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 | Call for innovation proposals and suggestions Sellafield Ltd values the knowledge and experience that lies within the supply chain and academia. As such we are seeking new, novel and emerging technologies and processes to support delivery of the operational and clean up requirements for Sellafield Ltd sites. (Last updated 18/08/2010) |
| European funding: Framework 7 – call for - Innovative Collaborative Research Projects - security theme EU Funding available €221.43 million for projects involving at least 3 independent partners from different countries operating as a consortium. (Last updated 13/08/2010) |
| CUMBRIAN EVENT COMPANY HELPS ASTUTE ON ITS WAY West Cumbrian event management company, Nu-Tech Associates Ltd has been awarded a prestigious contract to assist the Royal Navy in hosting a series of commissioning ceremonies for the Astute Class submarine at its HM Naval Base Clyde in Scotland. (Last updated 05/08/2010) |
| The Manufacturing Institute - 50% Education and Training Scholarships MAS are pleased to announce the launch of The Manufacturing Institute’s new Scholarship Schemes offering 50% off Education and Training programmes (Last updated 27/07/2010) |
| Sellafield Ltd Procurement Plan Please find attached the Sellafield Procurement Plan Schedule for Period 3 (Last updated 09/07/2010) |
| NOF Energy Supply Chain Directory 2010 NOF Energy are preparing our new Supply Chain Directory for 2010-11. This publication will be distributed extensively in the UK and internationally and you are invited to advertise to raise your profile. This is a cost-effective way to increase awareness of your company, product/service and highlight your specialism’s and capabilities to key global decision makers. (Last updated 07/06/2010) |
| Construction Consultancy Professional Services NWDA has issued a Prior Information Notice for a forthcoming tender for Construction Consultancy Professional Services to deliver its North West Development Agency regeneration and development opportunities. (Last updated 21/05/2010) |
 | UK Wind Supply Chain Directory REGISTRATION DEADLINE 30 APRIL 2010 (Last updated 28/04/2010) |
| Sellafield Period 12 Procurement Plan Published (Last updated 16/04/2010) |
| EDF Energy New Nuclear Opportunities Following the success of the New Nuclear Opportunities Suppliers Forum on 30 June, we invite you to register your interest as a potential supplier to EDF Energy. (Last updated 22/09/2009) |
| Westlakes Engineering 5th anniversary marked with two awards Westlakes Engineering Limited (WEL) marked their 5th anniversary this week with a celebration in Whitehaven. Highlights of the event included the presentation of awards from both guest speakers - Dog Holden Chief Executive of the West Cumbria Development Agency (WCDA) and Sue Peters, Director of the LEAD programme at Lancaster University (Last updated 04/08/2009) |
| Britain’s Energy Coast™ – Powering the Nation - Launched Partners delivering one of the biggest and most ambitious regeneration initiatives in the United Kingdom are delighted to launch a brand new publication designed to give you the latest news and developments along Britain’s Energy Coast™. (Last updated 31/07/2009) |
| Carbon Abatement Technologies - call for R&D proposals The Technology Strategy Board, in partnership with The Northern Way and the Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC's) Environmental Transformation Fund, have allocated up to £15M to invest in innovative collaborative research, development, component and pilot scale demonstration, in the area of carbon abatement technologies. Development of these technologies will contribute significantly to meeting UK and EU climate change targets whilst providing significant market opportunities for a strong UK capability base. (Last updated 30/04/2009) |
| Construction Hub builds Medium Value Framework The North West Construction Hub (NWCH) are establishing construction frameworks for building works - this includes work for councils in Cumbria, Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire (Last updated 15/04/2009) |
| Britain's Energy Coast News - April 09 The publication reports on not only what is happening in West Cumbria regarding the nuclear industry but also on developments regarding West Cumbria's renewable energy and local offshore energy projects. It also reports on the Britain's Energy Coast™ Masterplan, a £2 billion package of regeneration projects (Last updated 14/04/2009) |
| The UK Atomic Energy Authority seeks buyers for its commercial business, UKAEA Limited The UK Atomic Energy Authority today announced it intends to offer for sale its commercial arm, UKAEA Limited. The UK Atomic Energy Authority is wholly owned by the UK Government (Last updated 31/03/2009) |
| reducing construction waste - a pocket guide for SME contractors (Last updated 11/03/2009) |
| Britain's Energy Coast News - incorporating Nuclear Opportunities News - Issue 1 We are pleased to attached in PDF format the first edition of Britain's Energy Coast News, which incorporates our previous publication Nuclear Opportunities News. From now on, this new publication will report on not only what is happening in West Cumbria regarding the nuclear industry but also on developments regarding West Cumbria's renewable energy and local offshore energy projects. It will also report on the Britain's Energy Coast™ Masterplan, a £2 billion package of regeneration projects. (Last updated 11/12/2008) |
| Rapid Manufacturing North West (RM NW) - Assistance Available (Last updated 22/07/2008) |
| Envirolink Spring Newsletter (Last updated 13/06/2008) |
| Nuclear Opportunities News - Issue 9 June 2008 Key contents Supply Chain "Must be more efficient" LLWR Forum Nuclear Academy is Energus Pivotal role for Cumbria in nuclear revival Brown Talks Nuclear REACT rectruits (Last updated 13/06/2008) |
| Sellafield News - 19 March 2008 - Issue No 1048 (Last updated 25/03/2008) |
| Nuclear Opportunites News - March 2008 Key features in this edition include: Cumbria prepares the ground for new build Nukem's ModuCon Interactive Lid lifted at Thorp Key phase for Sellafield Developing teams for successful bids National nuclear training organisation launched Tender information and events (Last updated 11/03/2008) |
| Nuclear Opportunities News Please find attached the December Edition (Last updated 18/02/2008) |
| International arbitrators list The International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) has compiled a list of international energy dispute resolution experts to serve the energy industry worldwide. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| BERR on fact-finding mission Sir Brian Bender, Permanent Secretary for the Government's Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) visited Sellafield in October as part of a familiarisation and fact finding visit. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| Project director is new CEO Jean Llewellyn, Project Director for the UK's National Skills Academy for Nuclear has been appointed as the organisation's new Chief Executive. The National Skills Academy for Nuclear is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cogent, the Sector Skills Council for the chemicals, pharmaceuticals, nuclear, oil and gas, petroleum and polymer industries and is developing a standardised, quality and coordinated approach to education, training and skills development in the nuclear sector. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| AMEC appoints new Chief Operating Officer International engineering and project management company AMEC plc, has announced that Didier Pfleger is to join the company in December 2007 as Chief Operating Officer, Power and Process. He will be appointed to the Management Committee. Mr. Pfleger (43) joins from ABB's Robotics division where he was Head of Business Unit Systems. Much of his earlier career was in Alstom, where he progressed rapidly through a number of operational roles in Alstom Energy and Alstom Power. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| New director for AEA Technology Environment and energy consultancy AEA Technology has appointed Karen Germain as New Business Development Director for the private sector. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| Overcoming hazards through innovation and affordable strategies Dealing with the highest levels of hazards through innovation and affordable plans and strategies was the thrust of the BNES/INucE UK Decommissioning and Waste Management Conference at Rheged in Cumbria in October. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| Charting nuclear opportunities overseas With so much activity in the international energy market, should nuclear supply chain companies be looking to secure lucrative contracts abroad? (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| Modified glove-box saves £100k Tony Briscoe, a mechanical fitter in the Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP), has won a 'Best Suggestion in the Private Sector' award at the 'Ideas UK' annual international conference in November. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| Don’t send Christmas cards - just good ideas In October, the Government published its 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). Additional Government funding for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) of £338 million by 2010-11 was announced, to ensure the continued safe management of nuclear waste. In addition to Government funding, the NDA will generate net cash-release savings totalling £125 million by 2010-2011. But, what does this mean for Sellafield Limited? (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| Decommissioning contractors must work across sites World-class contractors that can work across the UK are crucial to the successful clean-up of the country's civil nuclear sites. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| Local companies set sight on global horizons At the latest Meet the Buyer seminar and exhibition, held at Sellafield Visitor’s Centre on 14 November, over 75 local contractors set their sights on fulfilling decommissioning contracts, not only at Sellafield but also further afield. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| INS innovates West Cumbria students As key organisations in West Cumbria look to address the skill shortage facing the nuclear industry, raising awareness in schools of opportunities in the industry is essential. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| Rods into golf clubs Redundant machinery for producing extruded metal rods at a nuclear plant in the US is now making golf clubs and a tidy profit for one small business. It's a good example of just one of the ways in which businesses in the US, previously in the nuclear supply chain, have been helped to diversify into new sectors of industry. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| Britain’s Energy CoastTM goes transatlantic A joint UK delegation led by representatives of the West Cumbria business community and regeneration agencies attended the Energy, Technology, Environmental and Technical Association Conference (ETEBA) 8th Annual Business Opportunities Conference in November. The conference was well attended by almost 400 companies, ranging from large multinationals through to specialist SMEs. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| NDA consults on three year business plan The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has begun a three month public consultation into a draft three year business plan for the 1 April 2008 through to the 31 March 2011. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| West Cumbria ‘Largest market in UK’ says Nuclear Technologies Nuclear Technologies Ltd has expanded its UK operation and announced the intention to grow its West Cumbria office to be its largest UK base within the next three years. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| Moonbuggy - a giant step A three-horsepower, diesel Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), developed by a West Cumbria firm is being used as a first response vehicle at Sellafield Limited. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| Creative design drives decommissioning at Windscale A remote retrieval and handling system developed by James Fisher Nuclear has helped remove the last remaining radioactive isotopes from Windscale's Pile 2 reactors. The work is a key milestone in moving forward decommissioning work on the Windscale site. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| 50 Years erased in seconds - Calder Hall’s cooling towers are demolished Sellafield Ltd reached an important milestone in the clean-up of the UK's nuclear legacy with the successful demolition of four cooling towers at Calder Hall nuclear power station, West Cumbria. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| International interest in Britain’s Energy CoastTM Actions speak louder than words. If the rest of the UK is sceptical about West Cumbria's international reputation as the UK's centre for nuclear excellence, then they should read this edition of Nuclear Opportunities News. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| Onet locates UK headquarters at Westlakes Leading French nuclear engineering company Onet Technologies has announced that its UK headquarters will be based at Kelton House at Westlakes Science and Technology Park in West Cumbria. The announcement comes after a year of meetings and discussions with regeneration company West Lakes Renaissance. (Last updated 21/12/2007) |
| International firm focuses on supporting Cumbrian businesses Local business is booming for international engineering company NT Precision. The Cockermouth based precision engineering company has seen a dramatic increase in demand from local businesses in the last twelve months and they have been working with the West Cumbria Supply Chain Network to ensure other Cumbrian companies are aware of the skills available in our area. When NT Precision began 7 years ago, almost 95% of their work came from international orders from a variety of countries such as the USA, Germany, France, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic and India. Much of this work was for the manufacture of tooling equipment used in the automotive industry, but it was 2006 that saw a significant increase in demand from local companies with 28% of last years turnover being generated in the region. Engineering Director, Alan Ashcroft commented that “when we set up the business in Cumbria we knew ‘potential customers’ were having difficultly finding a local company that offered a complete service for engineering design and manufacture. This gap in the market provided us with some great opportunities and has led to the design and manufacture of a very diverse range of products!” Based at the Derwent Mills Commercial Park in Cockermouth, NT Precision has supported other companies on the site. They were approached by Planet Knox, manufacturers of impact protection systems, to manufacture tooling that made it easier to produce their protective body armour. The collaboration resulted in an improved finish for the components which were also produced more quickly and at less cost. For the Cumberland Pencil Company, who are now moving to Lillyhall, NT Precision took two pre-war piece’s of machinery and changed their purpose to create two high speed burnisher’s for their pencil’s. The result was a much smoother pencil created from a faster process. Mr Clive Farrar said “we were delighted with the quality and service and hope to use them again when we eventually move the Derwent Brand into our new site at Lillyhall.” Mike Norris, Managing Director added “our international clients provide us with larger, but less frequent projects, so it is very reassuring to know we are gaining such varied business from our own region. Projects range from one extreme to another; we have made tooling equipment for local pencil manufacturers, machines for our neighbours James Walker Ltd and have contract machined 3,000 components for another local customer.” Support in Cumbria for specialist companies like NT Precision has grown, and as the demand during the last twelve months has shown, the potential to keep specialist contracts in the region is better for the Cumbrian economy. The West Cumbria Supply Chain Network and Business Link have been keen to work with NT Precision and have provided marketing support to increase the awareness of what they can offer. “NT Precision’s recently launched website aims to appeal to local and international trade, so not only do they plan to keep business within the county, they will also be bringing more international trade to the local economy too” said Bill Walker, Project Manager for the Supply Chain Network. NT Precision can be contacted on 01900 828 965 or you can visit their website at www.ntprecision.co.uk --- ENDS--- For more information regarding this press release, or for high resolution pictures please contact Tracey Errington on 01768 895 964 or email tracey@marketsense.net Alternatively, call Mike Norris/Alan Ashcroft at NT Precision: T: 01900 828 965 E: enquiries@ntprecision.co.uk (Last updated 17/12/2007) |
| International firm focuses on supporting Cumbrian businesses Local business is booming for international engineering company NT Precision. The Cockermouth based precision engineering company has seen a dramatic increase in demand from local businesses in the last twelve months and they have been working with the West Cumbria Supply Chain Network to ensure other Cumbrian companies are aware of the skills available in our area. When NT Precision began 7 years ago, almost 95% of their work came from international orders from a variety of countries such as the USA, Germany, France, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic and India. Much of this work was for the manufacture of tooling equipment used in the automotive industry, but it was 2006 that saw a significant increase in demand from local companies with 28% of last years turnover being generated in the region. Engineering Director, Alan Ashcroft commented that “when we set up the business in Cumbria we knew ‘potential customers’ were having difficultly finding a local company that offered a complete service for engineering design and manufacture. This gap in the market provided us with some great opportunities and has led to the design and manufacture of a very diverse range of products!” Based at the Derwent Mills Commercial Park in Cockermouth, NT Precision has supported other companies on the site. They were approached by Planet Knox, manufacturers of impact protection systems, to manufacture tooling that made it easier to produce their protective body armour. The collaboration resulted in an improved finish for the components which were also produced more quickly and at less cost. For the Cumberland Pencil Company, who are now moving to Lillyhall, NT Precision took two pre-war piece’s of machinery and changed their purpose to create two high speed burnisher’s for their pencil’s. The result was a much smoother pencil created from a faster process. Mr Clive Farrar said “we were delighted with the quality and service and hope to use them again when we eventually move the Derwent Brand into our new site at Lillyhall.” Mike Norris, Managing Director added “our international clients provide us with larger, but less frequent projects, so it is very reassuring to know we are gaining such varied business from our own region. Projects range from one extreme to another; we have made tooling equipment for local pencil manufacturers, machines for our neighbours James Walker Ltd and have contract machined 3,000 components for another local customer.” Support in Cumbria for specialist companies like NT Precision has grown, and as the demand during the last twelve months has shown, the potential to keep specialist contracts in the region is better for the Cumbrian economy. The West Cumbria Supply Chain Network and Business Link have been keen to work with NT Precision and have provided marketing support to increase the awareness of what they can offer. “NT Precision’s recently launched website aims to appeal to local and international trade, so not only do they plan to keep business within the county, they will also be bringing more international trade to the local economy too” said Bill Walker, Project Manager for the Supply Chain Network. NT Precision can be contacted on 01900 828 965 or you can visit their website at www.ntprecision.co.uk --- ENDS--- For more information regarding this press release, or for high resolution pictures please contact Tracey Errington on 01768 895 964 or email tracey@marketsense.net Alternatively, call Mike Norris/Alan Ashcroft at NT Precision: T: 01900 828 965 E: enquiries@ntprecision.co.uk (Last updated 17/12/2007) |
| International firm focuses on supporting Cumbrian businesses Local business is booming for international engineering company NT Precision. The Cockermouth based precision engineering company has seen a dramatic increase in demand from local businesses in the last twelve months and they have been working with the West Cumbria Supply Chain Network to ensure other Cumbrian companies are aware of the skills available in our area. When NT Precision began 7 years ago, almost 95% of their work came from international orders from a variety of countries such as the USA, Germany, France, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic and India. Much of this work was for the manufacture of tooling equipment used in the automotive industry, but it was 2006 that saw a significant increase in demand from local companies with 28% of last years turnover being generated in the region. Engineering Director, Alan Ashcroft commented that “when we set up the business in Cumbria we knew ‘potential customers’ were having difficultly finding a local company that offered a complete service for engineering design and manufacture. This gap in the market provided us with some great opportunities and has led to the design and manufacture of a very diverse range of products!” Based at the Derwent Mills Commercial Park in Cockermouth, NT Precision has supported other companies on the site. They were approached by Planet Knox, manufacturers of impact protection systems, to manufacture tooling that made it easier to produce their protective body armour. The collaboration resulted in an improved finish for the components which were also produced more quickly and at less cost. For the Cumberland Pencil Company, who are now moving to Lillyhall, NT Precision took two pre-war piece’s of machinery and changed their purpose to create two high speed burnisher’s for their pencil’s. The result was a much smoother pencil created from a faster process. Mr Clive Farrar said “we were delighted with the quality and service and hope to use them again when we eventually move the Derwent Brand into our new site at Lillyhall.” Mike Norris, Managing Director added “our international clients provide us with larger, but less frequent projects, so it is very reassuring to know we are gaining such varied business from our own region. Projects range from one extreme to another; we have made tooling equipment for local pencil manufacturers, machines for our neighbours James Walker Ltd and have contract machined 3,000 components for another local customer.” Support in Cumbria for specialist companies like NT Precision has grown, and as the demand during the last twelve months has shown, the potential to keep specialist contracts in the region is better for the Cumbrian economy. The West Cumbria Supply Chain Network and Business Link have been keen to work with NT Precision and have provided marketing support to increase the awareness of what they can offer. “NT Precision’s recently launched website aims to appeal to local and international trade, so not only do they plan to keep business within the county, they will also be bringing more international trade to the local economy too” said Bill Walker, Project Manager for the Supply Chain Network. NT Precision can be contacted on 01900 828 965 or you can visit their website at www.ntprecision.co.uk --- ENDS--- For more information regarding this press release, or for high resolution pictures please contact Tracey Errington on 01768 895 964 or email tracey@marketsense.net Alternatively, call Mike Norris/Alan Ashcroft at NT Precision: T: 01900 828 965 E: enquiries@ntprecision.co.uk (Last updated 17/12/2007) |