Joe Bush

One key thing for facility operators to remember when planning to increase space, equipment and programming for seniors is to not call the target audience seniors.

Municipal or private, large or small, old or new, users of the tennis center or recreation, gym or aquatic center (or all three in one) want a place to shower, sit in a sauna, shave, change into athletic gear or at the least store coats and keys and purses and phones.

Photo Courtesy of DynaDome High utility bills, difficult terrain, vulnerable building materials, lack of flexibility…all of these are reasons

GaWreg Poynor's videoboard story is an example of wins all around when an organization upgrades its facility sound, lighting and scoreboards. Poynor, the athletic director and head football coach at Seminole High School in Seminole, Texas, worked with local businesses who approached him about the benefits of digital video scoreboards at the school's 5,000-capacity Wigwam Stadium and 2,000-seat Lelan Caffey Court gymnasium.

Technology affects every aspect of our lives, at work and play, and for the recreation industry, both work and play simultaneously. For everything from audio and lighting systems to aquatic center water quality equipment to software that streamlines office work, advances in the past two decades have helped managers, operators and organizations work smarter and save money in their quest to provide health and wellness to their communities.

Each day The Manufacturer compiles the top manufacturing news stories from around the web into this easily digestible daily update.

RS has recently released its 2024 Maintenance Engineering Report in conjunction with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). This is based on survey findings that aimed to uncover the challenges facing the profession and its priorities. The Manufacturer Editor, Joe Bush, caught up with one of the report’s key contributors, Richard Jeffers, Solutions and Technical Director, RS UK & I, to find out more

Retaining talent is crucial for businesses to maintain a competitive edge and achieve long-term growth. The average cost of employee turnover, based on the average UK salary, is around £11,000 per person, and for more specialist roles, this can rise to up to £100,000. If manufacturers keep experiencing high turnover rates, this cost will soon add up. And with the cost-of-living crisis still causing strains for many organisations, the need to keep staff happy is about more than just evolving into an employer of choice.

UK manufacturing has had an eventful year. Here, we look at some of the biggest stories to hit the headlines in 2023.

2024 was yet another year of change and disruption for UK manufacturing. Alongside ongoing fluctuations around supply chain issues and skills and recruitment, there was of course, a change in government and the announcement of the Industrial Strategy. Here, the sector looks back on the year that was, and casts an eye forward on what to expect in 2025.