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UK manufacturing celebrates engineering apprentices as NAO releases damning Levy report
Added: 6 Mar 2019
As manufacturing firms and trainers are marking National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating the UK'…

Pumps company is export champion twice over
Added: 4 Mar 2019
North East pumps manufacturer Tomlinson Hall has been named a Northern Powerhouse export champion f…

Yorkshire Water puts its toe in the water for transparency
Added: 4 Mar 2019
Utility company Yorkshire Water has released details of its ethnic pay gap and vowed to publish mos…

Lords to quiz minister and FSA on post-Brexit food safety
Added: 4 Mar 2019
Peers on the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment sub-committee will quiz a government minister…

INEOS announces £1 billion investment in UK oil and petrochemicals
Added: 27 Feb 2019
INEOS has announced a slew of investments in the British process industries totalling more than £1 …

Funders seek Brexit opportunity from process industries
Added: 26 Feb 2019
A leading SME finance platform claims that UK energy companies are likely to benefit from a growth …

Northern Industrial’s hires herald further recruitment drive
Added: 26 Feb 2019
Industrial automation spare parts and repair supplier Northern Industrial announced the first leg o…

Scottish lifesciences secure record equity
Added: 26 Feb 2019
Scotland’s life sciences companies raised £85 million of equity investment during the last 12 month…

EEF changes name to Make UK then delivers a Brexit broadside
Added: 20 Feb 2019
Manufacturers’ association the EEF announced a historic change of name – rebranding itself Make UK …

Royal Academy of Engineering trustees nominate McDonald for first Scottish president
Added: 18 Feb 2019
University of Strathclyde principal and vice-chancellor professor Jim McDonald has been nominated f…

Company claims a UK first with lead-free galvanising
Added: 18 Feb 2019
Leading corrosion protection firm Wedge Group Galvanising is celebrating the end of its 10-year pro…

If you want to get ahead, be a chemical engineer…
Added: 15 Feb 2019
Chemical engineering provides a significant boost to social mobility, according to a survey of youn…

Voting opens as PIA awards finalists revealed
Added: 14 Feb 2019
Nearly 40 nominees have been shortlisted for this year’s Pump Industry Awards, with the largest num…

Swansea to lead multimillion steel research initiative
Added: 12 Feb 2019
Wales is to host a £35 million new initiative between research bodies, universities and business to…

Parliamentary water group chair calls for end to five-year focus
Added: 12 Feb 2019
The chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Water Group has criticised the focus on five-year plans, s…

British Safety Council awards 500-plus global winners
Added: 11 Feb 2019
More than 500 organisations worldwide have been honoured in the British Safety Council’s Internatio…

Minister hails Drax carbon capture breakthrough
Added: 11 Feb 2019
Energy minister Claire Perry said the new Drax Power station’s pilot bioenergy carbon capture and s…

Revolutionary’s influence on UK manufacturing unbroken 140 years on
Added: 11 Feb 2019
The company which helped revolutionise manufacturing with the invention of the bush-roller chain th…

Landmark BPMA agreement with Lancaster University
Added: 7 Feb 2019
British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) representatives have signed a co-operation agreement …

Chester to offer UK’s first IChemE-accredited degree apprenticeship
Added: 1 Feb 2019
The University of Chester’s Faculty of Science and Engineering and major employers in the region ha…