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Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheeler to merge following CMA approval
Added: 13 Sep 2017
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved plans for Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheel…
Sellafield GMB members set strike date for 27 September
Added: 12 Sep 2017
Sellafield nuclear site's 3,000 GMB union members have announced their 24 hour strike action will b…
UK Research and Innovation hires CFO to help deliver UK industrial strategy
Added: 10 Sep 2017
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has appointed Ian Kenyon to the newly created role of chief finan…
Machine learning mobile microscope measures air quality
Added: 10 Sep 2017
Researchers at UCLA have developed what they say is a cost-effective mobile microscope designed to …
Science collaboration with EU ‘crucial’ after Brexit, says David Davis
Added: 6 Sep 2017
Brexit secretary David Davis said it is “crucial” the UK collaborates with its European partners on…
‘Milestone’ certification of first AM-produced part for oil and gas sector
Added: 6 Sep 2017
Lloyd’s Register has certified the first part to be produced through additive manufacturing for the…
GMB members vote for Sellafield strike action
Added: 4 Sep 2017
More than three quarters of GMB members employed at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria have vot…
EEF picks top defence and trade civil servant to succeed Scuoler
Added: 4 Sep 2017
Manufacturers’ association the EEF has appointed a top civil servant at the Department for Internat…
OPITO commissions major survey on North Sea labour market
Added: 4 Sep 2017
Robert Gordon University’s Oil and Gas Institute will carry out a major analysis of the UK Continen…
Sellafield scoops nine industry awards for ‘unrelenting focus on safety’
Added: 25 Aug 2017
Sellafield nuclear facility has been awarded nine safety gongs by the Royal Society for the Prevent…
Bristol Uni spin-off wins IMechE investment for corrosion sensor
Added: 23 Aug 2017
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has invested money through its Stephenson Fund in …
Amec Foster Wheeler secures key nuclear waste contracts worth £4 million
Added: 23 Aug 2017
Amec Foster Wheeler has won two contracts worth £4 million from LLW Repository, the company respons…
Scientists reveal it’s raining diamonds on Neptune
Added: 21 Aug 2017
While the earth has experienced freak rainstorms of fish, frogs and even golfballs, its sister plan…
GMB hits back at claims UK shale gas reserves are ‘overhyped’
Added: 17 Aug 2017
The GMB union has dismissed speculation by a UK professor that the country’s shale gas reserves are…
Government customs union plan draws mixed reaction from industry
Added: 15 Aug 2017
The government’s plan for an interim customs union with the EU has drawn a mixed reaction from memb…
Tata Steel incurs £1m penalty after toxic substances release
Added: 14 Aug 2017
Tata Steel UK has incurred a £1 million fine following an incident in which toxic and flammable sub…
Two unions to hold strike ballots over ‘unacceptable’ Sellafield pay increase
Added: 10 Aug 2017
Unite and GMB are holding strike ballots over a “completely unacceptable” pay increase offer that w…
Synthetic biology start-ups doubled every five years in UK
Added: 10 Aug 2017
The number of synthetic biology start-ups in the UK between 2000 and 2016 has doubled every five ye…
Lawrence Waterman succeeds Lynda Armstrong as British Safety Council chairman
Added: 7 Aug 2017
Lawrence Waterman has been appointed as the new chairman of the British Safety Council, following L…
Eurofins’ new £4 million laboratory brings testing under one roof
Added: 4 Aug 2017
Work has finished on Eurofins’ new high-tech laboratory site for testing water and pharmaceutical p…
