Training specialist looks to employability

A Hampshire training provider has established a new programme to improve students’ employability in the short and long term. Distance learning specialist Gold Edge Training is for the first time offering short and long term education within the same course.

Manufacturing wheels keep turning

A Hampshire manufacturing firm has welcomed the results of an industry survey as it pushes through the latest lockdown. Fareham-based Barnbrook Systems Ltd is keeping the production lines rolling, including construction of components for life-saving fire suppression systems. Managing director Tony Barnett backed the findings of the latest executive survey from industry trade body Make UK and accountancy giant PwC. … Read More

Barnbrook races ahead with relay

A Hampshire engineering firm is set to launch an innovative relay switch to target new business growth. Award-winning Barnbrook Systems Ltd has developed the one inch cube relay to expand one of its core product lines. The Fareham-based firm is also upgrading its market leading fire suppression actuators, which are used on extinguishers, cylinders and sprinkler systems. Managing director Tony … Read More

Charity cheque boosts centre’s vital work

A Hampshire charity that supports adults and children with neurological conditions from seven counties in central southern England has received a £2,000 donation from the Southampton office of Smith & Williamson following a number of fundraising events. The Rainbow Centre in Fareham was voted for by staff of the local office of Smith & Williamson, the accountancy, investment management and … Read More

Adam drives key recruitment growth

A national shortage of HGV drivers has helped a recruitment firm founded by a young entrepreneur to take further workspace at a thriving business hub in Portsmouth. Founded by Adam Hardy, 26, Sourced Recruitment originally started from his flat in Fareham.

Shane blazes apprenticeship trail at Barnbrook Systems

  Young engineer Shane Hutton is leading the way for a new wave of apprentices at a Hampshire manufacturing firm. He has become the first trainee from Fareham-based Barnbrook Systems Ltd to attend the Centre of Excellence in Engineering, Manufacturing and Advanced Skills Training (CEMAST). Fareham College runs the purpose-built facility in the Solent Enterprise Zone at the Daedalus airfield, … Read More

Power of three boosts Fareham firm

A Fareham manufacturing firm has invested in the future by appointing three talented graduates to help drive innovation. Barnbrook Systems Ltd recruited James Allpress, Joel Hedges and Maria Vaquerizo to work on new projects and bring fresh ideas. They bring the total number of people at the family-owned business in Fareham Park Road to 45 – its highest headcount to … Read More