Following a successful first decade, the popular Tomorrow’s Engineers Week will return this November, taking place from 6 to 10 November 2023.Now entering its 11th year, the annual celebration is an opportunity to inspire young people with modern engineering and technology, and showcase the benefits of a career in the sector.Tomorrow’s Engineers Week sees schools, employers, professional engineering institutions and individuals working in engineering and technology come together to bring engineering careers to life for young people.
For further information www.teweek.org.uk

Lloyds Banking Group named an MTC Training apprentice as its SME Apprentice of the Year 2023 at a celebratory event in London.Mohammed Ismaeel beat off stiff competition to bring home the prestigious trophy, awarded annually to a top achieving apprentice working for a business that receives support through Lloyds Bank’s levy transfer scheme.David Atkinson, regional director at Lloyds Bank, says: “Mohammed is a standout example of what you can achieve through an apprenticeship, and we hope his story inspires others looking to start a career in engineering.”
For further information www.mtc-training.co.uk

Airbus UK saved enough energy to power 60 homes for a year as part of a pioneering ‘future factories’ project by AMRC Cymru to help businesses boost productivity while meeting net zero targets.Over a five-month period, AMRC Cymru and Airbus, who share a building in Broughton, saw electricity savings equivalent to powering 41 three-bedroom homes for a year, and gas savings equivalent to powering 21 three-bedroom homes for a year. The Airbus team saw a reduction in electricity usage of almost 20%.

Luis Rivera, wing accelerator industrial leader at Airbus, says the collaboration between Airbus and the AMRC has been positive on many levels: “The AMRC used their research and innovation core knowledge to explore and discover new possibilities beyond our day-to-day activities, expanding our area of interest to new topics that will help the introduction of any future production line.”
For further information www.amrc.co.uk