Thursday, April 18, 2024

South Yorkshire

Local patent professional, Gemma McGeough, has been officially recognised for her achievements and contribution to increasing the visibility of intellectual property within the engineering sector. A partner and patent attorney at Withers & Rogers’ Sheffield office, Gemma has been listed in Managing IP’s 2022 Rising Stars rankings. Published annually, the...
As economic headwinds continue to gather, businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber, along with those in the rest of the UK, are already starting to feel the impact of mounting financial pressures with a marked month-on-month rise in the number of businesses in the region experiencing insolvency-related activity. The latest...
Local independent financial planners, Belmayne, are reassuring investors there is no need to change their retirement plans because of current market volatility. The Dronfield-based firm is urging people not to concentrate on recent market news, but to review their retirement objectives and focus on making sure their plan is on...
Long-standing UNTHA customer H. Brown & Son Recycling has invested in a new UNTHA shredder, switching from an XR to a ZR. The Stoke-on-Trent based waste management firm has used UNTHA shredding technology within its alternative fuel production plant for over a decade. But following the launch of the new ZR...
Rail depot equipment specialist, Mechan, is enjoying a bumper year with turnover and order intake projected to finish at an all-time high in December. Unprecedented interest in the Sheffield-based manufacturer’s flagship lifting jacks is being credited with the boost in sales. More than 100 have already been built this year. The...
The first postgraduate to complete the Ashok Kumar Fellowship since its relaunch last year by the Materials Processing Institute and Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has produced a briefing for Government policymakers highlighting the need to expand the UK’s specialist cybersecurity workforce and increase critical infrastructure resilience. As part of...
Work is under way on construction of a £5.5m engineering training centre which will play a key part in the drive to attract further investment into a transformational development site south of the Humber. Humberside Engineering Training Association (HETA) is on course to open the new centre at Stallingborough in...
Sheffield-based rail specialists, Zonegreen, have equipped one of the busiest maintenance depots in the country with state-of-the-art safety technology. South Western Railway’s Wimbledon Traincare Depot in London is now using Zonegreen’s flagship Depot Personnel Protection System (DPPS) to protect staff from train movements. The firm worked with Octavius Infrastructure to deliver...
Rail depot equipment specialist, Mechan, is enjoying a bumper year for its flagship lifting jacks, producing an unprecedented 122 in just 12 months. From August 2021 to August this year, the Sheffield-based manufacturer created jacks for facilities up and down the country, building 104 since January alone. A total of 20...
Dronfield-based independent financial planners, Belmayne, have handed over £16,000 to four small local charities – the result of just nine months’ fundraising. The total amount donated is being split equally between the organisations the firm chose as its charities of the year, giving each one £4,000 to spend on the...