http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/ Latest Chemicals North West News & Articles en-gb Tue, 21 May 2013 13:12:01 +0100 Copyright: (C) Chemicals North West 720 Please find attached below, the link to the Government Chemist’s annual report to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, outlining laboratory and advisory work performed in 2012. To conserve resources, the decision has again been taken to distribute electronic copies only this year. Among our statutory functions, an active role in underpinning food safety and quality touches on some interesting science, for example the measurement problems posed by nanoparticles http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/government_chemist_review_2012/ http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/government_chemist_review_2012/ Tue, 21 May 2013 11:18:41 +0100 Tender opportunity received via UKTI for the supply of calcium nitrate solution to the Government Drainage Services Department This full online edition with links is available at: http://www.ukti.gov.uk/uktihome/item/500300.html http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/hong_kong_-_calcium_nitrate_solution_required/ http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/hong_kong_-_calcium_nitrate_solution_required/ Fri, 17 May 2013 15:58:01 +0100 On Course For Zero Waste is a free online training course for English and Welsh small and medium-sized enterprises/organisations (SMEs). The course has been designed to give you the skills and tools you need to improve the resource efficiency and environmental performance of your organisation – and, of course, save money too. For further details please click here http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/on_course_for_zero_waste/ http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/on_course_for_zero_waste/ Thu, 16 May 2013 09:17:43 +0100 Latest Regional Labour Market Statistics show that although North West unemployment for the last quarter (8%) is slightly above the national average of 7.8%, that there has been a bigger quarterly decrease in the North West (0.5%) than anywhere else in Britain. Small high growth businesses could be the answer to higher employment in the region, according to Manchester Metropolitan University Centre for Enterprise . A new report co-authored by Manchester Metropolitan University, http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/high_growth_small_firms_are_key_to_job_creation_in_the_north_west/ http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/high_growth_small_firms_are_key_to_job_creation_in_the_north_west/ Thu, 16 May 2013 09:05:36 +0100 We are pleased to announce the Chemicals Northwest 2013 Awards Dinner will be taking place on 10 th October 2013 at the Imperial War Museum North, Manchester. This will be the 4th Chemicals Northwest awards dinner and we want to make it as successful as the previous three. The Awards are open to all Chemicals Northwest Member companies and all other North West companies, organisations and institutions or sites operating independently within the North West region. All sizes of http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/announcing_the_chemicals_northwest_awards_-_10th_october_2013/ http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/announcing_the_chemicals_northwest_awards_-_10th_october_2013/ Tue, 14 May 2013 16:27:05 +0100 The Chemicals Industries Association will be organising a UK Pavilion at the pharmaceutical ingredients event CPhI Worldwide, 22-24 October 2013 at the Messe Frankfurt, Germany http://www.cphi.com/ Also, in case you were not aware, UKTI has amended the terms and conditions for Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) support and has also changed some of the grant rates for overseas exhibitions taking place after 1 August 2013. The main changes are: a) Number of grants allowed per http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/uk_pavilion_at_cphi_worldwide_and_ukti_grant_support_changes/ http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/uk_pavilion_at_cphi_worldwide_and_ukti_grant_support_changes/ Tue, 14 May 2013 11:02:25 +0100 Sustainable fuel and chemical company seeks European based large scale (>100 million gallons) biodiesel producer to secure glycerin feedstock. This full online edition with links is available at: http://www.ukti.gov.uk/uktihome/item/488700.html http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/usa_-_us_corporate_seeks_large_scale_biodiesel_producers_for_glycerin_feedstock/ http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/usa_-_us_corporate_seeks_large_scale_biodiesel_producers_for_glycerin_feedstock/ Fri, 03 May 2013 14:31:07 +0100 10,000 Small Business programme - recruitment and preview event session now open Manchester Metropolitan University is one of four Universities in the UK, who is delivering the fully funded Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme. 10,000 Small Businesses is a unique, practical programme designed to help the leaders of established small businesses and social enterprises define and achieve their business growth aspirations. 77% of participants have increased their number http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/10,000_small_business_programme_-_recruitment_and_preview_event_session_now_open/ http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/10,000_small_business_programme_-_recruitment_and_preview_event_session_now_open/ Fri, 03 May 2013 13:16:04 +0100 Liverpool Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has launched a campaign aimed at highlighting the city region as an innovative hub for manufacturing. The LEP estimates the sector employs about 53,000 people and generates £2.7bn into the city region's economy and the body said it was now investigating how it could lead the way in "a manufacturing revival". The LEP is working local manufacturing business leaders, Liverpool's two main universities, six local authorities and the University of http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/lep_launches_manufacturing_campaign/ http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/lep_launches_manufacturing_campaign/ Wed, 01 May 2013 10:49:33 +0100 Export Week is a week of high-profile events in every corner of the UK promoting exporting to businesses. A series of seminars and event will be held to offer unique and informed advice on how to go about doing business almost anywhere in the world, especially the fast-growing markets of the Far East that are the defining characteristic of business in the 21 st century. The global economic centre of gravity has shifted towards high-growth markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China, and http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/export_week_-_high_growth_markets_13-17th_may/ http://www.chemicalsnorthwest.org.uk/news/latest_news/export_week_-_high_growth_markets_13-17th_may/ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:04:57 +0100