Experts are predicting that manufacturers face a return to spiralling energy bills – just as a new report claims production firms are turning the corner.Read
Black Country aerospace group Hampson Industries has landed an £18 million contract amidst signs that its previously frozen markets were beginning to thaw.Read
An international spring manufacturer was named one of the first West Midlands companies to receive a recognition award within the SC21 programme, at a major conference for aerospace and defence suppliers.Read
Digger-maker JCB is donating equipment worth £153,000 to help the disaster relief effort in the city of Padang following the devastating earthquake that struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on September 30.Read
The world must start a “complete” shift to a low carbon economy by 2014 or risk making dangerous climate change almost inevitable, according to a new a report.Read
A senior union leader has told the Government it made a “very serious electoral mistake” by delaying the introduction of new rights for agency workers.Read
Engineering giant GKN has jumped back into profitability after a slight sales increase in its third quarter – aided by the Government’s scrappage programme.Read
UK Coal and two managers at the group’s last remaining West Midlands colliery are to be prosecuted following three deaths at the flagship mine in just eight months.Read
Bosses at defence giant BAE Systems said it was too early to judge the potential cost of a looming Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecution over bribery allegations.Read
Former employees of engineering giant GKN are being asked to come forward to recollect their working experiences of the Heath Street screw manufacturer.Read
