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Academics’ toolkit offers digital steer for SMEs
Added: 2 May 2025
University of East Anglia academics have developed a government-funded toolkit for SME manufacturer…
Process sectors’ new jobs opportunity: acoustics
Added: 2 May 2025
Workplace safety experts are urging graduates interested in environmental issues to consider a care…
Pharma sector suffers longest downtime disruptions says report
Added: 2 May 2025
UK and European pharmaceutical firms suffer the longest downtime disruptions of any industrial sect…
Deadline for £50k science and engineering scholarship extended to 10 May
Added: 10 Apr 2025
The deadline to apply for a new £50k scholarship administered by the National Physical Laboratory h…
Entrepreneur Jackson is new Digital Catapult chair
Added: 10 Apr 2025
Entrepreneur and academic professor Keith Jackson is the new chair of deep tech accelerator Digital…
ADE warns against two tier approach to net zero
Added: 10 Apr 2025
Factories and business that lie outside government-supported industry clusters are being overlooked…
Europe accused of trailing Middle East on sustainable plastics policy
Added: 10 Apr 2025
The European Union is “stuck in the past” in its attitude to so-called oxo-biodegradable plastics, …
Trump tariffs add 10% for imports from UK but avoid 20% levied on EU
Added: 3 Apr 2025
Manufacturers and government have reacted with concern to the imposition of a 10% tariff on imports…
Endress+Hauser level and pressure centre chief killed in car crash
Added: 31 Mar 2025
Endress+Hauser Level+Pressure centre managing director Dr Dirk Mörmann has been killed in a car acc…
Defence commitment boosts industry response to spring statement
Added: 27 Mar 2025
Manufacturers have welcomed the defence spending commitments in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ spring st…
AI pioneer spin-out Polaron wins inaugural £1 million Manchester Prize
Added: 24 Mar 2025
The first ever award of the new £1 million Manchester Prize for UK-led AI breakthroughs has gone to…
PFA rules drive massive increase in testing demand says TÜV Rheinland
Added: 20 Mar 2025
Stricter rules on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) use worldwide has led to a 30% rise in …
Universities fear boost to young apprentices will undermine employee retraining
Added: 20 Mar 2025
A substantial majority of UK universities polled say pending government reform of apprenticeships w…
Tomlinson Hall leads the pack at 2025 Pump Industry Association awards
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Tomlinson Hall led the field at the 2025 Pump Industry Association awards, winning two out of 10 ca…
EU eight call for critical chemicals law for access to industry building blocks
Added: 14 Mar 2025
Eight European Union member states have issued a demand for an EU critical chemicals act to address…
Global woes keep UK manufacturing PMI under 50 for fifth month
Added: 13 Mar 2025
UK manufacturing suffered a fifth disappointing month in February with the CIPS UK Manufacturing Pu…
'Targeting SEND recruits could help plug engineering talent gap'
Added: 12 Mar 2025
Young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have a higher than average inte…
Vetter expands storage for temperature-sensitive meds demand
Added: 12 Mar 2025
Manufacturer Vetter is on course to expand storage plant capacity at its Ravensburg facility in Ger…
Atlas Copco publishes new ebook guide to cooling systems
Added: 11 Mar 2025
Atlas Copco has launched a new downloadable guide for selecting the most appropriate cooling system…
Willetts RIO appointment welcomed as boost for manufacturing innovation
Added: 11 Mar 2025
Former Tory minister Lord Willetts has been appointed as the chair of the Regulatory Innovation Off…
