Best of British engineering set to shine

Enginuity Awards 2024 with Steph McGovern

The brightest lights in British engineering and manufacturing are set to shine as finalists at the prestigious Enginuity Skills Awards 2025. A gala dinner will take place on 3 July at the Park Plaza London Riverbank. Furthermore, six of the nine finalists, featured in individual categories, are female — a notable acheivement for the sector.

Each year, the Enginuity Skills Awards celebrates the teams and individuals who inspire and empower the next generation of talent in the engineering and manufacturing sector, fostering a culture of innovation, diversity, and collaboration. Enginuity, formerly known as Semta the sector skills council, is now a charity dedicated to closing the skills gap in British engineering and manufacturing. The organisation previously served as a Government sector skills council.

The awards will embrace a new potential ‘golden era’ of British engineering, to enhance growth and prosperity, which will be celebrated at the awards ceremony. Due to current geo-political challenges, including the ongoing impact of Brexit and global market fluctuations, the need for highly skilled domestic engineering talent has never been greater, to help maintain market share and ensure sustainable production and supply within the UK.

Opportunities in manufacturing
The Enginuity Skills Awards recognise the individuals and organisations advocating for skills excellence in engineering and manufacturing and give the sector a platform to showcase opportunities available. The theme for the event is ‘Engineering and Manufacturing is the Engine of Growth’.f

Ann Watson, CEO of Enginuity, which represents hundreds of engineering and advanced manufacturing organisations, from small family firms to Blue Chip companies, wants the awards to underline the true potential that the sector offers the UK. She said: “The fact that two-thirds of the individual finalists are women, fills me with joy and hope for the future — they are within the grasp of glory.”

She concluded: “Governments and business are united in their desire for economic growth and our sector has the pent-up potential to deliver it. These awards celebrate those that have excelled in all sorts of ways, extraordinary people with extraordinary stories, icons to inspire others, spread innovation and enhance the sector in all sorts of ways.”