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Government hands Amec Foster Wheeler £2.9m nuclear research contract
Added: 3 Aug 2017
The government has appointed Amec Foster Wheeler to lead a £2.9 million nuclear power research prog…
Exports increase prompts growth in UK manufacturing
Added: 1 Aug 2017
UK manufacturing was boosted last month thanks to improved export performance, according to the lat…
BP records second quarter profits of $684m amid ‘solid’ half-year results
Added: 1 Aug 2017
Oil and gas giant BP has recorded net profits of $684 million (£517m) during the second quarter of …
Reduced demand prompts closure of Staffordshire’s council-run laboratory
Added: 31 Jul 2017
One of the last local authority-run laboratories in England is to be closed with the loss of 16 pos…
UK offshore oil and gas safety record improving says report
Added: 27 Jul 2017
The UK’s offshore oil and gas industry has reported its lowest ever incidence of so-called ‘dangero…
Water treatment firm hit with fine after worker fall
Added: 27 Jul 2017
Icon Process Systems, which manufactures water treatment systems, has been fined after an employee …
Government launches first phase of £246m battery technology challenge
Added: 25 Jul 2017
The government has announced the launch of a £246 million fund designed to establish the UK as a wo…
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…
