A method of press moulding a moulding material to form a moulded part of fibre-reinforced resin matrix composite material, the method comprising the steps of: i. providing a mould tool having a lower mould part and an upper mould part, the upper mould part having a first moulding surface for moulding a first moulded surface of the moulded part and the lower mould part having a second moulding surface for moulding a second moulded surface of the moulded part; ii. providing a multilaminar panel of moulding material comprising at least one layer of carbon or glass fibres woven into a fabric and at least one layer of thermosetting resin, the multilaminar panel having first and second opposite major surfaces (68,70), a surface thermosetting resin layer of the multilaminar panel being at the first major surface and wherein a dry fibre layer of the multilaminar panel forms the second major surface; iii. locating the moulding material in the mould tool, wherein in the locating step iii the second major surface is disposed on the second moulding surface of the lower mould part, and the lower mould part is at an elevated temperature as compared to the temperature of the moulding material; iv. closing the mould tool to define a substantially closed mould cavity containing the moulding material, the closing step including the sub-steps of: a. partially closing the mould tool to define a closed intermediate cavity containing the moulding material, the closed intermediate cavity being larger than the moulded part and the first moulding surface of the upper mould part being spaced from the first major surface, the upper mould part being at an elevated temperature as compared to the temperature of the moulding material; and b. at least partially evacuating air from the closed intermediate cavity while the first moulding surface of the upper mould part is spaced by a spacing distance from the first major surface, wherein the evacuating step b creates in the closed intermediate cavity a vacuum pressure of below 100mbar between the lower mould part and the upper mould part, and wherein, for at least a part of a period that the closed intermediate cavity is at the vacuum pressure, the spacing distance is from 1 to 100 mm; v. applying pressure to the moulding material in the mould cavity to configure the moulding material in a fully moulded shape, wherein after the applying pressure step v resin in the multilaminar panel fully impregnates the dry fibres; and vi. substantially fully curing the resin to form a moulded part from the moulding material. i. providing a mould tool having a lower mould part and an upper mould part, the upper mould part having a first moulding surface for moulding a first moulded surface of the moulded part and the lower mould part having a second moulding surface for moulding a second moulded surface of the moulded part; ii. providing a multilaminar panel of moulding material comprising at least one layer of carbon or glass fibres woven into a fabric and at least one layer of thermosetting resin, the multilaminar panel having first and second opposite major surfaces (68,70), a surface thermosetting resin layer of the multilaminar panel being at the first major surface and wherein a dry fibre layer of the multilaminar panel forms the second major surface; iii. locating the moulding material in the mould tool, wherein in the locating step iii the second major surface is disposed on the second moulding surface of the lower mould part, and the lower mould part is at an elevated temperature as compared to the temperature of the moulding material; iv. closing the mould tool to define a substantially closed mould cavity containing the moulding material, the closing step including the sub-steps of: a. partially closing the mould tool to define a closed intermediate cavity containing the moulding material, the closed intermediate cavity being larger than the moulded part and the first moulding surface of the upper mould part being spaced from the first major surface, the upper mould part being at an elevated temperature as compared to the temperature of the moulding material; and b. at least partially evacuating air from the closed intermediate cavity while the first moulding surface of the upper mould part is spaced by a spacing distance from the first major surface, wherein the evacuating step b creates in the closed intermediate cavity a vacuum pressure of below 100mbar between the lower mould part and the upper mould part, and wherein, for at least a part of a period that the closed intermediate cavity is at the vacuum pressure, the spacing distance is from 1 to 100 mm; v. applying pressure to the moulding material in the mould cavity to configure the moulding material in a fully moulded shape, wherein after the applying pressure step v resin in the multilaminar panel fully impregnates the dry fibres; and vi. substantially fully curing the resin to form a moulded part from the moulding material.