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Festival for Manufacturing and Engineering
24 April 2012 at 14:04
This week I am focussing on the Festival of Manufacturing and Engineering. In fact so much so, that although Parliament is sitting, I will be in the constituency for most of the time. The Festival has generated huge interest and support. I am immensely grateful to everybody who is contributing to it. Check out the website - www.stroud.ac.uk/festival.
In Parliament, I have repeatedly highlighted the value of manufacturing and engineering to our economy and, most immediately, for the creation of jobs. Last week, for instance, I signalled my intention to work for a policy to promote research and investment into energy storage systems, including the most tantalising one of being able to store significant quantities of electricity to 'smooth out' peaks and troughs of supply and demand.
Another theme of mine is the need to promote engineering across our economy through a powerful chief engineering advisor, not dissimilar in purpose and position from the existing Chief Scientific Advisor. My interest in doing this was reinforced when I learnt more about the "Build a Plane" challenge for schools when marking the achievements of Marling School in this project.
The Festival has three principle aims; firstly, to highlight the history of engineering and the ongoing opportunities for innovation in the Valleys and Vale. All around us are examples of achievement and we should be proud.
Second, I want to attract more investment to our area for research and development, new products and processes, and openings to the new forms of engineering around the concept of the 'third industrial revolution' where software, new materials and customisation characterise production. From visiting many businesses of all types in the Valleys and Vale, I am confident of our ability to play a major part in modern manufacturing and engineering.
Third, we need more people with the skills and flexibility to make this happen. This is why the Festival reaches into our schools and Stroud College to inspire young people to think about industry for their careers. The new world will be about individuals, technology and the environment all working in harmony. The Valleys and Vale is ready.
If you would like to discuss the issues raised above, please contact me on 01453 751572.
Neil Carmichael
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Festival: Airbus' commitment to the Festival of Manufacturing and Engineering
30 January 2012 at 12:00
As a key contributor to manufacturing and engineering in the South West, Airbus is pleased to be joining Neil Carmichael MP in celebrating the South West as a UK leader in these important sectors, ... [ read more ]
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Festival: The Stroudwater Trust's commitment to the Festival of Manufacturing and Engineering
23 January 2012 at 13:00
Woollen cloth making has shaped our valleys since the Middle Ages. Indeed, cloth has been made at Lodgemore Mills continuously since medieval times. The textile industry has provided employment and ... [ read more ]
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Stratford Park unveils refurbished facilities
23 January 2012 at 10:30
On Saturday, 21st January Neil Carmichael attended Stratford Park in Stroud in order to attend the reopening of the leisure centre alongside Cllr Debbie Young, Cllr Keith Pearson and Cllr Frances ... [ read more ]
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Baroness Warsi visits company in Dursley
02 December 2011 at 15:00
On Thursday 1st December, Minister without Portfolio in the Cabinet and the Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party Baroness Warsi came to the constituency, in order to attend a site visit at the ... [ read more ]
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Gloucestershire First launches superfast broadband surveys
14 November 2011 at 14:00
The local enterprise partnership for the Constituency, Gloucestershire First, has begun its effort to demonstrate that public demand exists to upgrade our local communications infrastructure to ... [ read more ]
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Member of the Cabinet praises Gloucestershire broadband efforts
07 November 2011 at 13:30
The drive to deliver enhanced broadband services across Gloucestershire has recently been praised by the Secretary of State for Culture in Parliament. Responding to a question from Neil ... [ read more ]
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Neil supports the Giving Voice Campaign
31 October 2011 at 12:30
On Tuesday 18th October, Neil Carmichael met with representatives of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists during their campaign event in Central London. The Giving Voice Campaign ... [ read more ]
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Cabinet member comes to Stroud for broadband conference
19 September 2011 at 10:45
The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt came to Stroud recently to attend a conference organised by Neil Carmichael at the Imperial Hotel attended by dozens of ... [ read more ]
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Neil Carmichael visits the NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme
08 August 2011 at 12:10
Neil Carmichael recently visited Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, and the NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) screening programme which is also based in Gloucester, in the capacity as the prospective ... [ read more ]
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Neil pledges to improve the lives of local carers
20 June 2011 at 15:30
Neil Carmichael has had a meeting with unpaid carers at the House of Commons to better understand the challenges they face. The speed-networking event has been designed to increase the understanding ... [ read more ]
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My response to the fish fight campaign
17 May 2011 at 10:15
In recent months I have been asked my position on Fish Discards and the Common Fisheries Policy and what I'll do to further the Fish Fight campaign. This is an open letter I have sent to those ... [ read more ]
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Neil applauds Gloucestershire care provider's training
14 February 2011 at 09:30
Stroud MP Neil Carmichael has heaped praise on a Gloucestershire-based home support and care company for the excellent training it provides its staff. Neil Carmichael asked to meet some of the ... [ read more ]
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Neil attends launch of the All Parliamentary Group on Financial Education for Young People
07 February 2011 at 10:55
On Monday 31 January, Neil Carmichael attended the launch of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Education for Young People as part of a campaign for compulsory financial education. ... [ read more ]
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Neil promotes Marah Cardboard City event
10 January 2011 at 09:45
Neil Carmichael this week attended the launch of an event being planned by The Marah Trust, a local charity based in Stroud who will host a 'cardboard city' event in the town, on Friday, 4th ... [ read more ]
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Neil Carmichael Supports Strouds Unemployed
15 October 2010 at 12:17
Those seeking jobseekers allowance in Stroud has fallen to 1463 people. Neil Carmichael said "I am delighted that unemployment is falling but there are still 1463 individuals without work who are ... [ read more ]
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Neil Carmichael pledges support to save Purton Hulks
01 October 2010 at 18:01
Neil Carmichael met with The Friends of Purton this week to talk about the Purton Hulks and to discuss the future of the site. During the extended visit, Neil spent a considerable time ... [ read more ]
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Downton staff celebrate NVQ success with newly elected local MP
12 July 2010 at 10:43
Neil joined in celebration with?Downton?at the completion of an extensive employee training programme, culminating in Neil??awarding National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) to staff at the ... [ read more ]
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