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Government to look at state investment to ensure new electricity supply
Added: 5 Jun 2018
The Government has indicated that a major public investment is likely in the development of a new n…

New association to lead fatbergs crackdown
Added: 5 Jun 2018
A new association has been launched to lead the fightback against the UK’s ‘biggest’ sewage challen…

Monitor wins Frost & Sullivan 2018 new product award
Added: 4 Jun 2018
Membrane technology expert Modern Water has won global industry analysts Frost & Sullivan’s 2018 ne…

UK ‘trumps’ US for engineering startups (thanks to London)
Added: 4 Jun 2018
New research suggests that the UK no longer lags behind the USA when it comes to business startups …

Innovate UK awards top rating to Huddersfield radiation detector project
Added: 30 May 2018
Innovate UK has awarded a Knowledge Transfer Partnership top rating to a collaboration that has pio…

Confidence in UKCS prospects best for five years
Added: 29 May 2018
Oil and gas exploration and production activity on the UK Continental Shelf of the North Sea reveal…

EEF warns government to ‘stop wasting time on MaxFac option’
Added: 29 May 2018
Manufacturers’ organisation the EEF has derided the so-called ‘MaxFac’ customs option being conside…

Deadline approaches for new ECITB training places
Added: 29 May 2018
More than 150 young people will have the opportunity to participate in the next round of Introducti…

Connect scoops best cleanroom of the year award
Added: 29 May 2018
Connnect 2 Cleanrooms has won the 2018 Cleanroom Technology Conference’s Best Cleanroom Facility aw…

Weak pound boosts AESSEAL’s strong sales performance
Added: 23 May 2018
The weak performance of sterling on the international markets has contributed towards a major sales…

One in three manufacturers report EU worker losses
Added: 22 May 2018
Nearly one in three UK companies surveyed in a new report say they have suffered a slump in EU appl…

Government green light for speedier shale planning applications
Added: 17 May 2018
Business secretary Greg Clark has vowed to speed up planning applications to develop shale gas expl…

Multi-million refurb for Parker Bioscience UK site
Added: 16 May 2018
Parker Bioscience’s UK site in Birtley is set for a multi-million dollar phased investment programm…

Newcastle pupils celebrate their UK subsea victory
Added: 15 May 2018
Newcastle Royal Grammar School’s seven-strong team beat off a strong challenge from four other fina…

Ineos chief Ratcliffe tops UK rich list
Added: 14 May 2018
Ineos founder Jim Ratcliffe has topped the annual Sunday Times Rich List as the wealthiest individu…

Green light for employer-led materials science apprenticeship degree
Added: 11 May 2018
The Institute for Apprenticeships has approved the development of the occupational standard for the…

Jacopa announces launch into tertiary treatment market
Added: 10 May 2018
Jacopa MD Alex Lloyd has used the Pump Centre Conference to announce his company’s move into the te…

PM heralds opening of UK’s first FE college-based biomass training site
Added: 8 May 2018
Prime minister Theresa May performed the official opening for the first further education college-b…

EEF: Government must address failed productivity strategy
Added: 4 May 2018
Government strategy aimed at boosting UK productivity has failed and needs to set clear goals that …
ABB wins multi-million deal for world’s largest new offshore project
Added: 4 May 2018
ABB has signed a deal valued at around £18.5 million to provide automation and safety systems for S…