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CBI and EEF reports reveal upturn in UK manufacturing performance
Added: 25 Jul 2017
Reports from the CBI and EEF published this week suggest that manufacturing output in the UK is imp…
Sellafield firefighters postpone strike action
Added: 20 Jul 2017
Firefighters at Sellafield nuclear facility have suspended plans to strike for two days in July.
GSK pulls out of Ulverston biopharma plans amid major manufacturing shake-up
Added: 19 Jul 2017
Pharmaceutical giant GSK has announced plans to overhaul its manufacturing network in the UK, but s…
Pay dispute escalates as Sellafield firefighters call second day of strikes
Added: 18 Jul 2017
Firefighters at Sellafield nuclear facility have confirmed they will strike for a second day due to…
Work experience ‘more reliable’ than socio-economic background in chemical engineering, report finds
Added: 17 Jul 2017
Work experience is ‘more reliable’ than socio-economic background when predicting employment potent…
Complexity of UK withdrawing from Euratom made clear by European Commission
Added: 16 Jul 2017
The complexity of the UK withdrawing from Euratom has been made clear by the latest European Commis…
OPITO confirms McDonald as chief executive officer
Added: 13 Jul 2017
OPITO, the international workforce, safety and standards organisation for oil and gas, has appointe…
Government commits £100 million-plus for space science
Added: 13 Jul 2017
Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson has announced government funding of £99 million for a …
‘Act now to boost UK food and drink’s global competitiveness’
Added: 10 Jul 2017
Government must act fast to ensure that the food and drink sector in Britain maintains its workforc…
Better leadership needed to avert Buncefield-style disasters, warns ABB
Added: 10 Jul 2017
Better leadership is needed in the process industries to avoid repetition of accidents on the scale…
Sellafield firefighters to strike over pay dispute
Added: 7 Jul 2017
Firefighters at Sellafield nuclear facility will strike later this month after “last ditch” talks o…
EngineeringUK announces new chief executive
Added: 5 Jul 2017
EngineeringUK announced today that Mark Titterington has been appointed as its new chief executive.
Consortium wins £1million to develop new family of antibiotics
Added: 5 Jul 2017
Innovate UK has awarded nearly £1million in funding to a consortium developing a platform for the p…
SPX Flow joint venture workshop to service Iraq’s ‘super giant’ oil fields
Added: 5 Jul 2017
SPX Flow has signed a joint venture agreement with the WTE Wajdi Group Group to service all rotatin…
Warburtons slapped with £1.9m fine after man trapped in bread machine
Added: 4 Jul 2017
Baking company Warburtons has been handed a £1.9 million fine after a worker got his arm trapped ag…
Skills shortage ‘costs UK industry £2 billion a year’
Added: 3 Jul 2017
Britain’s burgeoning skills shortage is already costing the country £2 billion in recruitment costs…
Hinkley costs estimate to rise by £1.5 billion says EDF
Added: 3 Jul 2017
Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant faces a substantial overrun on work and costs have risen by a f…
Steel firm hit with £1m fine after man injured in explosion
Added: 29 Jun 2017
Steel manufacturer Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering has been handed a £1 million fine after an ox…
Government commits to nuclear fusion research post-Brexit
Added: 29 Jun 2017
The UK government has committed to funding nuclear fusion research alongside the European Union unt…
GMB in ‘last ditch’ talks to avoid Sellafield firefighters strike
Added: 27 Jun 2017
Firefighters at Sellafield nuclear facility have threatened a series of strikes in July unless a di…
