The Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) has been granted an additional £47.6 million to support the expansion and acceleration of the programme. The VMIC will be the UK’s first national vaccines manufacturing and innovation facility and will be able to respond to pandemics by producing millions of doses quickly. The funding will support work already underway to: Expand the capacity twenty-fold so that the UK has a highly specialist manufacturing centre that, in a pandemic situation, can make up to 70 million doses within a 6 month period Accelerate the timeline for VMIC to be operationally ready so it can support…
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Fifty young people across Great Britain have kickstarted their careers in the creatives as they began their six month placements with award-winning marketing company Purpol. The new starters join thousands across the country that have safely started their Kickstart placements and will see them learn new skills such as digital marketing, social media and leadership. Based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, Purpol Marketing has given young jobseekers in England, Wales and Scotland a leg up in the world of work with the help of the UK Government-backed provision. Seven of these starters have gone on to find permanent jobs already. The Kickstart…
Embello, a leading printing and merchandise company based in the Midlands, has donated rucksacks to children facing serious life challenges including illness. One recipient, six year old Taylor Lewsley (pictured below), is thrilled with his rucksack. The young boy, who had meningitis as a baby, has endured 84 operations and is one of 100 children who have received this lockdown gift. Boss Kyle Raffo heard about the issues faced by Derby-based charity Me&dee which provides free holidays for families where a member has a life limiting, life-threatening, or terminal illness. The charity owns a holiday lodge in Sherwood Forest. However,…
Online job board Zoek are giving job seekers the opportunity to have their CV launched into space! With new jobs in demand due to the pandemic, the competition aims to give job seekers a creative way to get noticed by employers in celebration of Star Wars Day on May 4th. The competition, which runs from 1st March to 9th April, will see three lucky winners receive a professional CV rewrite from employment support company TopCV. The CVs will be displayed on a screen and filmed travelling into space by Sent Into Space, lifted using a massive hydrogen balloon to heights…
The number of private equity buy and build transactions in the UK soared by 35 per cent during 2020, as private equity houses looked to bolster their portfolio during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research by Rickitt Mitchell. Analysis by the corporate finance boutique, in partnership with Experian Market iQ, reveals that a total of 370 bolt-on transactions were completed in 2020 – up from the 276 seen over the course of the previous year. The bounce back following the Covid-19 pandemic is highlighted by the active second half of 2020, with 232 transactions completed during that period. In contrast,…
The current relaxations of, and modifications to, corporate insolvency legislation will last until 30 April 2021. But by regulations laid in Parliament on 11 February 2021, the Government is asking for power for another year (to April 2022) to make temporary amendments or modify the impact of corporate insolvency legislation. This power “will provide a means for specific and temporary changes to be made to corporate insolvency and governance legislation should the urgent need arise to do so, which will allow quick reactions to any unforeseen challenges arising as a result of the pandemic’s impact on business.” It is yet…
1,400 jobs could be secured across the UK thanks to an investment in aerospace manufacturing through the ATI Programme, which was announced today by Business Minister Paul Scully. Five innovative aerospace projects have been backed by a nearly £90m investment set to revolutionise aerospace manufacturing in the UK. State-of-the-art technology, including 3D printing machines, will be crucial to help the industry build back better and greener after COVID-19. The successfully funded projects could help to secure approximately 1,400 jobs across the UK, from Bristol to Belfast, and South Wales to Somerset, improving local growth and benefiting communities. The government-industry funding…
An £83m package of Government funding has been agreed to accelerate the delivery of 3,000 homes at Fairham, a 606-acre mixed use development on the edge of Nottingham. The funding will support the delivery of the infrastructure needed to bring Fairham forward, accelerating the creation of new homes and jobs for the area. As well as the new homes, Fairham will deliver a new school, community centre, health centre, sports pitches, community parks and woodland. With 100,000 square metres of employment space, its location on the edge of Nottingham and proximity to East Midlands Airport, the M1 and the East…
Orcha is the world’s leading health app evaluation and advisor organisation. They help NHS Trusts, Governments and health and social care organisations to choose and deliver health apps that will safely make the biggest impact in terms of improving outcomes. Chief Executive Liz Ashall-Payne says the organisation has reviewed nearly 5,000 apps so far and found many poor examples, including: A diabetes management app offering complex medical support without any back-up from experts A physiotherapy app offering exercise plans without any visible input from professionals An app to help smokers quit, which had not had security updates in more than…
Appogee HR is thrilled to announce the launch of Appogee Time, the standalone SaaS (Software as a Service) product to help small UK businesses manage hybrid working, office capacity management, track time and attendance, and record time spent on activities. Working from home has been the reality for most UK based office staff for the last 12 months, with many staff missing the benefits of office based work, including the general excitement of what a productive day in the office can offer. Hybrid working, where staff are able to work in the office as well as from home, has become…