Congratulations @Mark_J_Harper on Transport Secretary, with 20 working days left to announce, will your first big decision be to grant permission for the A417 Missing Link? A vital connection to your home constituency and a big deal for all who live in Gloucestershire
Made in Britain, loved by the world! Exports of British manufactured goods contributed around £176 billion to the economy this year and supported more than 858,000 manufacturing jobs. (Source: Barclays' Export Dividend report) #UKmfg🇬🇧
UPDATE: OneWeb has announced plans to spend £2.2 billion to transfer satellite production from the US to the UK. The firm is set to have a network of 588 satellites in space by the middle of next year. #UKmfg🇬🇧
UPDATE: Bath-based Horstman has secured a multi-million pound export order for its Hydrostrut suspension units from a consortium that makes the German Army’s Puma infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). #UKmfg#ExportingisGREAT🇬🇧
British rocket manufacturer Skyrora has agreed a multi-launch deal with the SaxaVord spaceport on Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Islands, as it moves closer to launching its XL rocket. If successful, this could be the first rocket to go to space from the UK. #UKmfg🇬🇧
NEW FACILITY: American aerospace giant Spirit AeroSystems, the world’s largest tier-one aerostructures manufacturer, has officially opened its new £28 million Aerospace Innovation Centre (AIC) in Prestwick. https://t.co/Qb9irDgWHn #UKmfg🇬🇧
Large-scale cryptocurrency mining company @ArgoBlockchain ⛏️
👉mission: sustainable, efficient, lower-cost mining
👉45 MW & 1075 PH
👉energy source: mainly hydroelectric
👉founded & IPO: 2018
👉listed on the @LSEplc
👉mining in North America
I appreciate your work 👍
NEW FACILITY: Airbus opens new £35million space and defence headquarters in the UK. 500 engineers will be based at the Stevenage site, lauded as the "jewel in our space crown and our HQ for satellite design, manufacturing and operations." https://t.co/Memn74hM2i #UKmfg🇬🇧
NEW FACILITY: British packaging manufacturer DS Smith set to build new facility in the UK as part of wider £100 million investment programme. https://t.co/wfYCnjcatP #UKmfg🇬🇧
This is the new Lotus Advanced Technology Centre (LATC) in Warwickshire. The British sports car manufacturer is investing £100 million at its historic Hethel site in Norfolk, creating hundreds of jobs, and will unveil its new model, the Lotus Emira, on July 6. #UKmfg🇬🇧
UPDATE: Bentley Motors has recorded the best first quarter sales in its 102-year history. The British marque sold 3,358 cars in Q1 (40% higher than last year) and is building 85 cars a day at its Crewe factory to meet record global demand - its joint-highest ever output. #UKmfg🇬🇧
BUILT IN BRITAIN: Telford-based RBSL wins £800 million British Army Challenger 3 tank contract. The programme will create and sustain more than 700 jobs and apprenticeships across the UK. https://t.co/9vXXUeWnzS #STEM#UKmfg🇬🇧
UPDATE: 30,440 vans registered in April - the highest total for the month in history. 141,583 cars registered, up 3176.6% year-on-year as showrooms reopened. SMMT revises forecast upwards to 1.86 million registrations by year-end, up 13.9% on 2020. (Source: SMMT) #UKmfg🇬🇧
Operational Update for April 2021:
- Mined 163 BTC or equivalent in April
- Mining revenue was £6.70m ($9.3m USD) at mining margin of 85%
- At month-end held 936 BTC or equivalent
#ARB $ARBKF
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