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Visitor registration is now open for Advanced Engineering UK, the UK’s leading annual gathering of engineering and manufacturing professionals. Taking place on 29 & 30 October 2025 at the NEC Birmingham, Advanced Engineering is the UK’s only event that connects the entire industrial ecosystem, now featuring exciting new additions like the expanded Composites Pavilion, the SME Village, the ADS Pavilion, AM² Forum (Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials Forum) and a focused Electronics Zone. Together, these zones provide fresh opportunities for innovation, collaboration and growth — all designed to power the possible.

The 2025 UK-EU trade agreement marks one of the most significant updates in the post-Brexit landscape to date, with real consequences for engineers across the UK. Whether you’re designing low-carbon systems, working in heavy industry or developing next-gen defence technologies, the deal introduces both opportunities and challenges that will dictate how you work and who you work with. Here, Simon Farnfield, event director at leading manufacturing and engineering networking event, Advanced Engineering UK, which is set to return to the NEC, Birmingham, on October 29 and 30, explains what the deal means for engineers on the ground.