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Nuclear industry lauds ‘outstanding quality’ apprentices
Added: 19 Mar 2018
Urenco UK’s multi-award winning Benjamin Crane has scooped the heavily contested UK Nuclear Apprent…
BSC International Safety Awards nominees announced
Added: 19 Mar 2018
Organisations from the process sectors are strongly represented in this year’s British Safety Counc…
Euro trio calls for Brexit chemical industry guarantees
Added: 19 Mar 2018
Two of the leading chemical industries bodies in Europe and a leading continental trade union have …
Engineering Heritage Award for Dowty’s revolutionary wheel
Added: 13 Mar 2018
The Dowty internally sprung wheel, the undercarriage aircraft wheel designed and built by Sir Georg…
UK pharma and biotech patent applications soar
Added: 13 Mar 2018
UK applications for pharmaceutical and biotech patents recorded the second highest rise in percenta…
New site will boost FES manufacturing operation and staff
Added: 13 Mar 2018
Engineering firm FES has boosted its staff by 40% with the opening of a new manufacturing plant in …
Pump Company shortlisted for PIA prize
Added: 13 Mar 2018
Crawley-based firm The Pump Company is celebrating its shortlisting for Distributor of the Year at …
Engineering UK says 56k with core skills needed annually
Added: 5 Mar 2018
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has called for government to act on new research t…
FDF’s Wright demands Brexit ‘lock down’
Added: 5 Mar 2018
Food and Drink Federation director general Ian Wright called on the Government to “lock down” a sta…
Triark shortlisted for PIA award for third year in succession
Added: 5 Mar 2018
Triark Pumps has been shortlisted for its third year in succession as a finalist for the the Pump I…
SABIC and ABB seal global agreement
Added: 5 Mar 2018
SABIC, the Saudi chemicals giant, and technology leader ABB have signed a cooperation agreement to …
Gove prepares overhaul to farm manufacture subsidy
Added: 27 Feb 2018
The £3 billion subsidy for British farmers will be continued for several years after EU withdrawal …
Labour’s customs and Euratom stances receive industry welcome
Added: 26 Feb 2018
Labour has won plaudits from industry following party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s call for the UK to com…
Tata Steel fined £1.4m following maintenance worker death
Added: 21 Feb 2018
Tata Steel was fined £1.4 million in February following the death of 26-year-old maintenance engine…
Trade secretary warns EU against post-Brexit manufacturing tariff barriers
Added: 21 Feb 2018
The European Union will suffer if it chooses to create new tariff barriers with the United Kingdom,…
Wood handed contract to bring space tech to nuclear decommissioning
Added: 20 Feb 2018
The Government has awarded energy services firm Wood Group funding worth around £1.5 million to mak…
EPSRC awards Huddersfield University £1.5m to expand materials research
Added: 20 Feb 2018
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded the University of Hudder…
Chemistry failing in battle for STEM recruits warns industry survey
Added: 15 Feb 2018
Shortcomings in academic teaching are making it harder to recruit STEM students as professional che…
Boom in demand for engineering courses from international students
Added: 14 Feb 2018
More than one in five international students in the United States is studying engineering reveals r…
Tata Steel ‘no comment’ on reports of new Port Talbot investment
Added: 13 Feb 2018
Tata Steel has refused to comment on reports that it is planning to commit millions of pounds to he…
