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Simplification of regulations and directives - survey demands
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010
A survey of SMEs in the UK electronics sector reveals biggest concerns are the regulatory burden, lack of support for innovation and lack of access to overseas markets.

Postgraduate awards to help business innovation
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2010
Applications are being sought from companies in Yorkshire and Humber who want to take advantage of this year’s Yorkshire Forward and EPSRC Industrial CASE Awards.

60% off the cost of specialist training from nti Leeds
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2010
Have you taken advantage of the Train to Gain funding available for nti Leeds courses? Improve your skills and productivity with nti's range of courses . . .

£200m Boost for Future Technology Sectors
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2010
The Prime Minister has announced that £200m from the UK Innovation Investment Fund (UKIIF) will be used to benefit life sciences, digital and advanced manufacturing businesses.

Electronics Yorkshire leads the way at Southern exhibition
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2010
Leeds-based Electronics Yorkshire’s visit to the Southern Manufacturing and Electronics Exhibition at Farnborough, Hampshire held on 10th and 11th February, proved to be a huge success.

Four days EMC consultancy for the price of one!
Date Posted: 04 Mar 2010
For a limited period York EMC Services Ltd can offer Yorkshire Companies, EMC and LV consultancy and measurement services with an 80 percent subsidy.

Research funding for printed electronics
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2010
A Print Yorkshire-led consortium has secured almost £200,000 in funding to research and develop printed electronics.

Electronics ‘one of the strongest performing sectors’
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2010
A survey has shown that there has been better-than-expected improvement in output and orders during the past few months.

Lead-free quality and reliability solutions at European IPC conference
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2010
IPC event will focus on facts, trends and challenges in lead-free manufacturing influencing the quality and reliability of assembled PCBs.

IPC awards contract to update training programmes
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2010
The 610 and J-Std programme updates are being developed concurrently with betas to be conducted between April and June, 2010.

Enhanced EMC test facilities in Lancashire
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2010
Work on installing EMC anechoic test chambers is underway with the first chamber nearing completion.

Electronics Yorkshire Pavilion at N&NWest Manufacturing Exhibition
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2010
Over 2500 industry professionals are forecast to visit the ‘largest manufacturing technology exhibition’ serving the North and North West of England.

Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2010
If you have not already taken action to comply with the Regulations you may be at risk of enforcement action. You must act as soon as possible to complete your obligations.

Electromagnetic Compatibility Training - Spring 2010
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010
York EMC Services is offering the following workshops as part of its Continuing Professional Development Programme.

100Mbit/sec Fibre Network for Leeds city
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2010
A 100Mbit/sec fibre network provider is set to be installed into Leeds city centre by aql.

Team to study design of future nano-scale memories
Date Posted: 24 Feb 2010
A European taskforce has been set up to investigate how to design the next generation of tera-scale computer memory systems.

Clean Technology Conference & Expo - Prime space and UKTI grants available
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2010
Clean Technology Conference & Expo is the largest US Conference & Expo focused on technology innovation for global sustainability.

Profit from new ideas...make innovation work in your business
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2010
This interactive event will help you identify the right innovation strategy for your business.

Looking for funding for your business?
Date Posted: 18 Feb 2010
Grants, loans and equity funding may be available whether you want to start up or expand your business, invest in R&D, build overseas trade, or if you're in a rural area.

New IPC Standard helps define how clean ‘clean’ is
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2010
The cleanliness of a printed board can directly impact the effectiveness or quality of an assembled printed board, say IPC.