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Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.
May 1, 2025
A view of Tata Steel's Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales, Sept. 15, 2023. Indian firm Tata Steel says it will close both blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot, Wales, with the loss of about 3,000 jobs.
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Tata Plans to Cut 2,800 Jobs in U.K. Steel Town
The company wants to make the unprofitable operation leaner and greener.
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In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, fishermen arrange crabs after their boat returned from a fishing trip to the harbour in Hartlepool, England.
Food & Beverage
Brexit Red Tape Leaves Catch Rotting
Fishing communities are facing ruin.
January 14, 2021
A woman cycles on a Brompton folding bicycle past a sign outside Waterloo Station reminding people they are required to wear face coverings inside the station and whilst traveling on trains, in London, during England's second coronavirus lockdown, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020.
Operations
British Bike Maker Pedals on Despite Brexit Uncertainty
The company, which exports hand-made folding bikes to 47 countries, looked at the uncertainty and started stockpiling parts.
November 27, 2020
This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the virus that causes COVID-19.
Product Development
Scientists Question Quick Test Accuracy
Has the market gone 'completely mad'?
March 27, 2020
Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel meets students and staff working on 'carbon capture' at Imperial College London in South Kensington, London, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2020. Britain has announced a new post-Brexit “points-based immigration system” said Patel, that will assess prospective immigrants on a range of skills, qualifications, salaries or professions, starting next year.
Operations
UK Employers Fear Worker Shortages
The country is shutting out people its deems 'low-skilled' workers.
February 19, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, right, and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte attend the launch of the upcoming COP26 UN Climate Summit in London, Feb. 4, 2020.
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UK to Ban New Gas Vehicles by 2035
The announcement moves the goal up five years form its previous target.
February 4, 2020
Britain's Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech in London, England on Wednesday, Nov. 27 ahead of the general election on Dec. 12.
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UK’s Labour Accuses Govt of Secret Trade Talks with US
The Labour Party’s Jeremy Corbyn waved 451 pages of documents at a press conference Wednesday.
November 27, 2019
The statue of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill stands in London's Parliament Square on Monday, Oct. 28.
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EU Grants Brexit Delay to Jan. 31
The decision was welcomed by politicians in the U.K. and the bloc — but not by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
October 28, 2019
British candy producers show their products at the international candy fair ISM in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Approx. 5 % of German production of sweets, with a value of around 800 million Euro, is exported to the important United Kingdom market.
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1/3 of UK Firms Consider Move
While headlines have focused on big companies, less notice has been given to smaller U.K. businesses and their plans to relocate.
February 1, 2019
In this grab taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks, during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.
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EU Leaders Say No to Brexit Deal
The main issue is a 'backstop' provision, which keeps the U.K. in a customs union with the EU, removing the need for checks along the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
January 30, 2019
Planes are grounded at Gatwick airport, near London, as the airport remains closed with incoming flights delayed or diverted to other airports, after drones were spotted over the airfield last night and this morning, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. London's Gatwick Airport remained shut during the busy holiday period Thursday while police and airport officials investigate reports that drones were flying in the area of the airfield.
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Drones Shut Down London Airport
London Gatwick closed its runway Wednesday evening after two drones were spotted.
December 20, 2018
The United States installation 'Face Values', by designers Zachary Lieberman, sat demonstrating in the chair, and R. Luke DuBois, not pictured, which explores the role of facial detection technology in society is displayed during a media preview for the London Design Biennale at Somerset House in London, Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. The event runs from September 4 to 23.
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Hidden World of Facial Recognition
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September 5, 2018
The restored Bluebird K7, which crashed killing pilot Donald Campbell in 1967, takes to the water for the first time in more than 50 years off the Isle of Bute on the west coast of Scotland, Saturday Aug. 4, 2018. The famed jet boat Bluebird has returned to the water for the first time since a 1967 crash that killed pilot Donald Campbell during a world speed-record attempt. Watched by Campbell's daughter Gina Campbell, the restored Bluebird was lowered Saturday into Loch Fad on Scotland's Isle of Bute, where it will undergo low-speed tests.
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Bluebird Jet Boat Floats 51 Years After Fatal Crash
The 1967 crash killed the pilot during a world speed-record attempt.
August 6, 2018
From centr carrying banner, British lawmaker Vince Cable, Pro-EU campaigners Gina Miller, Tony Robinson and lawmaker Caroline Lucas join crowds taking part in the People's Vote march for a second EU referendum, at Trafalgar Square in central London, Saturday June 23, 2018. Leading Brexit supporters are talking tough, and opponents are taking to the streets, on the second anniversary of Britain's vote to leave the European Union. Saturday marks two years since a June 23, 2016 referendum resulted in a decision to quit the 28-nation EU.
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Brexit Plummits UK Auto Industry
The revelation follows warnings from manufacturers Airbus, Siemens and BMW that leaving the EU without a comprehensive free trade deal would cost Britain thousands of jobs.
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