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News   |   16-10-20

Make UK Awards success for Bump and Tharsus Apprentices

By Brian Palmer OBE

Manufacturers organisation Make UK named Bump winner of its Manufacturing Matters Award for the North East and Humber region at the ceremony, held virtually, on Tuesday evening.

News   |   20-08-20

Tharsus recognised by Royal Academy: President’s Special Awards for Pandemic Service

By Alex Latimer

The President’s Special Awards for Pandemic Service have honoured the work of a range of organisations from those who kept essential infrastructure effective, to those who helped protect the NHS. Tharsus is proud to be one of them. We were chosen for our work developing Bump, our complete personal motion system to help individuals and organisations manage their social distancing...

News   |   06-07-20

Ocado extends Tharsus partnership to upgrade grocery market for a post-Covid world

By Alex Latimer

Tharsus, one of the UK’s most advanced robotics companies, announces that its partnership with Ocado Group, the world’s leading online grocery platform provider, has been extended. The new agreement builds on an existing seven-year relationship and lasts until September 2024, as Tharsus continues to support Ocado’s efforts to revolutionise the global grocery market through its unique and proprietary Ocado Smart Platform.

News   |   18-05-20

Press Release: Bump by Tharsus

By Brian Palmer OBE

On Friday, we announced the development of ‘Bump’ – a new, cutting-edge technology system specifically designed to help keep people safe in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic.

News   |   30-04-20

COVID-19 UPDATE

By Brian Palmer OBE

Tharsus is closely monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic, strictly following the guidelines issued by the UK Government and we are supporting efforts to tackle the virus. Since the outbreak, we have been actively exploring ways to help with the pandemic using our technology and years of expertise.

News   |   09-03-20

Providing opportunities for our engineers of the future

By Kerry Patterson

The Tharsus group, comprising of Tharsus Limited and Universal Wolf, are very proud to support the devlopment of career and STEM opportunities for our local community. We have recently been to Bede Academy, where we talked with the students there about engineering and the different career and learning paths Tharsus group can forge with the students to help them get to...

News   |   28-02-20

A day in the life of a digital software engineer

By Kerry Patterson

Meet Olly, one of our Digital Software Engineers, as he takes us through his day to day activities and his working life here at Tharsus.

News   |   24-02-20

The engineers of the future: Tharsus hosts a bring your child to work day

By Kerry Patterson

Last week we were delighted to meet the brains behind our colleagues. Their children. Tharsus and Universal Wolf opened their doors to these VIPs, with our very first "bring your child to work" day.

News   |   03-02-20

Tharsus holds first ever Annual Awards at Matfen Hall

By Kerry Patterson

Friday 31st January saw Tharsus colleagues gather at one of the region’s finest venues to celebrate the inaugural Tharsus Awards ceremony in style.  

News   |   29-01-20

Jack’s Journey

By Kerry Patterson

In this series we introduce you to some of our apprentices and let them share their stories with you. At Tharsus, we invest in our people. We’re all about working with bright, keen people who want to develop the knowledge and skills which will be with them through their whole career. This allows us to attract and keep the best talent...

News   |   27-01-20

International Trade Secretary Liz Truss visits Tharsus

By Alex Latimer

On Friday we welcomed International Trade Secretary Liz Truss to Tharsus. Her visit was one of a number across the region in which she spoke to businesses about the future for exporters post Brexit. And it is bright. Commenting during a tour of Tharsus new £3million facility, Ms Truss said: “Britain leads the world in high-tech – we just had great...

News   |   08-01-20

Sophie’s apprenticeship journey – From classic cars to building and testing

By Kerry Patterson

In this series we want to introduce you to some of our apprentices and let them share their stories with you. Let’s meet Sophie Laidlaw. Sophie is a first year electro mechanical Apprentice. She’d like to share a little about what led her to Tharsus and her experience with us so far.

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