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There was more news for an eco-friendly travel future this week with the announcement of plans to roll out zero emission trains across the UK rail network. Train manufacturer Hitachi Rail, in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, is working with Sunderland battery firm Hyperdrive Innovation on a project that aims to create batteries to power hundreds of trains across the UK. Train...

The UK reached another milestone in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic this week with the completion of the VentilatorChallengeUK project. The project, formed in March, was aimed at bringing together companies in engineering and manufacturing to address the anticipated escalation in the COVID-19 crisis by building 14,000 new ventilators. It bought together UK busines...

Britain’s largest infrastructure project in a generation has offered the employment market a boost with the announcement of hundreds of new jobs as part of a recruitment drive. The roles, announced by HS2 Ltd, are across a wide range of disciplines in both rail and construction, including project management, engineering, procurement, commercial and land & property. The new r...

As more industries begin to reopen after several months of lockdown, and teams make their way back to the workplace from furlough, HR departments are busier than ever. Whether they’re getting to grips with new guidance, implementing learnings from the last three months or handling queries from worried team members, there has never been more pressure on this vital workplace f...

Another leap towards zero-emission flying was taken recently with the first UK test of battery-electric airplane taking place at Cranfield Airport. The Piper M-class six-seater, which used a powertrain from California-based ZeroAvia, took to the skies of eastern England and flew a round trip of 60 nautical miles. The flight formed part of the HyFlyer program to advance zero-...

The mission to improve fuel cells and batteries is focused around improving speed of charge while decreasing weight. Last year, we showed you how the brain chemical dopamine was being used to help develop lighter batteries for electric vehicles. Dopamine was chemically bonded to graphene oxide and combined with the material known as Kevlar. The result was a composite that is...

Boris Johnson has today announced a further easing of coronavirus restrictions. Mr Johnson has outlined how the 2m (6ft 6in) social distancing rule will be reduced to 1m (3ft 3in) from 4 July, with some mitigating measures. This will not only enable many pubs, restaurants, hotels and B&Bs to reopen for the first time in more than three months, but allow certain sectors to br...

A Vital worker performed life-saving CPR on a member of the public who collapsed on a train station platform. Dan Stephens, Trespass and Welfare Officer, was called to respond to an emergency on Platform 4 at Southampton Central Station on 5th March. Martin East, 67-year-old father of two, collapsed onto the platform after getting off a train bound for New Milton, Hampshire....

Morson is proud to be spearheading a charity bike ride to raise money for the White Ensign Association. In September 2020, a dedicated team of cyclists with a small support crew will be riding from RNAS Yeovilton to RNAS Culdrose and back – a round trip of over 360 miles over demanding and hilly terrain. Matthew Sellick, former Royal Navy Sailor and Morson recruiter original...

​The apprentice jockey Megan Nicholls, daughter of 11 times National Hunt winning trainer Paul, surprised a few people when she made the switch from jumps to flats back in 2014. In the last few years, she’s ridden to well over 60 victories and now finds herself riding her two of her father’s horses on the flats at Royal Ascot as racing resumes following suspension during the...

Morson Group’s award-winning training division is set to deliver a new, fully-accredited social distancing compliance courses. As we slowly transition back into what may become the new way of working, all organisations are required to make changes to the way they operate in workplace environments in order to comply with the government mandated guidelines in the wake of the c...

Morson is hosting a virtual roundtable exploring the impact of COVID-19 on talent resourcing and skills sharing to support recruitment and HR leaders to navigate labour sourcing during return to normality. Our online event will begin with an analysis of the labour sourcing market before an in-depth exploration of the trends that have emerged since the COVID-19 outbreak. Led ...

Morson Group CEO, Ged Mason OBE, discusses how Covid-19 has completely transformed the labour sourcing market and how businesses can respond to ensure operational continuity and keep Britain working. The Coronavirus pandemic has caused a huge shake up in labour sourcing. From challenges in HR to redistribute teams to cover in-demand services, to the pressure on essential bus...

The Gerry Mason Engineering Excellence Scholarships were set up in 2015 when Morson founder Gerry Mason met with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Salford to pledge £270,000 towards establishing a scholarship programme to support local, talented engineering students. His vision was to provide a programme for the most gifted students across all disciplines of engineeri...

We have never been more connected. If the Coronavirus pandemic has taught us one thing, it is that the world is filled with tools that enable us to remain switched on and in touch at every hour of the day. But have we stayed visible to one another? Visibility may seem a black and white concept and for many, it’s a case of being present, in sight, or not. But the best busines...