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Artificial intelligence – friend of foe for manufacturers?

The manufacturing sector has more experience of significant non-human involvement in its research, operations and administration than almost any other after decades using data analysis, machine learning and robotics. Now AI is being used to harness the power of these well-established methods to reshape traditional manufacturing processes. This is ushering the industry into a new era of intelligent automation in

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Corporate insolvencies hit a record high in 2023

Figures for December 2023 published by The Insolvency Service have confirmed that 2023 was a record year for business failures. The annual total of 26,595 corporate insolvency filings is just a little higher than the previous record of 26,556 set in 2009 at the peak of the global financial crisis. This figure is 14% above 2022 and 43% up on

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The impact of Brexit on the UK manufacturing sector

The vitriolic aggression associated for so long with the UK’s decision to leave the European Union has largely dissipated.  There is now a continuing and largely constructive debate about the true impact of Brexit on the key UK manufacturing sector, which accounts for around a tenth of GDP, especially in the near parallel context of the pandemic and its effects.

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January 2024 economic and business overview

In this month’s business overview, we take a look back on 2023 and investigate what growth predictions might be made for the coming year An unwelcome last minute GDP revision from the ONS harks a coming recession A quarterly movement of 0.1% in the UK’s GDP is not normally the stuff of media headlines, but when the Office for National

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Road Haulage – the HGV driver shortage rolls on

A driver shortage in the trucking industry is nothing new. From the very start, the job has been seen as an unattractive option with its long and anti-social hours, primitive working (and living) conditions and poor job satisfaction. The current statistics for road haulage drivers There are just over 400,000 registered HGV vehicles according to the Road Haulage Association (RHA),

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Opus Business Advisory Group

Opus purchases the business and certain assets of professional services firms, SKSI Limited and MLM CPS Limited

Opus Restructuring LLP, the restructuring and insolvency arm of Opus Business Advisory Group, is pleased to announce the purchase of the business and certain assets of SKSI Limited and its subsidiary MLM CPS Limited the restructuring and insolvency division of SKS Business Services, which completed on 7 December 2023. Opus Business Advisory Group assists businesses and individuals to take command

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