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Making a world of difference for Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK
SMI have successfully completed the last stage of our ‘Circumnavigation’ Challenge, having now run, walked, cycled and swum a total of 25,905 miles, exceeding the target needed by 1,100 miles. Our effort was all in support of Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK, a charity close to our hearts at SMI. We were able to hand over a…
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SMI’s Denise Hunt shortlisted in the Women in Defence UK Awards 2021
We’re absolutely delighted to pass on the news that Denise Hunt, SMI Group’s Director of Programmes, was informed today that she has been shortlisted in the Outstanding Contribution category of the Women in Defence Awards 2021. The awards received 400 nominations in over 10 categories, with those nominated drawn from across the armed forces, civil…
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Carl Evans joins SMI’s board with promotion to Manufacturing and Supply Director
We’re delighted to announce that we have promoted Carl Evans to Manufacturing and Supply Director and asked him to join SMI’s board. Carl joined SMI in 2018 as Head of Manufacturing to manage our production facility and supervise all plant operations. He achieved consistently high levels of manufacturing productivity, safety and quality. In this newly…
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SMI seeks to defend its Reginald Fessenden Challenge win
SMI took to the Solent this week to defend its 2020 win of the Reginald Fessenden Challenge, a day of yacht races competed by teams from across the defence industry. While our team didn’t equal the triumph of last year, it did place a highly creditable fourth, just behind Raytheon UK, Expleo & Stirling Dynamics,…
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SMI Andover to Perth Challenge: Bangkok
We set out in May to walk, run, cycle or swim 9,000 miles – the equivalent of the distance between our UK and Australian offices – to raise money for Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK. We’ve now achieved 6,002 miles, which means we’ve made it to Bangkok. It’s astonishing to think that one of our team…
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SMI Celebrates International Women In Engineering Day
SMI is an equal opportunities employer. We are signatories to the Women in Defence Charter, our board has an even gender balance, and women contribute vital work across the company to support our success. Today is the Institution of Civil Engineers’ ‘International Women In Engineering Day’ so we thought we’d highlight the work of a…
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SMI Congratulates Apprentices As They Progress Their Careers Within the Company
SMI is committed to helping talented young members of our community reach their potential within a successful career. To that end, we welcome people into our apprenticeship scheme each and every year. James Woods and Lachlan Wincott joined our scheme in 2017 and we’re very proud to announce they recently received certificates confirming completion of an…
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