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Siemens Healthcare has launched two new apprenticeship schemes in the UK and is now offering apprenticeships in Field Service and Technical Sales. The company is looking to maximise talent within the organisation by offering a combination of theoretical and vocational study, providing individuals the opportunity to develop in-demand skills and gain a professional qualification.

King’s Mill Hospital, part of the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has installed a MAGNETOM® Aera 1.5T MR system from Siemens Healthcare. The hospital is using the system, which replaces a previous-generation system, for a broad range of imaging including neurological and orthopaedic procedures. The hospital also hopes to expand services in the future to include cardiac and breast imaging.

Siemens Healthcare recently demonstrated the ACUSON FreestyleTM wireless ultrasound system at the London Society of Regional Anesthesia’s (LSORA) Evidence Based Peri-Operative Medicine (EBPOM) 3rd London Workshops for Regional Anaesthesia. The system was put to clinical use for the first time in the UK with delegates able to explore the new system and take part in hands-on sessions involving accurate ultrasound-guided needle placement on a variety of models.

University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS), has installed a hybrid PET-CT system from Siemens Healthcare to help increase capacity and further strengthen its advanced imaging facilities.

Siemens is opening the first Junior Factory for apprentices at its award winning facil-ity in Congleton, launching during the Government’s flagship ‘Tomorrows Engineers Week’. The facility will be opened by UK and Ireland Chief Executive Roland Aurich on the 7th of November and will act as a ‘small factory within a factory’ run by a mix-ture of commercial and technical apprentices aged 16 to 21.

At a presentation ceremony in London earlier this month, traffic technology company Siemens based in Poole, Dorset was honoured as one of three finalists for the 2013 UK Excellence Award presented annually by the British Quality Foundation to recognise business performance improvement. The company’s score measured against Europe's most widely used management framework, the EFQM Excellence Model increased substantially, earning Siemens a 5 star Recognised for Excellence standard.

For the second year running, Siemens Logistics and Airport Solutions has triumphed at the prestigious 2013 Airport Operators Association (AOA) Awards winning Best Service Provider and reaching the final of the Best Innovator category. The award was presented this month at the annual AOA conference and exhibition, dinner and awards ceremony in London.

Siemens has announced that its intake of UK apprentices has increased year on year. The overall number of apprentices at Siemens exceeds 400.

Opening the gates for a behind-the-scenes look at a Siemens train depot in Southampton raised £2,640 for those suffering with motor neurone disease – thanks to the generosity of over 1,700 local residents and enthusiasts who attended the 10 year celebration event on 12 October.

Global power demand is set to increase on average by nearly 3 percent per year over the current and next decade. Cumulatively, this moderate growth will cause overall power demand to rise by more than half of its current level between now and 2030. If new power plants are added as foreseeable, associated CO2 emissions are likely to increase by a quarter or 3,500 megatons.

Siemens is today celebrating the official opening of its new hub to support customer projects and onshore wind farm construction in Scotland. The new office in Livingston was opened by Fergus Ewing MSP, Scottish Government Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism. Representatives from Scottish Development International, Scottish Renewables and Siemens’ customers, contractors and staff also attended.

Siemens in partnership with Green Energy Options (geo) will launch a pioneering solution for the deployment of Smart Meters in Multi-Dwelling Buildings, also known as Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs), at European Utility Week in Amsterdam from 15th to 17th October 2013.