With profitable units beginning at £100,000, owning your own manufacturing business may well be within your grasp. Don’t be put off by a lack of background in manufacturing. You can use your expertise to your advantage, whether it is in marketing, technology, administration, exporting, accountancy or design.

Contrary to common belief, manufacturing is not limited to large businesses. Small manufacturing businesses can offer the specialised and personalised products that large corpora...

No matter how trivial, workplace dangers can take a bad shape if ignored for a long time. Little things such as incorrect sitting posture and wrong placement of work equipment can cause a lot of problems in the long run, leading to neck and shoulder pain, spinal cord problems, eyestrain, fatigue, etc. To take care of this matter, workplace safety and health legislation was passed by the Government, which includes the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations, 1999 and the Heal...