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The quarterly economic briefing of the Northern Office of the Bank of England was honoured by the attendance of Mr. Charles Bean who is the Chief Economist and Executive Director of the Bank in London. He is also a Member of the Monetary Policy Committee that meets

The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE) convened a seminar on signalling in Heritage Railways. The event was hosted at the Severn Valley Railway in Kidderminster and was attended by 140 very interested delegates. The day was opened by John Francis, President of the IRSE. There was

Henry Williams is celebrating after winning a place on an elite list of approved fabricators for Corus Tubes and is helping to maintain the safety of the nation’s motorists. The steel giant, based at Corby, Northants, gave the accolade to Henry Williams Ltd after the Darlington company

A new robotic welder is now fully operational in the Fabrication Department of Henry Williams. The machine enables an operator, Paul Hobson is pictured, to load components onto specialised jigs which are then swung into position under the automatic welding head. The weld path is pre-programmed and

A fine team of Henry Williams athletes competed in the Quaker Triathlon in support of a Rotary Club of Darlington fund raising event for bowel cancer testing equipment. The pictured team of Simon Dawes, Danny Corby and Jon Heslop achieved the 25km cycle, 400m swim and 5km

Henry Williams are pleased to announce the arrival of our latest investment – another new Mazak vertical machining centre for die sinking. This high precision FJV-250 will enable us to improve our service by significantly reducing lead-times and tooling costs. It will also expand the range of

Henry Williams have been awarded a supply contract from the Highways Agency. The contract is to supply the emergency, or SOS telephone housing known as a 611D. These are seen widely across the UK’s road network and assist drivers who have to make emergency or breakdown assistance

Fourteen courageous members of Henry Williams have joined together in a mass abseil off the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead in aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind. The charity leap was not for the faint hearted as the converted Baltic Flour Mills

A major project undertaken on the Glasgow Subway has won the prestigious IEE Award for Advancement of Railway System Safety. This was presented by John Armitt, Chief Executive of Network Rail, when he gave the Annual Lecture to the Railway Professional Network. The project for the Glasgow

Henry Williams has been working with EDF Energy, the owner of Cottam Power Station who are progressing a major scheme to install a Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) plant. The purpose of the FGD plant is to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions by diverting the gases produced by burning