May 24, 2017

#UKROC National Finals 2017

#UKROC National Finals 2017

This week, Stowe Maries Aerodrome in Essex hosted the UK Youth Rocketry Challenge national final. Organised by ADS and sponsored by Lockheed […]

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Parliament
May 22, 2017

UK’s leading universities #GE2017 priorities include Brexit & Industrial Strategy

UK’s leading universities #GE2017 priorities include Brexit & Industrial Strategy

A couple of weeks ago, ADS launched our election priorities, focusing on the new Government could put in place the foundations for […]

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Brexit
March 31, 2017

ADS Podcast: The road to Brexit

ADS Podcast: The road to Brexit

In the week that the Government triggered Article 50, published its White Paper on the Great Repeal Bill, and the European Union […]

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March 22, 2017

Access to the skills to succeed post-Brexit

Access to the skills to succeed post-Brexit

At the start of March we celebrated the 10th anniversary of National Apprenticeship Week. The UK’s Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space sectors […]

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March 10, 2017

Allan E Cook CBE: A Success Story #NAW2017

Allan E Cook CBE: A Success Story #NAW2017

National Apprenticeship Week aims to celebrate apprentices and recognise the role of apprenticeships in providing a ladder of opportunity; they are a […]

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March 9, 2017

Small Businesses Going Big with Apprenticeships #NAW2017

Small Businesses Going Big with Apprenticeships #NAW2017

SMEs are integral to the UK’s industrial landscape, supporting local economic growth and increasing national productivity. In recent years, increasing numbers of […]

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March 8, 2017

Women Apprenticeships in STEM #NAW2017 #IWD2017

Women Apprenticeships in STEM #NAW2017 #IWD2017

As well as it being National Apprenticeship Week, today we also celebrate International Women’s Day, which is a global day celebrating the […]

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March 7, 2017

BAE Champions Diversity in Apprenticeships #NAW2017

BAE Champions Diversity in Apprenticeships #NAW2017

The Department for Education recently announced that a group of employers have come together to help promote diversity within apprenticeships. The Apprenticeship […]

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February 21, 2017

Spaceflight Bill: A (Rocket) Boost for UK Space Sector

Spaceflight Bill: A (Rocket) Boost for UK Space Sector

Today the government have published the draft Spaceflight Bill which will enable spaceflight from the UK by 2020. This announcement comes as the […]

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February 8, 2017

#SMEsuccess: Aeromet International PLC – Sharing in Growth

#SMEsuccess: Aeromet International PLC – Sharing in Growth

Operating from three sites across the UK, Aeromet International PLC specialises in aluminium sand and investment casting, supplying aerospace and defence customers […]

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January 26, 2017

Reaching A New ‘Peake’ For UK Space Industry

Reaching A New ‘Peake’ For UK Space Industry

Today Business Secretary Greg Clark announced that Tim Peake will make a second ESA (European Space Agency) mission to the International Space […]

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January 12, 2017

#SMEsuccess: Oxford Space Systems – NATEP

#SMEsuccess: Oxford Space Systems – NATEP

Oxford Space Systems, based at the Harwell Campus Space Cluster, develop deployable structures for the space sector, collaboratively working with global space […]

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January 10, 2017

#SMEsuccess: Midland Aerospace Ltd – Sharing in Growth

#SMEsuccess: Midland Aerospace Ltd – Sharing in Growth

Midland Aerospace Ltd, part of the engineering precision business of Calder Group, supplies companies such as Airbus, Rolls-Royce, GE, Senior, and Meggitt […]

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December 13, 2016

#SMEsuccess: TMD Technologies – Sharing in Growth

#SMEsuccess: TMD Technologies – Sharing in Growth

TMD Technologies Limited (TMD) is among the world’s leading manufacturers of microwave tubes, high voltage power supplies, and transmitters for Radar, EW, […]

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December 8, 2016

#SMEsuccess: Glyndŵr Innovations – DGP UK DSC

#SMEsuccess: Glyndŵr Innovations – DGP UK DSC

The Precision Optical Systems Group based in St Asaph, North Wales, is the Technology arm of Glyndwr Innovations Limited, a wholly owned […]

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