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Ineos acquires North Sea exploration licences
Added: 21 Nov 2017
Chemicals giant Ineos has acquired a majority stake in two exploration licences in the Northern Gas…
BSC opens Mumbai base after deal with leading Indian safety trainer
Added: 20 Nov 2017
India’s leading safety training organisation has joined forces with the British Safety Council in o…
STEM grads more likely to be out of work says CIPD report
Added: 17 Nov 2017
Young people who study STEM subjects have the highest rate of graduate unemployment immediately aft…
Engineering firm sentenced over legionella risk at powder coating plant
Added: 17 Nov 2017
De-Met Colourcoat has been sentenced after failing to adequately control the risk of legionella bac…
Earthquake hero and outstanding apprentice win top IET awards
Added: 16 Nov 2017
The IET has awarded its Armed Forces Technician of the Year prize to a soldier who returned to his …
Environmental prize for water facility
Added: 15 Nov 2017
Marks & Spencer’s Plan A Award for Environmental Leadership has gone to a water treatment facility …
UK and EU chemical bodies demand sector guarantees against no-deal withdrawal
Added: 14 Nov 2017
British and Europe-wide chemical industry associations have issued a joint statement calling on the…
Scuoler to chair key UK export body
Added: 13 Nov 2017
Retiring chief executive of manufacturers’ organisation the EEF, Terry Scuoler is the new chair of …
Life sciences in Scotland warns of increasing uncertainty for sector
Added: 10 Nov 2017
Life science companies in Scotland are facing increasing uncertainty because of lack of clarity abo…
Uni team aims to extract instant materials ‘recipes’ from research papers
Added: 7 Nov 2017
Researchers from three universities are working on a new artificial intelligence system that will d…
Global CIOs say IT education inadequate for workplace
Added: 7 Nov 2017
More than 90% of global bosses surveyed believe the education system fails to provide the necessary…
EEF issues pre-Budget challenge to Hammond
Added: 7 Nov 2017
EEF chief executive Terry Scuoler has called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to agree a fiscal package…
BPMA pump training courses achieve CPD status
Added: 6 Nov 2017
The British Pump Manufacturers Association has won CPD accreditation for its two e-learning courses.
Triark shortlisted for new AEMT award
Added: 6 Nov 2017
Triark Pumps has been shortlisted for the new Association of Electrical and Mechanical Trades Assoc…
Shell completes sale of North Sea assets to Chrysaor for $3.8bn
Added: 3 Nov 2017
Oil and gas major Shell has completed the $3.8 billion (£2.46bn) sale of various North Sea assets t…
‘Human-robot collaboration needed to counter 0.6 million job threat’
Added: 1 Nov 2017
An estimated 0.6 million UK jobs will disappear in one industrial sector alone over the next 20 yea…
Big oil? Industry regulator clips oil and gas estimates
Added: 31 Oct 2017
Industry regulator the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has reduced the estimated amount of oil and gas …
Anti-ageing ‘mathematically impossible’, researchers say
Added: 30 Oct 2017
It is “mathematically impossible” to stop ageing in multicellular organisms like humans, according …
New nuclear skills academy chief to start in December as Llewellyn departs
Added: 27 Oct 2017
Jo Tipa, operations manager at the National Skills Academy Nuclear (NSAN), has been appointed as ma…
Health impact of coal power up to 100 times greater than fracking, finds study
Added: 24 Oct 2017
The lifetime toxic chemical releases associated with coal-generated electricity are 10 to 100 times…
