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Mid Wales specialist gear company wins prestigious national award

A Mid Wales engineering company, which has developed a multi-skilled and flexible workforce to become a leading name in specialist gear transmissions for more than 50 years, has won a prestigious national award.

Compact Orbital Gears, which has a workforce of 43 based in Rhayader, was named the Small Employer of the Year at the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru 2021 virtual ceremony.

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Digital platform developed in Wales could save manufacturers millions  

A new business that aims to save manufacturers millions of pounds a year has been launched in Wales.

POET Systems Ltd, has developed a bespoke cloud-based software system that is designed to improve performance, save time and reduce waste.

The unique digital platform provides manufacturers with detailed data about their production processes, giving a complete view of operational performance in real time.

It allows managers the time to work on areas for improvement and make decisions based on the most accurate and up-to-date information.

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Invertek produces its two millionth variable frequency drive

Variable frequency drives (VFD) innovator and manufacturer Invertek Drives has reached a significant milestone with the production of its two millionth drive.

The milestone comes after Invertek announced record sales during 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. It follows significant continued year-on-year growth since the company was established 23 years ago.

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Carpenter and Paterson Ltd - NPTC Group Employer of the Month

We are thrilled to announce Carpenter & Paterson Ltd as our February 2021 Employer of the Month! Following a nomination from our Business Engagement Advisor, Karen Harris-Vernon, Carpenter & Paterson Ltd were chosen as February’s winners due to their investment and commitment to staff training and development.

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Control Techniques - Apprenticeship Happy Hour

A VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT ABOUT

The company & its products Career opportunities available.

Qualifications you can work towards.

Hear experiences from current apprentices.

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CellPath Secure a Seven Figure Funding Package

CellPath, based in Newtown, Mid-Wales, is a manufacturer and supplier of consumables, equipment and services to the global cellular pathology sector. The family-run business has received funding from HSBC UK to develop an extension of its premises, creating a fourth warehouse at its headquarters.

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Specialist Gear Company Filling Engineering Skills Gaps With Apprenticeships​

Developing a multi-skilled and flexible workforce has helped Compact Orbital Gears become a leading name in specialist gear transmissions for more than 50 years.

The company, which has a workforce of 43 based in Rhayader, designs, manufactures and develops bespoke gear solutions for aerospace, automotive and clean energy customers.

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Launch of Wales Manufacturing Action Plan

The plan provides a focus for future proofing our manufacturing capability and identifies the steps needed to develop a resilient, high value manufacturing sector with a highly skilled and flexible workforce able to deliver the products, services and technologies necessary for our future economy.

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ASTUTE 2020+ Manufacturing Innovation

ASTUTE 2020 are holding a webinar on the 3rd March focusing on how ASTUTE 2020+ can collaborate with Welsh manufacturing businesses to address the challenges of sustainable recovery and improve competitiveness to build long-term resilience.
Join James Davies, Executive Chair, Industry Wales and ASTUTE 2020 as they outline how the EU-funded operation can collaborate with Welsh manufacturing businesses to address the challenges of sustainable recovery and improve competitiveness to build long-term resilience.

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Control Techniques Completes Insourcing Project

Control Techniques, a Nidec brand, has successfully brought production of one of its most famous products back to the UK. Now, Control Techniques’ Commander general purpose drives will be produced entirely at the organisation’s UK manufacturing headquarters in Newtown, Wales. Previously, while designed in the UK, the drives were manufactured using a third-party in Asia.

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SME Brexit Support Fund

Doing business with Europe has changed. The Government understand how challenging it can be to get used to the new rules and they appreciate how much you’ve done already.

They are there to help you understand what these changes mean for you. Customers that they have spoken to have told them that they need more help, and they hope the following information is useful to you.

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Apprenticeship Week Toolkit

The Welsh Government have put together an "Apprenticeship Week Toolkit" to support, and celebrate, the Apprenticeship Programme in Wales. Included within the toolkit are a variety of downloadable communications assets, including videos; animations and example newsletters, as well as funding information, and how to recruit an apprentice.

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Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) launches next Phase 1 funding opportunity

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), in collaboration with Innovate UK, has today launched the next opportunity to bid for funding from the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF).

We recently announced our intention to hold another Phase 1 competition window this spring due to the large amount of interest we have received.

Thirty nine applications from the first Phase 1 competition window, totalling £31 million, have been approved for funding subject to final due diligence checks. Details of successful awards will be published in due course.

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Riversimple and Siemens: the beginning of a long-term strategic relationship

Welsh hydrogen car firm and Siemens UK sign MoU – focus on regional skills development, sustainability and preparation for volume production The two companies have signed a wide-ranging Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), highlighting collaboration on a number of fronts: • Sustainability initiatives – in particular focusing on circular thinking in product design, supply chain management and economic models • Support for skills and learning requirements in Wales and beyond for the hydrogen mobility sector • Securing the financing required to reach volume production of highly efficient hydrogen vehicles

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VETHUB1

Work is progressing at pace on a new £4.2m state of the art veterinary hub to drive forward research to protect both animal and human health.

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Development Bank of Wales

For Wales to prosper, our businesses need to prosper

When our businesses thrive, they create a higher number of better quality jobs. The taxes they pay strengthen our public finances. The people they employ strengthen our communities. When Welsh businesses are strong, Wales is strong.

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Keep your business moving: New videos on doing business with Europe

The Business Department has launched a series of new, on demand videos to help businesses familiarise themselves with the new rules and the actions they should take. Businesses can find out more about 18 topics, including importing and exporting, trade, data, and audit and accounting.

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Letter from Ken Skates Jan 2021 - EU Transition

As you know, the EU transition period has now ended and the UK has left the EU customs union and single market. Following negotiations and the signing of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on 24 December 2020, the UK now has a different trading relationship with the EU

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BREXIT TRANSITION CHANGES - ACTIONS FOR BUSINESSES

Your business has to make a number of changes to ensure continued flow of people, data, goods and services between the UK and the EU. Businesses should take action as the UK is no longer in the single market or the customs union

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Sector Specific Brexit Transition Actions

This document provides you with information about important actions for 10 sectors of the economy: ▪ Aerospace ▪ Electronics and Machinery ▪ Automotive ▪ Life Sciences ▪ Chemicals ▪ Metals and Materials ▪ Construction ▪ Professional and Business Services ▪ Consumer Goods ▪ Retail

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