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Trade unions will shrink to ten percent of manufacturing workforce, warns report
Added: 25 Jan 2021
Membership of trade unions will shrink to one in ten of manufacturing employees, with poential impl…

STEM sisters sing out for women in science
Added: 25 Jan 2021
A new online show has harnessed art in the cause of women in science, in an effort to interest prim…

Marlowe seals £10 million purchase of WPL
Added: 25 Jan 2021
Compliance experts Marlowe have acquired wastewater treatment leader WPL for £10 million, adding th…

Siemens defies UK economic downturn to hire nearly 30 young recruits
Added: 20 Jan 2021
Siemens has hired a total of 26 young graduates and apprentices in order to boost its growing digit…

North West wins funding for 'world's first zero industry cluster'
Added: 5 Jan 2021
A share of £8 million in Government funding will be invested in developing a comprehensive Cluster …

Corporate finance leader heads Ashtead Technology senior appointments
Added: 5 Jan 2021
Corporate finance expert Ingrid Stewart has been appointed the first chief financial officer (CFO) …

Make UK salutes Brexit deal but warns the hard work’s not over
Added: 5 Jan 2021
Chief executive of Make UK Stephen Phipson has welcomed the long-awaited trade deal between the Eur…

Trade bodies are the forgotten sector of the pandemic warns BVAA boss
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Trade associations have played a vital role in supporting industry throughout the Covid-19 lockdown…

‘Four in 10 parents believe kids will not consider engineering career’
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Almost 40% of parents polled in a survey of more than 1,300 parents say their children will not con…

Lorien MD Slater to retire after three decades at company
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Lorien Engineering Solutions group managing director Steve Slater is to retire after more than thre…

Make UK/BDO survey highlights improvements but ‘zero sign’ of v-shaped recovery
Added: 14 Dec 2020
Britain’s manufacturers are showing signs of growth from the historic lows experienced by firms ear…

BPMA scores a century in membership drive
Added: 1 Dec 2020
The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) has celebrated a membership milestone after signi…

Vaccine hope boosts manufacturer optimism
Added: 30 Nov 2020
UK manufacturers are predicting a sharp recovery in their fortunes once COVID-19 vaccines roll out,…

UK utilities’ R&D spend plummets by more than 11%
Added: 30 Nov 2020
R&D spending in the UK utilities industry has fallen 11.1% year on year, reveals tax specialist Cat…

The most trusted profession – nurse, doctor… and then engineer
Added: 30 Nov 2020
Engineers are Britain’s third most trusted profession, according to one of the most comprehensive a…

Rescue plan resuscitates 150 year old firm
Added: 17 Nov 2020
An engineering boss who rescued his old employer from closure has saved the company’s order book by…

Yorkshire’s pioneering digital role recognised with award
Added: 17 Nov 2020
Yorkshire Water’s has been named as Digital Initiative of the Year at the British Construction Indu…

ABB wins monitor and control contract for world’s largest membrane bioreactor
Added: 17 Nov 2020
Singapore has granted ABB the $30 million contract that will ensure the security of its massive Tua…

BPMA successfully delivers postponed 2020 pump auditor training
Added: 17 Nov 2020
The British Pump Manufacturers Association has staged its first Certified Pump System Auditor (CPSA…

UK manufacturers ‘ready for life outside EU’
Added: 2 Nov 2020
Britain’s largest manufacturers say they are prepared for life outside the European Union when the …