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Apprenticeships plunge as levy pot swells says Make UK
Added: 11 Feb 2026
Apprenticeship starts in the manufacturing and engineering sectors have plunged 40% over the last n…

PMI figures show fourth month of increase for manufacturers
Added: 11 Feb 2026
UK industry performed strongly at the start of the year with the latest CIPS manufacturing purchasi…

Digital Catapult takes a deeper dive in the South West with new office
Added: 11 Feb 2026
Deep tech innovation body Digital Catapult has opened a new west of England office located at Brist…

Frankfurt to host 2026 Europump annual meeting
Added: 11 Feb 2026
Europump, the European Federation of National Associations of Pump Manufacturers’ 2026 Annual Meeti…

CBA chief: chemical industry ‘openly questioning’ Government commitment
Added: 27 Jan 2026
Chemicals firms are “openly questioning” whether the Government is capable of creating the conditio…

Salt-loving bacteria could give cheese makers the commercial edge
Added: 27 Jan 2026
Cheese producers could have a new ally in the production process – a bacteria that enables faster r…

Water Discovery Challenge II braces for flood of entries
Added: 27 Jan 2026
Entry is open for the second Water Discovery Challenge and the opportunity to share in up to £7.5 m…

NMITE advances into drone tech with Army’s aid
Added: 27 Jan 2026
The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) is inviting applications for its rec…

Partners’ pioneering PPE materials use waste to tackle waste
Added: 12 Jan 2026
A university famed for its expertise in polymer chemistry has teamed up with a midlands-based firm …

Process news in brief: Apprenticeships, contracts, awards, appointments
Added: 12 Jan 2026
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has appointed new non-executive board members from Whiteh…

Uncertainty hints at a surer path to clean fusion energy
Added: 8 Jan 2026
UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is working with a pioneering AI company in an effort to reduce t…

Arctic blasts hit power systems and industry budgets
Added: 7 Jan 2026
Plunging temperatures sent industrial and domestic power demands peaking, with a substantial increa…

Process news in brief: appointments, acquisitions, partnerships, expansions
Added: 5 Jan 2026
CEO of INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe Rob Ingram is the new president of Plastics Europe, the pan-…

Women scientists and engineers prominent in New Year Honours list
Added: 31 Dec 2025
Women scientists and engineers have featured strongly among the upper echelons of the 2026 New Year…

MakeUK/BDO survey applauds Q4 growth but says worries ahead
Added: 14 Dec 2025
Make UK issued a relatively upbeat report on UK manufacturing for the final quarter of 2025, with b…

Chemmies salute sector stars on stage at Blackpool
Added: 14 Dec 2025
DSV Air and Sea topped the finalists at this year’s Chemmie Awards hosted by the Chemical Business …
In engineers we trust: poll lays bare public support
Added: 14 Dec 2025
Public trust in a variety of once-respected roles is falling but engineers remain one profession in…

BCAS appoints Hayward as first female president
Added: 10 Dec 2025
Wendy Hayward has made history as the first woman president appointed to head the British Compresse…

Atlas Group purchases Anglian Compressors
Added: 16 Nov 2025
Anglian Compressors & Equipment, the Cambridgeshire-based compressed air distributor, has been acqu…

KTP Awards mark 50th year and £2.3 billion value creation
Added: 16 Nov 2025
Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Awards celebrated the scheme’s half century with…