Proskills is holding a series of workshops throughout March in order to explain the £250m fund and the bidding process.

Business Minister Mark Prisk has today launched a nationwide search for the Make it in Great Britain 30 Under 30 – 30 young rising stars employed in the manufacturing industry, all aged under the age of 30.

The Construction Products Association has written to the Chancellor in advance of his Budget statement next month, calling on him to introduce a range of practical policies that, the association believes, whilst helping drive growth, will not endanger the government’s desire to achieve its medium term deficit target, but speed the country’s economic recovery.

The legal requirement for professional drivers to undertake 35 hours of approved training must be completed by the 9th September 2014.

Johnson Tiles may be a mass-market leader but they are aiming for a bigger slice of the world’s niche markets, reports This is Staffordshire