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UK, Qatar and Dubai dominate BSC awards with eight doubles winners

Added: 3 Dec 2019

Eight companies from the UK and Arabian Gulf region have chalked up ‘doubles’ wins at the annual Br…

environment

UK businesses ‘ignoring the savings to be found by cutting energy waste’

Added: 3 Dec 2019

Nearly three times as many small to medium business in the UK fail to measure energy losses compare…

Trio deny charges relating to Bosley Mill tragedy

Added: 3 Dec 2019

A company director and two managers have denied charges in court relating to the deaths of four emp…

UK chemical sector R&D spend hits a high for yet another year

Added: 25 Nov 2019

The UK chemicals sector has increased its annual spending on research and development by 3.4% - its…

Application submitted for National Manufacturing Institute Scotland

Added: 25 Nov 2019

A planning application has been submitted for the development of the National Manufacturing Institu…

Landia helps Stornoway scoop top environmental prize

Added: 25 Nov 2019

A Landia pasteuriser that processes waste salmon for an AD biogas plant on Stornoway has helped the…

IQE’s Nelson wins 2019 Bessemer Award

Added: 25 Nov 2019

The Bessemer Society has presented its Lifetime Fellowship Award to Dr Drew Nelson, co-founder and …

Water

BPMA and European pumps industry urges EU to heed water directive advice

Added: 20 Nov 2019

More than 30 European trade associations are urging the EU to include their recommendations within …

Trust’s port plan provides new process industry ‘road’ for Yorkshire

Added: 20 Nov 2019

The Canal and River Trust has won planning permission for from Leeds City Council for its proposed …

Water sector group appoints corporate comms chief as new head

Added: 20 Nov 2019

Water UK has appointed a top utility industry corporate communications figure as its new chief exec…

Edwin James Group reports £140 million turnover

Added: 20 Nov 2019

Edwin James Group has achieved an annual revenue of circa £140 million for the 12-month period endi…

‘Makers’ Manifesto’ demands less squabbling, more vision from parties

Added: 13 Nov 2019

Manufacturers are calling on Britain’s political parties to focus on delivering their vision for th…

Automation’s coming but we don’t need new skills, say 1 in 3 UK workers

Added: 13 Nov 2019

More than one in three UK workers surveyed don’t feel they need to learn new skills, even though ne…

More than 0.6 million manufacturing jobs gone since crash says GMB union

Added: 13 Nov 2019

A total of 620,000 manufacturing jobs in the UK have disappeared since the 2008 financial crash, th…

City and industry welcome for proposed British Steel deal

Added: 13 Nov 2019

News of negotiations between British Steel and the Chinese Jingye Steel company has been greeted wi…

Sustainable water pioneer wins WES Burt accolade

Added: 5 Nov 2019

Mandy Lester has won the 21st winner of the Women’s Engineering Society’s prestigious Karen Burt Aw…

UKOOG opts for guarded response to Government’s fracking declaration

Added: 5 Nov 2019

The organisation representing the UK onshore oil and gas industry has given a guarded response to t…

Wind technology to gain multi-million pound training centre

Added: 5 Nov 2019

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched a new multi-million pound national Floati…

Oil & gas leaders commit to industry-wide competence measurement

Added: 5 Nov 2019

Leading oil and gas engineering companies have helped embed a Government-sponsored system of compet…

UK engineering firms 'could be missing out on £10 billion R&D funding annually'

Added: 30 Oct 2019

New research claims that UK engineering companies are potentially missing out on more than £10 bill…