex skills issue facing many manufacturing, engineering and tech businesses in the Coastal West Sussex area. The event took place at the Worthing College conference centre in conjunction with the Coastal West Sussex partnership and was facilitated by Richard Freeman ...
Read MoreHamza Aims High with Trainee Civil Engineer Award
A young graduate engineer from Romford has received a top industry award in recognition of his outstanding success in the early stages of his career. Hamza Din, who is studying for a BEng Civil Engineering at Brunel University, undertook an industrial placement at Ipswich-based Jackson Civil Engineering as part ...
Read MoreLothian Ready for Festivals with ‘Contactless and Capped’ System
Scotland’s first contactless and fare capped public transport payment system has been unveiled in Edinburgh in a partnership between Lothian and Flowbird Transport Intelligence. The scheme, launched in time for the Edinburgh Festivals, makes it easier for local people and visitors to access Lothian services in the city by ...
Read MoreEAU and Grain – Bringing Hyperfast Connectivity to Dundashill
Energy Assets Utilities (EAU) has been selected to bring the benefits of hyperfast broadband connectivity to a new housing development planned as part of a visionary regeneration scheme in Glasgow. The Dundashill project, conceived and managed by Scottish Canals and Igloo Regeneration, will transform a former distillery site into ...
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