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Deadline approaches for MacRobert Award for engineering innovation

Added: 16 Jan 2019

Entrants have until the end of this month to apply for one of British engineering’s most prestigiou…

Brexit, cyber and skills – the stuff of UK manufacturers’ nightmares

Added: 15 Jan 2019

Cyber threats and Brexit concerns top the list of industrial risks cited by UK process firms in the…

Organisations combine to lead on composites design

Added: 15 Jan 2019

Two of the leading organisations behind the development of engineering innovation and high quality …

Wet wipe symbol is new weapon in water chiefs’ battle to stem the fatberg tide

Added: 14 Jan 2019

Water industry leaders have launched a new ‘Fine to Flush’ accreditation standard for wet wipes in …

North East companies pump up training provision

Added: 8 Jan 2019

Pumps companies in the north east have joined forces to help improve facilities at one of the secto…

Yorkshire Water investment kicks off new £70 mill environmental programme

Added: 8 Jan 2019

Yorkshire Water is investing nearly £8 million in improving two wastewater treatment works (WwTWs) …

The food waste menace in our factories… human beings

Added: 7 Jan 2019

The second biggest cause of food loss in manufacturing has been revealed in a new study to be human…

Top engineering figures honoured for their contribution

Added: 3 Jan 2019

Leading figures in the process engineering sector are among those who received New Year honours for…

Manufacturers find New Year cheer in midst of Brexit concerns

Added: 20 Dec 2018

British manufacturing performed unexpectedly well for the three months to December, reports the Con…

At its facility in Glasgow, Sartorius Stedim Biotech now offers a complete range of chemistry testing services.

Chemical engineering pay dips but gender gap closes among young

Added: 20 Dec 2018

Chemical engineering salaries dropped slightly over the last year in Britain but there are signs th…

Alderley's £10 mill development to address UK's lab space shortage

Added: 17 Dec 2018

The UK’s largest single site bioscience campus, Alderley Park, is to be expanded by 50,000 sq ft af…

Beth Thomas 23 Reactor Chemistry Engineer at EDF Energy

ITN and chemical industry programme highlights sector contribution

Added: 11 Dec 2018

ITN Productions has teamed up with the Chemical Industries Association for a new programmes highlig…

Wilo MD is new BPMA president

Added: 10 Dec 2018

Managing director of Wilo UK Richard Harden has been elected as the new president of the British Pu…

Wood wins Dungeness A contract

Added: 10 Dec 2018

Leading engineering and project consultancy Wood group has been awarded the contract to remove radi…

BSC demands post-Brexit safety assurances following attorney general’s Commons admission

Added: 10 Dec 2018

The British Safety Council has renewed demands that the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union mus…

London domination of STEM jobs ‘could threaten regions’ ability to benefit from tech growth’

Added: 10 Dec 2018

Nine of the 10 fastest growing occupations in the UK during the period to 2024 will be tech jobs, s…

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Anglian trounces Google, Apple and Ikea as best firm to work for

Added: 5 Dec 2018

It's official: the best large firm to work for in Britain in 2019 is a process industry company.

EEF report warns of plunging manufacturing export balance

Added: 4 Dec 2018

British manufacturing’s export balance has halved in the last quarter of 2018, reports the latest E…

Students in the design phase of their degrees

Materials degree gets go-ahead

Added: 4 Dec 2018

The proposed new degree apprenticeship for materials science supported by an alliance of UK univers…

BSC helps launch safety drive for India’s 465 million workforce

Added: 4 Dec 2018

The British Safety Council has announced the creation of a forum of international leaders in health…