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Babcock boosts graduate and apprentice recruitment with record intake
Babcock has announced a record intake of early-career talent for 2025, recruiting 500 apprentices and 250 graduates across its UK operations.
REEPREG is our new prepreg material made with recycled chopped carbon mat. As the product uses recycled carbon, it offers improved sustainability by increasing the life cycle of carbon trimmings from kit cutting that would ordinarily go to landfill – improving circularity and reducing both landfill and also the energy that would have been used to cure prepreg waste. In the near future, components made using REEPREG will also be recyclable into new REEPREG material, through a limited number of cycles. REEPREG can be manufactured using any of our component prepreg systems, and in combination with our RP570 eXpress cure system we can provide additional sustainability in the significant reduction of energy used in processing. Processing using a heated press, parts can be cured and demoulded after 4 minutes at 140°C – with no cooling or cycling of the mould tool, and no plastic consumables. When processing in autoclave, the time required for processing is also reduced.
There is a real risk of composites becoming the next ‘plastic’ – producing significant amounts of non-degradable waste for landfill. Many manufacturers have tried to produce a prepreg material using recycled chopped carbon mat. We believe that the handleability of REEPREG sets it apart from other recycled mat products; REEPREG is drapeable and easily handled by the constructor, and does not fall apart when used. This material can be used as a surface material or as a core material in combination with our UD and woven prepregs, and offers significant opportunities for constructors looking to improve the sustainability of their manufacturing by including recycled carbon.
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BAE Systems reaches record 6,800 apprentices and graduates in training
As BAE Systems announces that applications for its 2026 apprenticeship intake are open, the company has reached a record achievement with more than 6,800 young people in training across its UK operations. This figure, which includes approximately 5,100 apprentices and 1,700 graduates, underlines the company’s commitment to developing the next generation of British talent.
Aldershot and Farnborough to host 2026 National Armed Forces Day.
Rushmoor borough has been awarded the prestigious honour of hosting the 2026 National Armed Forces Day celebrations. The event was awarded to the borough, which includes Aldershot, the Home of the British Army and Farnborough, the birthplace of British aviation, following a highly competitive UK-wide bidding process.