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Process industry highlights amidst COVID-focused honours list
Added: 31 Dec 2020
While much of the STEM focus for the Queen’s New Year Honours list has been on scientiists battling…

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…

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…

‘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…

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…

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 …

Yorkshire sewage tests offer COVID early detection hope
Added: 30 Oct 2020
Yorkshire Water is sampling sewage at 10 wastewater treatment works across the region as part of tw…

NEBOSH confirms Payne as new chief executive
Added: 28 Oct 2020
Global provider of health and safety qualifications and courses NEBOSH has announced Dr Chris Payne…

Apprentice leads project saving company £29k per month
Added: 27 Oct 2020
Apprentice Emma Sisman has helped save her employer £29,000 per month as the second highest skilled…

McMenon announces instrumentation manufacturing first with Saudi facility
Added: 20 Oct 2020
McMenon Engineering Services has launched the first British manufacturing facility of flow and temp…

Stratford student wins prestigious Arkwright scholarship
Added: 20 Oct 2020
Stratford-upon-Avon may be famous for Shakespeare and the arts but one female student has bolstered…

Biffa is latest recruit to Poseidon PET recycling initiative
Added: 20 Oct 2020
Leading waste management company Biffa has become the latest recruit to a new cross-industry initia…