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University launches £4m fund for South West businesses

University launches £4m fund for South West businesses

Businesses across the South West are set to cash in on a new £4 million funding programme, run by the University of the West of England, Bristol. Available to both small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large companies, the Innovation 4 Growth scheme will part...

University launches £4m fund for South West businesses

GKN Aerospace – Bristol to recruit another 48 apprentices

• Intake increases once again • Process begins at open evening on the 23rd January, 2014 • New technician apprenticeship added to advanced and higher schemes An open evening from 4.00pm to 7.00pm at the BAWA Centre, Southmead Rd, Filton on Thursday 23rd January, 2014...

University launches £4m fund for South West businesses

Video gaming technology comes to the aerospace industry

AERTEC Solutions homes in on the United Kingdom and with the help of Airbus, commences a pioneering project to apply video game technology to the aerospace industry The multinational aeronautical engineering firm makes an impact on the British aerospace market with...

University launches £4m fund for South West businesses

50 plus GKN Aerospace employees celebrate academic success

The academic achievements of 53 members of staff from GKN Aerospace operations around the country were recognised at the company’s ‘Recognition of Learning’ ceremony and dinner at Bristol’s Marriott Royal Hotel late last year.  The event was hosted by the...

University launches £4m fund for South West businesses

A New Year & A New Chief Executive!

As the new Chief Executive of WEAF I wish all our members and visitors to this website a belated Happy New Year and a very prosperous and healthy 2014.  Our members and the wider manufacturing and advanced technology sectors in the region have greatly benefitted...

University launches £4m fund for South West businesses

Bristol students see how GKN Aerospace is making things fly

Filton site hosts second ‘See Inside Manufacturing’ event GKN Aerospace welcomed 25 students from four local schools into its manufacturing facility at Filton in Bristol last month, to see how the company’s technology helps to make the world’s aircraft fly.  This...

University launches £4m fund for South West businesses

Symbiotics and Pan-Am Celebrate 100 online test candidates

Leading providers of human performance consultancy for aviation, bluelight services, transportation and defence, Symbiotics Ltd is delighted to announce that 100 candidates have now passed through the online assessment service that the company has developed with Pan...

University launches £4m fund for South West businesses

GKN Aerospace apprentices win at WorldSkills UK, 2013 final

2 day live CNC milling competition sees gold and silver wins for GKN Aerospace pair GKN Aerospace apprentices Steven Castle and Mike Watson have shown they can compete with the best in the UK after scooping gold and silver medals respectively at the WorldSkills UK,...

University launches £4m fund for South West businesses

Altran receives Airbus ESW Recognition for Innovation in 2013

Altran has received recognition from Airbus ESW for its outstanding contribution to Innovation in 2013, for its work on AIRGEOM (Advanced Integrated Rapid Geometry Morphing Environment), a holistic and seamless environment for the deformation of...