A wonderful start to the New Year, as a gentle covering of snow welcomed us back to TWI this morning in Cambridge.
I wish all of our Industrial and Professional Members, training and certification customers a successful and memorable 2026.

#TechnicalExcellence #Weldingcareers #UKIndustrialStrategy

We are very proud to have achieved Defence Cyber Certification (DCC) at TWI, following the strict requirements of the UK Ministry of Defence, enabling us to continue to support our industrial members across UK defence, aerospace and nuclear.

#TechnicalExcellence #UKdefence #UKIndustrialStrategy

We welcomed STRABAG / STRABAG UK to TWI Cambridge for technical discussions around future collaboration in the transition from construction into manufacturing for modular solutions across the nuclear industry.

#TechnicalExcellence #UKnuclear #UKIndustrialStrategy #TWI

I was delighted to meet strategic partners, AWE, at TWI Cambridge for a packed day including comprehensive technical discussions, a lab tour and positive wider conversations around longer-term joint opportunities.

#TechnicalExcellence #Collaboration #UKdefence #UKIndustrialStrategy

The Innovation Clusters Map is a tool developed by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to support the UK’s ambition to foster regional innovation and drive economic growth. It identifies and visualises geographically concentrated clusters of businesses, research institutions, and infrastructure that are actively engaged in research, development, and innovation (RD&I). These clusters are critical because they generate agglomeration effects, where proximity between firms and institutions leads to knowledge spillovers, increased productivity, and enhanced resilience to economic shocks.

DSIT's Innovation Clusters Map has been updated www.innovationclusters.dsit.gov.uk + www.gov.uk/government/c...

Underlying data is in an ODS workbook with polygons stored as WKT strings, which is a choice

#UKIndustrialStrategy #opendata

#bbcr4Today —infuriating! #justinwebb being more than unusually facile.

When there hasn’t been one (which he noted) of course it’s going to take the best part of a year for @labourgoverment.bsky.social to develop a comprehensive and joined up #UKIndustrialStrategy

#UKIndustrialStrategy is an oxymoron dressed up in #neoliberalism. If #SEZ, special economic zones etc were so special why aren't they delivering? Because they can't. The government sees them as an alternative for the hard work of creating and implementing an actual strategy. Sunlit Uplands #Brexit?