Multimatic is the winner of the prestigious MIA Business of the Year (with sales over £5 million) Award. Revealed during the Motorsport Industry Association’s Business Excellence Awards dinner, held at Silverstone, the award recognises Multimatic’s achievements in engineering, manufacturing and motorsports operations. Multimatic Motorsports is celebrating 30 years of on-track success in 2022. For three decades, the company has designed and built championship-winning race cars for both factory and customer programmes. Multimatic also boasts its own world-class professional race teams and ran the successful Ford GT World Endurance Championship campaign from its UK Motorsports base not far from Silverstone, in…
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With the winter months upon us, it can often be difficult to leave the house and brave the cold to head to the gym – not to mention, a membership can sometimes feel like a big commitment. However, there’s still opportunity to work out from the comfort of your own home. Fitness experts at Breaking Muscle have highlighted five of the best exercises you can do from the comfort of your own home, with a step-by-step guide of how to complete them. Air squat A highly effective beginner exercise is air squats, targeting your thighs, hamstrings, quadriceps, and also…
Visiting the city for Birmingham Tech Week, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Damian Collins met with MSc scholarship students and alumni from Birmingham City University (BCU) and University of Birmingham (UoB) at BCU’s new £70m state-of-the-art STEAMhouse innovation campus. The Digital Minister highlighted the successful partnership between the government and BCU and UoB’s work to support students from underrepresented groups to study AI and data science and join the UK’s world-leading AI industry. Earlier this year, the government announced up to £17 million in funding to create up to 2,000 additional AI scholarships for students from low socio-economic backgrounds,…
Visiting the city for Birmingham Tech Week, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Damian Collins met with MSc scholarship students and alumni from Birmingham City University (BCU) and University of Birmingham (UoB) at BCU’s new £70m state-of-the-art STEAMhouse innovation campus. The Digital Minister highlighted the successful partnership between the government and BCU and UoB’s work to support students from underrepresented groups to study AI and data science and join the UK’s world-leading AI industry. Earlier this year, the government announced up to £17 million in funding to create up to 2,000 additional AI scholarships for students from low socio-economic backgrounds,…
Sandwell Council along with HMRC recently inspected a shop in Smethwick where 3,400 packets of illicit tobacco with a retail value of over £40,000 and 228 illegal vapes worth £2,000 were seized. Vaping devices are highly regulated by the government to control the amount of nicotine available and have to be approved by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The legal capacity of a disposable e-cigarette tank is 2ml or approximately 650 puffs. Many of those seized were more than double this, ranging from 4.5ml up to 9ml. As a general guide, if a disposable device offers more than…
Virgin Money has relaunched its innovative financial education programme, Make £5 Grow, with additional tools and resources designed to prepare schoolchildren and provide the skills they need to better manage their finances in the future. Delivered in schools, Make £5 Grow is a free scheme which works with and encourages both younger and older children, to develop innovative business ideas and generate a profit for their school. The programme provides pupils, mostly aged 9-11, with an insight into how the world of business and finance works and helps them to build key money management skills, by starting a small business…
The ŠKODA FABIA has been named Best First Car in the annual Parkers New Car Awards. The compact yet feature-packed Czech supermini fought off tough competition to be named as the number one car to buy for new drivers. Thanks to its impeccable road manners, bold design and smooth drivetrain, the FABIA has been a favourite with learners and newly qualified drivers since the first-generation car was launched in the UK in 2000. Now the latest, fourth-generation version, which arrived in the UK last year, has been recognised as the best all-round package for drivers looking to buy their first…
The first-ever Bayt Al Fann international Digital Festival exploring the future of Islamic art, heritage and culture is launching this November. A unique celebration with over 50 contributors and panellists across diverse disciplines, Bayt Al Fann Digital Festival is a virtual global gathering, with performances, online exhibitions and conversations. The Islamic Art & Culture Digital Festival takes place on 28 & 29 November 2022 and marks the first anniversary since the launch of baytalfann.com – a platform dedicated to raising the profile and celebrating the diversity of Islamic art, heritage and culture. Bayt Al Fann’s story so far… Founded by a…
Flood crises in Pakistan are continuing to threaten the lives of millions, with families risking dehydration amid a landscape that’s facing climate destruction. As part of Football for Peace’s Pakistan humanitarian crisis response, British Airways has teamed up with the charity to help deliver around 8 tonnes of clothing, food, and medical aid to help support families left adrift through devastating floods. The aim is to continually provide aid in the coming months. Setting off from Heathrow Airport on Sunday, 25th September, the partnership is part of a long-term endeavour to help restore some normality to the lives of those who are simply unable to survive…
Flood crises in Pakistan are continuing to threaten the lives of millions, with families risking dehydration amid a landscape that’s facing climate destruction. As part of Football for Peace’s Pakistan humanitarian crisis response, British Airways has teamed up with the charity to help deliver around 8 tonnes of clothing, food, and medical aid to help support families left adrift through devastating floods. The aim is to continually provide aid in the coming months. Setting off from Heathrow Airport on Sunday, 25th September, the partnership is part of a long-term endeavour to help restore some normality to the lives of those who are simply unable to survive…