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Methane leaks: overlooked offender faces a regulatory crackdown

Added: 1 Aug 2023

Its contribution to global warming might be dwarfed by that of carbon dioxide but the relative impa…

QE Prize for Engineering goes to record breaking energy pioneers

Added: 8 Feb 2023

The 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been shared between four academics for their dev…

Sunak shuffle: strategic sense or rearranging the deckchairs?

Added: 8 Feb 2023

From a political perspective, prime minister Rishi Sunak’s predicted mini-reshuffle is either far s…

Endress+Hauser celebrates strong growth in sales ahead of 70th anniversary

Added: 15 Feb 2023

Measurement and automation tech specialist Endress+Hauser increased its consolidated sales by almos…

Tories and Labour out in force for Make UK national conference

Added: 15 Feb 2023

BEIS minister Nusrat Ghani and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves are among the headline speakers for …

Demand to Sunak for manufacturing minister and new industrial strategy

Added: 14 Feb 2023

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak must ensure the Government urgently introduces a new industrial strategy…

Geopolitics shows biggest increase as supply chain disruptor but fails to make Top 10

Added: 13 Feb 2023

Supply chain disruptions caused by geopolitical instability showed a massive increase during 2022, …

Appointments updates from the process sectors

Added: 10 Feb 2023

A selection of some of the recent appointments across the various process sectors...

Eleanor’s pollution fighting backpack wins IET competition

Added: 10 Feb 2023

Huddersfield  twelve-year-old Eleanor Wood’s pollution filtering backpack has won her the Instituti…

New academy offers utilities employees digital training

Added: 8 Feb 2023

UK Power Networks has launched a new Digital Academy for the utilities sector offering up to 400 sp…

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UK industrial clusters gain from £6 mill award’s raft of decarbonisation projects

Added: 9 Feb 2023

Britain’s largest industrial clusters are the focus of a £6 million award to accelerate decarbonisa…

Strohm scales up operations as it completes plant expansion and plans recruitment drive

Added: 22 Feb 2023

Strohm, the world’s first  producer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipes (TCP), has completed its plant…

Boom in entries for new project management degree apprenticeships

Added: 8 Feb 2023

Project management degree apprenticeships have increased 125% in the three years following their in…

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Process contract news update...

Added: 6 Feb 2023

Jungheinrich, Decom Engineering, Atkins, Morrison Engineering Services, THREE360 Energy and Fluence…

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Babcock Wanson heralds Euro drive with trio of acquisitions

Added: 5 Feb 2023

Babcock Wanson Group has acquired European firms Parat and PBS Power, bringing its total continenta…

Divert ‘wasted’ Apprenticeship Levy to plug digital skills gap says IET

Added: 6 Feb 2023

Two billion pounds of “wasted” Apprenticeship Levy payments should be diverted to engineering firms…

Interest rises as unattended operating systems increase their endurance

Added: 1 Feb 2023

Unattended boiler systems are now longer lasting – a boon in times of onsite staff shortages explai…

Instant access to critical tank data

Added: 31 Jan 2023

Mobile software solutions are enabling more stakeholders to gain immediate, secure access to invent…

Clock ticking to join UK engineering greats with MacRobert Award win

Added: 16 Jan 2023

Time is running out to enter one of the most sought-after prizes in engineering, the annual MacRobe…

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Labour and Tory ex-ministers launch engineering apprenticeships inquiry

Added: 16 Jan 2023

Former Labour and Tory ministers Lords Knight and Willetts have launched an inquiry with support fr…