Training
Sub36 Finalists
Please join us in congratulating Colin, Sally and Daniel who are finalists in the Lancashire Business View Sub36 Awards. Finalists across three categories, the interviews take place in September (one of the team will be joining remotely from their honeymoon in Australia!) and the Awards night will be in October. Alongside our repairs, planning for an upcoming statutory outage…
Read MoreFuture Proof Framework
Like Technologies were asked to contribute to an article for Operations Engineer. Talking alongside Tim Elliot from Allan Webb, we were asked about how a how a tailored approach based on real-world experience can help engineering operators outrun obsolescence. A considerable proportion of our obsolescence management (OM) work is in the power generation sector and you’ll…
Read MoreContinuous Learning
Continuous learning is something that just happens at Like Technologies, except it doesn’t ‘just happen’. We’ve worked hard to create an environment where it thrives, where people ask for help, are open to learning new things and are generous in sharing their knowledge. It happens formally, and informally, throughout the business and it’s something we’re really…
Read MoreCommunity over Competition
In a recent Chamber Chat with Lancaster and Morecambe Chamber of Commerce, Kate spoke about community and why we need them from an individual and business perspective. We spoke about our experience of being a founding member of a cluster that was created out of necessity. The Electech Innovation Cluster brought together skill specific businesses, education…
Read MoreSkills Day at Kendal College
In support of Kendal College’s Skills Day, Like Technologies. alongside other Electech Innovation Cluster members, were invited to provide technical guidance to the T-Level engineering students as they built, tested, debugged, and tuned their line‑following robots. A custom track was created, and the teams competed head‑to‑head until a winner emerged. As a local employer, we’re proud to have supported…
Read MoreA Year in Review
The year 2025 has been one of significant milestones, reflections, and continued commitment to engineering excellence and community support at Like Technologies. Engineering & Business Milestones This year saw notable progress in our core mission of extending the functional life of plant equipment, particularly within the demanding nuclear sector. Relay Test Box Success: The newly…
Read MoreWork Experience
We recently welcomed Finn into the Like Technologies workshop. Joining us to complete his work experience with us, Finn is a Year 10 student from Carnforth High School. Speaking about his experience, Finn said; “I felt very welcome, included and supported. Like Technologies is a really nice place to work.” Spending time with the workshop team, they had this…
Read MoreThe ‘Small’ Benefits
If you follow us on social media you may have seen our recent post about what our team thought were the benefits of working within a ‘small business’. Our team consists of people that have worked in both small and large businesses and one of the responses was; “The benefit is that you get to know…
Read MoreInvesting in our people
William, a Lancaster University graduate who joined Like Technologies after taking part in a Tech Lancaster BootCamp has further developed his skill set and is now a Certified IPC Specialist meaning he can now do assembly work here in our workshop, in addition to the support he provides within our IS team. We recently asked him…
Read MoreInternational Women in Engineering Day 2022
To celebrate this year’s International Women in Engineering Day we want to shine a spotlight on some of the incredible women that work within our team. Although a small company, we are proud to say that 29% of our team are female. A higher statistic than the 19% overall UK average of women working in…
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