The torrid impact of recession on the UK automotive industry was the theme taken up by Birkby’s Plastics chief exec Ian Parker at the MAS Manufacturing Convention.

Following the temporary closures of UK car plants, he described how the business went from shipping 140,000 components a day to just over 60,000 and how the assets, valued at over £4million when he was brought in to lead the management…

Soeren Vonsild, head of engineering at Leeds dairy products manufacturer Arla, reckons that the structures and processes within large corporate organisations are fundamentally opposed to innovation and entrepreneurship. Speaking at yesterday’s MAS Manufacturing Convention at Rudding Park, he described entrepreneurs as quick to spot an opportunity opportunity and quick to commit; people for whom there’s a direct relation between getting things done and reward.

But in the corporate…

Smart idea emerging from a conference organised by the Engineering Employers Federation – “The Bank of Making Things.”

Conference conclusion was that the UK banking system needs urgent overhaul (where have we heard that before?) if it is to support the growth of high value, innovative businesses. Arguing there was no time like the present, the EEF said that now there was an ideal opportunity for change with…

Business Link Yorkshire, Leeds manufacturing and a number of other partners combined to present a stimulating “Looking To The Future” event hosted by Electronics Yorkshire.

Two outstanding and thought-provoking speakers enabled representatives of regional companies to learn how innovation can be used to gain a competitive edge.

Barry Dodd, CEO of GSM Group and Council Member Yorkshire Innovation, used real life examples, rather than text book theory, to…