L@B Brief - May 2023

 

Hello again,

This month has seen an exceptional number of Government announcements about new policies, strategies and funding. While it would take the resources of the BBC to discover if any of them is actually new money, there are some interesting pointers about where some of the money will be spent.

Clearly, the number of monthly financial feel-good announcements will increase still further as the election nears, and hopefully there will be some data of use to lab suppliers among all the politics. We will do our best to bring you any that we can identify.

This month GAMBICA had the first of what could possibly be a number of meetings with the Export Control Joint Unit about its poor performance in turning around export licences. They claim to have employed more people, while members say the situation does seem to be improving but we aim to keep holding their feet to the flames, so please keep telling us about your experiences.

Finally, this month, please don’t miss the story on PFAS. You may think that this doesn’t apply to you – but we think it probably does and it could have severe profit limiting effects. The window to do something about it is short – so do a quick review – the EU won’t know if your product is essential if we don’t tell them.

Toodle pip

Jacqueline

 

INSIDE this ISSUE

ECJU offers reassurance on licence delays
But members wait up to 10 months for a decision on export licences to China, which tops the list of export licences by value

New funding for life sciences
Chromatography and spectrometry equipment purchases feature in new Government buying commitments

GAMBICA members to be hit by unintentional high-tech ban
Please check now as you are likely to be affected by EU PFAS ban

 

SinS conference launches
Cardiff venue for June’s solutions in science event

Battery and methanol plants receive go ahead
Hungary is destination of choice for battery plants

OEM software provider joins GAMBICA
40-year-old company raises its profile with lab suppliers