Manufacturing is one of the top 3 industries targeted by cyber criminals. Why is the sector failing to tackle the issue? The UK is currently the world’s ninth largest manufacturing nation, with the industry generating 45% of our exports, 14% of business investment and 68% of...
Research from KPMG, commissioned by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), has highlighted a £74 billion opportunity for the UK in the automotive industry alone, if the manufacturing industry fully embraces digitalisation over the next two decades. The UK automotive industry is calling on the...
Apart from making a working day miserable, certain weather conditions can hamper progress on a construction site, or worse still, bring a much higher risk of accident or injury to operations. Here are five situations where the impact of the elements shouldn’t be taken lightly. ...
As we face the 4th Industrial Revolution, Howard Insurance take a look back over the centuries, stopping off at some significant dates in construction history along the way. The Middle Ages – Craft Guilds were formed To be a member of a guild meant you were skilled in...
Manufacturers paid $36.9 million in premiums for cyber insurance in 2016, according to figures from Advisen Ltd, an insurance consulting firm reported in the Wall Street Journal. Those figures are up a staggering 89% from 2015. This surge in policy uptake in the past two years...
At a cost of £100m, AkzoNobel’s Ashington production centre is capable of doubling output – the equivalent of 80m 2.5 litre tins of Dulux – while halving its carbon footprint when compared to previous facilities. Automation processes are powered by renewable energy methods, including photovoltaic (PV) cells...
Many construction projects operate to tight budgets and pressing deadlines, meaning hired or owned equipment and tools need to be easily and quickly accessible to contractors. But the open nature of building sites, along with insufficient storage and security measures, can make construction projects a tempting...