EDUCATION

Roofing project inspires learning

TWO businesses that are helping to transform a school building are also inspiring learning.

SKILLS

Master butcher’s demo to students

A MASTER butcher gave a group of student chefs some advice about preparing meat and using it on their menus.

LOVE BUSINESS

Meet the Boss

T10B12EA KEITH Cockburn, a former shipyard calibration engineer, is the owner of Cal Enterprises, a Barrow-based engineering firm which has championed the use of recycled washing machine motors.

EM Poole Townsend head shot - Martin Oates Q: We have both retired recently. We have managed to pay off our mortgage and have been given a lump sum from our pension. Someone has told us that if we go into care, they will take our lump sum and when that has been used up they will take our house to pay the care fees.

0466480 THIS week I visited Cumbria Karting with Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock and representatives from the local branch of the Federation of Small Businesses.

JOBS

S69180B CHRIS Coles, 30, is regional director of the Cumbria franchise of PC Support Group.

AA0410321 SEVERAL political “calls for action” last week covered youth unemployment, investment in Furness, improving town centres, biopharmaceutical investment and the re-emerging importance of maritime and submarine defence capabilities.

ENERGY

Drive for 2p a mile

CUMBRIAN solar panel firm Sundog Energy is taking the sun’s energy to a new level by using it to power a company car.

SPECIALIST MANUFACTURING

MP calls for more government help

THE government needs to do more to boost manufacturing, the Barrow and Furness MP has claimed.

AGRICULTURE

Farming Matters by Andrew Pye

Andrew Pye FARMERS in Cumbria will have to be on their guard now it is confirmed that Schmallenberg virus has been found in the UK for the first time.