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• New 1000sqft chocolate factory will provide young people with hands-on manufacturing experience to help address STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) skills gaps.
• JJA Snack teams up with Siemens to create the Barnsley facility utilising pioneering technologies.
• The educational facility opens as Christmas blockbuster release Wonka tells the story of how Roald Dahl’s famous character rose to chocolate-making fame.

Siemens Mobility today announced the appointment of Syeda Ghufran who joins as the new Director of Asset Management and Assurance for Customer Services.

• - 60 students and teachers attended ‘Model COP’ event at Siemens’ HQ in Didsbury
• - Technology company partnered with WildHearts to host Manchester leg of the world’s largest youth-led sustainability summit.
• - Activities led by partners including Wesleyan, Linklaters and Nestlé.

The UK Government has announced that it will introduce new regulation for the advanced manufacturing sector to support growth, alongside new funding for Made Smarter - a government-industry partnership focused on growing UK manufacturing through digital technologies, innovation and skills.

• Extensive testing of state-of-the-art-train underway at test centre in Germany
• Extreme weather conditions tested at climate chamber in Austria

• Awarded gold membership from an impressive list of 180 employers
• Recognition follows recent Institution of Mechanical Engineers accreditation which means graduates engineers can attain professional registration as chartered engineers

• Siemens Mobility breaks ground in Goole for new warehouse, the latest expansion of the Goole Rail Village
• Two new UK sites will provide warehousing for Siemens train depots across the country
• More than 40 roles created to support the new warehouses

A significant proportion of UK businesses are falling behind on their sustainability journeys, according to new research from technology company Siemens.

• The States of Guernsey has approved a new electricity strategy for the Island, developed in partnership with Siemens, as it aims to enhance its electricity system to meet a predicted increase in demand, and support the Island’s net-zero ambition.
• The agreed plan outlines a strategic direction based on additional interconnection, on-island renewables in the form of solar PV and offshore renewables.
• The new strategic direction will also reduce costs, with forecast running costs for existing infrastructure set to be more expensive than adopting a new supply pathway.

• Northumbrian Water Group to connect more than one million smart water meters to Siemens data management system 
• Cloud-based system will identify household leaks to help reduce water consumption and support Ofwat targets 
• Siemens solution represents the company’s largest ever deployment of grid software 
• EnergyIP® MDM X for Water software is part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio 

• Siemens Mobility has launched a summer childcare camp for employees in Chippenham.  
• Local company Essential Skills Coaching are leading the camp  

• Minister presented with a jar of Goole honey