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Manufacturing Week
Friday 18 December 2020

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Wrights Food Group outlines product development plans

Wrights Food Group is lining up a number of new product developments in 2021, its chairman has told Insider, as the Crewe-headquartered manufacturer looks to move on from "one of the most difficult years in living history" for UK business.
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Business Matters: How North West manufacturers are increasing resilience through digital technology

Glyn Jones, service delivery director at BAE Systems and chair of the Made Smarter Pilot Steering Group at BAE Systems, says we're at the forefront of digital manufacturing developments in support of Industry 4.0. We are creating smart factories of the future, exploiting AI and digital expertise and technologies to drive down costs and improve efficiencies across our manufacturing capabilities. These ambitions are shared by Made Smarter, which is why we have been firm supporters since its inception.
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Manufacturers could soon plan for growth - Lloyds

While few manufacturers will end 2020 in the position they envisaged, companies could soon be able to plan for future growth, a senior figure at Lloyds Bank has told Insider.
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Fire door manufacturer eyes continued expansion

A Rochdale-based fire door manufacturer is looking to continue its upward curve of sales growth and investment into 2021, its managing director has told Insider.
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BAE Systems to hire 1,250 trainees

BAE Systems has outlined plans to hire more than 1,250 trainees into its early careers programmes in 2021.
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Giant’s turnover neared £800m before major Breedon deal

The UK arm of a building materials manufacturing giant grew its turnover to almost £800m in the year before it completed a £178m deal with counterpart Breedon, new documents have revealed.
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Deals

Staff boost at Workforce People Solutions

Bolton-based Workforce People Solutions has reported a 20 per cent uplift in staff since the start of lockdown and launched a new technology division on the back of securing a £500,000 investment.
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Ducati Manchester expands with double acquisition

Ducati Manchester has expanded with a pair of acquisitions in a deal backed by DF Capital.
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Retail giant will not bid for luxury brand

The group behind Sports Direct and House of Fraser has confirmed it will not seek to table a bid to take over luxury brand Mulberry.
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Shawbrook Bank acquires RateSetter’s development finance business

Shawbrook Bank has acquired RateSetter's peer-to-peer funded development finance business.
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Ask the expert: Is marketing bigger than sales in the post-Covid industrial purchasing process?

In an industrial landscape where even complex, engineered products and services are now bought in a completely different, more remote and independently researched style than years gone by, Alex Cairns argues that sales needs to align itself with marketing more than ever before.
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Business

Revenue up but PwC UK profits hit by Covid-19

Revenue has grown at professional services giant PwC UK but profits have fallen due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Entries open for Young Professionals Awards

Shining stars from financial services, property, tech and the media are among those competing at Insider's North West Young Professionals Awards, and there is still time to enter.
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Pebble Group acquires $5.3m worth of software assets

Manchester-headquartered technology services provider Pebble Group has acquired software assets from a US-based developer for $5.3m.
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Furlough and Covid-19 loan schemes extended

The UK-wide furlough and Covid-19 business loan schemes have been extended. The extensions come ahead of the Budget, which the Chancellor has confirmed will take place on 3 March 2021.
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Bruce Jack Wines agrees Sale Sharks deal

Bruce Jack Wines has struck a deal to become an official partner of Sale Sharks.
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Sourced Capital hits £10m milestone

Warrington-based peer-to-peer lending company Sourced Capital has raised more than £10m in P2P finance loans during 2020.
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Business Matters: Sustainable energy - Creating a workforce that is fit for purpose

Sophie Park, director of workforce skills at The City of Liverpool College, says sustainability and finding ways of becoming more environmentally friendly continues to be a focus for government and industry, and impressive steps are being taken across the country to meet the UK’s net-zero emissions target for 2050.
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Property

World-class Liverpool station plans kickstarted

Plans to develop a "world-class" train station in Liverpool city centre have been kickstarted.
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Deal struck for Stanley Green Trading Estate

Stanley Green Trading Estate has been acquired, together with an adjoining development site in Cheadle, in a deal worth £17.25m.
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Riverside Group completes £150m private bond issuance

Liverpool-based Riverside Group has completed a £150m private bond issuance with Pricoa Private Capital.
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Landwood Group instructed on property portfolio

Manchester-headquartered Landwood Group's newest division has been instructed on a national portfolio of 62 commercial properties by Grant Thornton.
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Construction suppliers fined more than £15m following CMA probe

Two construction industry suppliers have been fined a total of more than £15m by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after the regulator found that they broke competition law.
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Business Matters: The power of peer-to-peer support and how Peer Networks can help SMEs thrive

When it comes to talking through the challenges you face in business, working with like-minded business leaders can be an effective way to share knowledge and find solutions.
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Senior hires at Attain as demand rises

Wigan-based Attain has been buoyed by a rapid increase in demand for its services.
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