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Doncaster Council signs £7m contract for new airport radar systems
Doncaster Council has finalised a £7.3 million contract with Raytheon Systems Ltd to install primary and secondary surveillance radars at D…
Innovate UK selects 100 female founders for its largest Women in Innovation cohort
Innovate UK has named 100 women to its latest innovation programme, providing business support and grants to founders developing new techno…
British Steel welcomes 70 new apprentices and graduates to its sites
British Steel is bringing on 70 new apprentices and graduates across its Scunthorpe, Teesside, and Sheffield locations following a recruitm…
Cairngorms businesses to receive share of £3m recovery fund after wildfires
Businesses affected by the recent wildfires in the Cairngorms are now eligible for a share of £3m in government funding to help cover losse…
Leeds-based Hesco Bastion and UK firm DIRICKX share £150m US defence contract
Leeds-based Hesco Bastion and UK company DIRICKX Systems have been awarded a share of a £150 million contract to supply expeditionary barri…
Great British Energy invests in Naked Energy to boost UK solar-thermal manufacturing
Great British Energy is leading an £8.875m funding round for Naked Energy to establish a new automated manufacturing facility in the UK. Th…
UK manufacturing sector records ninth consecutive month of growth
The latest S&P Global UK Manufacturing PMI registered 51.9 in July, marking nine months of sustained expansion across the sector. With prod…
Rheinmetall to manufacture British Army howitzer guns at new Telford facility
Rheinmetall has secured a contract to produce 155 mm gun assemblies for the British Army's new RCH 155 wheeled howitzers at a site in Telfo…
Four hundred Lanarkshire food wholesale workers secure pay rise
Employees at the Brake Brothers facility in Newhouse have negotiated a 4.85 per cent increase to their basic hourly wage. The deal, which f…
UK aerospace exports rise as Emirates SkyCargo reports 300% growth in urgent shipments
Emirates SkyCargo transported nearly 500 tonnes of aircraft parts from the UK to global markets in the first half of 2026. The company saw …
UK manufacturing output reaches two-year high as growth continues for ninth month
Manufacturing activity has increased for the ninth consecutive month, with production levels now at their highest point in nearly two years…
Sheffield recycling firm MATIQ secures Bradford contract and announces £50m Gateshead facility
Sheffield-based recycling company MATIQ has won a contract to manage dry, mixed recycling for the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Co…