BEIS Bulletin – 17th June
Welcome to the BEIS Bulletin from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Here's the latest news from BEIS: Northern Ireland Protocol Bill published The Government has published a Bill to unilaterally amend the Northern Ireland Protocol to fix those issues it believes are not working in the negotiated...
Bowers Group’s Aman Athwal Wins Apprentice of the Year at West Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards
We are delighted to announce that our Technical Engineering Apprentice Aman Athwal has been awarded Apprentice of the Year in the category of Engineering & Manufacturing at this year’s West Yorkshire Apprenticeship awards. The event took place at Bradford City Football Club on Thursday 9th June, where guests enjoyed a...
Tool vendor from Ceratizit encourages reading uptake at Mount Street Academy
Reading is a vital skill that is stimulated throughout a child’s time at school, but at Mount Street Academy in Lincoln, where all children are under the age of seven, they are also encouraged to see the joy in reading and the Academy has relaunched its Reading Rewards program that...
Aerospace industry leader strengthens board of Velocity Composites
Aerospace specialist David Bailey is joining the Board of leading composites manufacturer Velocity Composites as an independent non-executive director. David, who is the CEO of the trade association Composites UK, also sits on the Board of the Aerospace Growth Partnership representing the regions of the UK and their supply chains....
RPI launches new metrology-grade rotary axis table for Portable CMM’s which improves productivity by up to 40%
RPI, leading provider in rotary measurement and angular positioning devices, have expanded their metrology product range with the launch of OctoScan, improving productivity by up to 40%. OctoScan is a highly accurate rotary axis enhancing the measurement capability of portable measurement arms. It enables objects that are larger than the...
Bowers Group Apprentice Shortlisted for Engineering & Manufacturing Apprentice of the Year
Bowers Group is delighted to announce that its Technical Engineering Apprentice Aman Athwal has been shortlisted for the category of Engineering & Manufacturing Apprentice of the year in this year’s West Yorkshire Apprenticeship awards. Apprenticeship schemes have fast become a successful route to future employment for thousands of school leavers,...
Burnley College WEC Group apprentice wins place in WorldSkills finals in China
BREAKING NEWS AMBITIOUS BURNLEY COLLEGE APPRENTICE WELDER HEADING TO CHINA TO TEST HIS METAL AGAINST THE REST OF THE WORLD A young welder is delighted to be selected to represent Great Britain at the ‘Olympics of engineering’, the WorldSkills Competition. Kieran McShane, a third-year apprentice with Themis at Burnley College,...
