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UK manufacturing returns to growth for first time in 20 months

The UK’s manufacturing industry has returned to growth and is showing “tentative signs of recovery”, according to a closely-watched survey. Sky says. Both output and new orders increased in March, while business optimism also hit an 11-month high, S&P Global/CIPS UK found. The firms’ manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) score rose to a better-than-expected 50.3 […]
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Staff at Alan Turing Institute speak out after four men given top roles

Staff at the UK’s national institute for artificial intelligence and data science have expressed “serious concerns” about the organisation’s approach to diversity after it appointed four men to senior roles. The Guardian reports A letter addressed to the leadership of the Alan Turing Institute (ATI) said the appointments showed a “‘continuing trend of limited diversity within the institute’s senior […]
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04 Mar, 24

New business coalition aims to tackle poor UK productivity

Microsoft and Vodafone are among the backers of the Building Back Britain Commission, which will be launched at an event attended by Labour’s shadow business secretary, From Sky News discovered. The trio, along with Churchill Retirement Living, NHBC and Pension Insurance Corporation, are among the founding members of the Building Back Britain Commission (BBBC). The […]
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