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‘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…
Farm’s biomethane ‘first’ brings 24/7 sustainable energy to c10k homes
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Manufacturers of a biomethane plant completed from start to finish in six months says it will provi…
Prince Albert provides £80k for ex-soldier’s pioneering materials PhD work
Added: 30 Oct 2019
PhD student Shaun Smart has been awarded £80,000 to fund his research into a vital area of material…
AFRC and Siemens seal deal to make Scottish factories smarter
Added: 23 Oct 2019
Strathclyde university’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has officially agreed a collaborat…
Make UK conferences spell out impending Brexit implications
Added: 23 Oct 2019
Manufacturers’ organisation Make UK staged two conferences in three days to provide emergency guida…
Facility launch 'a gamechanger for oil and gas measurement'
Added: 22 Oct 2019
TÜV SÜD’s National Engineering Laboratory has announced the launch of its £16 million Advanced Mult…
Virtual Engineering Centre enables £20million Sellafield savings
Added: 22 Oct 2019
Liverpool University’s Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC), has developed a training tool for Britain’…
Full steam ahead as Spirax Sarco marks 30 years of driving accreditation
Added: 22 Oct 2019
Steam solutions provider Spirax Sarco is celebrating three decades of providing City & Guilds cours…
AEMT announces 2019 finalists shortlist
Added: 22 Oct 2019
A total of 25 finalists have been chosen for the six categories in the annual Association of Electr…
Turnover boost sends px surging in list of top performers
Added: 11 Oct 2019
Stockton based engineering and energy company px has leapt 119 places in the Sunday Times Grant Tho…
Electricity prices ‘threaten UK steel's ability to compete with Europe’
Added: 9 Oct 2019
The UK’s steel producers pay two third more than their German counterparts for electricity and 80% …
IMechE boost for engineers graduating from the University of Northampton
Added: 9 Oct 2019
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has confirmed it is re-accrediting the University …
