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...Asked at an EEF panel on Tuesday about his plans to visit Vostochny, Putin said: “I have a programme there. When I get there, you’ll know.”...
...The EEF this month launched a pilot online tuition scheme for 1,600 disadvantaged students with three charities and a private sector tuition company....
...Becky Francis, the EEF’s chief executive, said research was ongoing but estimated that the pandemic would cause “at least a reversal of the progress we’ve made in closing the disadvantage gap over the last...
...A review by the Sutton Trust and EEF found one-on-one tutoring on average helped students progress an additional three to six months, with disadvantaged students benefiting most....
...Stephen Phipson, EEF’s chief executive, said there were “more clouds on the horizon” for manufacturers than for some time....
...“The spectre of Brexit is now very front of mind for manufacturers,” said Stephen Phipson, EEF chief executive....
...Mr Phipson said the EEF continued to support Mrs May’s original Brexit deal negotiated with the EU, because it retained frictionless trade, zero tariffs, regulatory alignment with the bloc and a sensible...
...Ben Fletcher, director of external affairs at Make UK (formerly EEF), which represents manufacturers, said its “qualified support” for Mrs May’s deal reflected its fear of no deal....
...“Everyone has got to to the end of their patience with the whole process,” said Stephen Phipson, chief executive of Make UK, the British manufacturing association formerly known as the EEF....
...Stephen Phipson, chief executive of Make UK, the British manufacturing association formerly known as the EEF, said, in reference to some groups’ decisions to shift activities outside the UK: “If we end up...
...Francesco Arcangeli, economist at the manufacturer’s trade body the EEF, said: “The sector, which is crucial for several manufacturing sub-sectors in the country, appears to be in a very weak spot and it...
...The EEF warned this unwillingness to invest was likely to hamper Britain’s efforts to improve its poor productivity....
...In a joint statement, the five groups — the British Chambers of Commerce, the CBI, the EEF manufacturers’ organisation, the Federation of Small Businesses and the Institute of Directors — said they had been...
...start of the year, the detail confirms that the rush to stockpile goods ahead of Brexit and the potential disruption from a no-deal scenario is now in full swing,” said Francesco Arcangeli, an economist at EEF...
...represented IoD members’ views to government at the highest levels, participating in regular briefings by Theresa May and senior ministers, and joining other business organisations such as the CBI and the EEF...
...The business representatives at Wednesday’s meeting included the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, the Institute of Directors, the EEF engineers body and big manufacturers including Ford....
...The figures can be volatile and prone to revision, but they match the picture painted by other business groups, such as the EEF manufacturers’ organisation, which reported a sharp decline in its members’...
...“The government continues to run down the clock, putting our country dangerously close to a catastrophic no-deal Brexit,” said Stephen Phipson, chief executive of the EEF, the manufacturers’ lobby group....
...Job moves Seamus Nevin, formerly head of policy research at the Institute of Directors, is the new chief economist at the EEF, the trade body for the UK’s manufacturing sector....
...The IHS Markit survey follows a similar poll from the EEF, the manufacturers trade body, which said that while domestic demand had held up in the final quarter of the year export orders had slowed due to...
...Industry executives consistently tell the EEF there are “more risks than opportunities for the year ahead”, said Ms Hopley. “It has been a recurring theme since the financial crisis.”...
...The EEF, the manufacturers’ association, said it wanted customs arrangements that delivered frictionless trade, no slide back to a hard Irish border, and regulatory alignment between the UK and the EU....
...Dame Judith Hackitt, chair of the EEF manufacturers’ organisation, is set to warn on Tuesday that a no-deal scenario “is not a prospect our sector can counter”....
...They are so integrated [in terms of their supply chains], we would see closure of plants,” said Stephen Phipson, EEF chief executive....
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