Manufacturing

Moving to ‘one-hit’ machining has delivered a Lancashire precision engineering specialist a £500,000 boost after securing a string of new orders.

Lancashire’s most impressive businesses - including a hospice, a vaping firm which sells products around the world and one of the county’s most iconic tourist destinations - have been honoured at special awards evening.

A host of new features and a strong focus on plastics design, recycling and sustainability have been confirmed for the PDM 2019 exhibition and conference being held at Manchester Central Convention Complex on 11-12 June by organisers the British Plastics Federation (BPF) and Crain Communications.

The Northern Powerhouse was the focus of a combined Northern LEPs discussion panel at the UK Government Pavilion at MIPIM International, the property and investment conference held annually in Cannes, France.

The Enterprise Zone Team at Blackpool Council has announced that more than 1,000 new jobs have been generated at Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone since its inception in April 2016.

Half of North West SME manufacturers plan to increase their capital investment spend in the next 12-months despite the uncertainty of Brexit, according to an influential business survey.

The Nowt Poncy Food Company was founded in Water, Rossendale, in 2016 and now has five successful sauces, which sell UK-wide.