Industry & Manufacturing

Across the UK, output from businesses has continued to drop over the last six months. Businesses have struggled to keep up with increasing demand due to problems with supply chains, rising costs and a shortage of workers. With constant headlines warning of empty supermarket shelves and a cancelled Christmas, protecting and encouraging local manufacturing, food production and supply chains is vital. Whether it’s making extra Christmas deliveries or keeping busy production lines moving, businesses in the South West are working hard to ensure that supply meets customer demand.

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Advances in computing have made the creation of virtual worlds much more accessible to a wide range of industries. Today, industries such as oil and gas, refining, power generation, which need to preserve and standardize the knowledge and experience of their personnel, have turned to VR and AR technologies for training in working with critical or hazardous systems. Every year there will be more and more advances in this area, so it is helpful to know how direction the development of technology is moving.

How VR can be used in manufacturing

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Devon is being showcased as a great place to do business as part of a campaign to attract companies to the county. Devon Delivers , which aims to encourage businesses to relocate to the county, has launched a new video and website to highlight the county’s unique selling points as Devon looks to make a strong economic recovery post-pandemic. For companies considering expanding or relocating, the new Devon Delivers website provides a gateway to all the relevant information, research, premises and support to help businesses discover what makes Devon such an attractive prospect. This...

Small to medium-sized (SME) manufacturers in Devon are being encouraged to have their say on trading beyond Brexit as part of the latest Manufacturing Barometer.

Organised by SWMAS (The South West Manufacturing Advisory Service) and the Manufacturing Growth Programme (MGP), the country’s largest survey of its kind is looking to find out how companies are coping with the early months of life after leaving the EU and the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The findings will be used to inform future Government policy and support, so input from as many SME manufacturers...