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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…
Business dissatisfaction with UK infrastructure reaches record levels
Added: 24 Oct 2017
Record numbers of UK companies are dissatisfied with the rate of improvement to the country’s infra…
BEIS secretary Clarke to headline EEF manufacturing conference
Added: 24 Oct 2017
Greg Clarke, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has been confirmed as …
Welsh firm plays part in Chernobyl’s revival
Added: 24 Oct 2017
Pontypool company Flamgard Calidair is making a key contribution to the demolition of the radioacti…
EPSRC rebrands lab facilities group to reflect ‘national importance’
Added: 23 Oct 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has rebranded its Mid-Range Faciliti…
Emerson’s Paradigm takeover will boost position in exploration software
Added: 17 Oct 2017
Emerson has positioned itself as the largest independent provider of exploration and production sof…
Three firms fined over £1.5m as worker suffers life-changing injuries
Added: 17 Oct 2017
Three companies have been fined in excess of £1.5 million after a worker suffered life-changing inj…
Chemicals giant Bayer sells seeds business to BASF for €5.9bn
Added: 13 Oct 2017
German chemicals manufacturer Bayer has sold a number of its crop seeds business units to BASF for …
Tomorrow’s Engineers launches skills partnership for English schools
Added: 12 Oct 2017
Tomorrow’s Engineers and education provider STEM Learning have launched a skills partnership design…
Amec Foster Wheeler takeover provides North Sea entry for WorleyParsons
Added: 11 Oct 2017
Amec Foster Wheeler’s North Sea oil and gas maintenance business arm is to be sold to WorleyParsons…
British Safety Council honours 72 companies for excellence
Added: 11 Oct 2017
Some of the biggest names in the global process industries are among a host of firms honoured for t…
GMB accuses Sellafield of going back on undertakings and says strike back on
Added: 10 Oct 2017
Firefighters at Sellafield nuclear facility have announced plans to strike this month over an ongoi…
