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Flexible working or hire and fire?
Added: 1 Jan 2013
Got to be careful here: many of our readers are employers or senior managers who see good sense in …
A dash of common sense
Added: 13 Dec 2012
With the dust now settling around the Energy Bill, Autumn Statement and related announcements, such…
Don't blame the kids
Added: 28 Nov 2012
London – A lack of interest in science and engineering amongst kids is a major factor behind the sk…
Energy Bill: Tata closures a 'weather' warning
Added: 28 Nov 2012
Tata Steel’s decision to axe 900 jobs in the UK is part of a plan to turn the company into an “all-…
Scientists and engineers almighty
Added: 23 Nov 2012
Any lingering doubts about career opportunities in science and engineering should have been well an…
Cyber security needs more 'carrot-and-stick'
Added: 16 Nov 2012
Each year Honeywell Process Solutions hosts a conference for EMEA-based users of its control & auto…
UK energy plans still subject to negotiation
Added: 1 Nov 2012
This week’s announcements of Hitachi’s £700-million takeover of the Horizon nuclear project from E.…
Industry needs more celebrities
Added: 30 Oct 2012
Well done to Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis for signing up be patron of The Skills Show at the NEC…
Renewables industry and friends
Added: 24 Oct 2012
It’s a competitive world out there, but I always find it disappointing when one industrial sector a…
Chemical industry realities not part of EU's flowery vision
Added: 17 Oct 2012
London – The world will, sooner rather than later, live in ecologically-sound harmony with higher p…
Age concern at the NEC
Added: 3 Oct 2012
Many thanks to the panel of expert speakers on our Barriers to Training debate during the PPMA 2012…
Are paper-free process plants viable?
Added: 27 Sep 2012
The concept of the paper-less factory has been around for decades but has now moved closer to wide-…
Are UK apprentices being short-changed?
Added: 19 Sep 2012
London – The Government is currently seeking to incentivise the rapid creation of many thousands of…
Industrial strategy looks fracked
Added: 12 Sep 2012
For my money, Vince Cable’s Industrial Strategy with its Business Bank, and targeting of skills and…
Is automation making you fat?
Added: 5 Sep 2012
Men’s waistlines in UK manufacturing industry are expanding more rapidly than people working in any…
Debating skills - Comment added
Added: 1 Sep 2012
Process Engineering is to host a lunchtime debate, titled ‘Barriers to Training and Achievement’, d…
Cyber silence is dangerous
Added: 21 Aug 2012
Middle East energy giant Saudi Aramco has been the victim of a cyber attack on its electronic netwo…
Wireless: How hard can it be?
Added: 15 Aug 2012
The adoption of industrial wireless at a process manufacturing facility can, it seems, be a dauntin…
Beware of safety awards
Added: 2 Aug 2012
On the very day of the Macondo disaster, VIPs from BP and operator Transocean had flown to the rig …
Farmers first
Added: 26 Jul 2012
The UK’s dairy farmers have managed to get the Government - in the shape of its farming minister Ji…
