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Think tank warns Apprenticeship Levy benefits may be overestimated
Added: 27 Mar 2017
The new Apprenticeship Levy introduced in April will have less impact in regions of high unemployme…
Automata and Russell Finex among robotics programme winners
Added: 24 Mar 2017
Four British companies are among 25 winners set to receive free robotics consultancy via a scheme s…
Thames Water to pay record £20m for river pollution
Added: 22 Mar 2017
Thames Water Utilities Ltd has been charged more than £20 million in combined fines and costs for a…
Chemical engineers grill Commons committee in Westminster
Added: 20 Mar 2017
Last week chemical engineers took to Westminster to grill the House of Commons Science & Technology…
EPSRC invests £4.7m in self-healing materials
Added: 20 Mar 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £4.7 million in the dev…
NEPIC launches search for successor to chief executive Stan Higgins
Added: 15 Mar 2017
The search is on for candidates for one of the top jobs in the UK chemicals and pharmaceuticals ind…
Cawood Scientific purchased by private equity firm Inflexion
Added: 15 Mar 2017
The UK’s largest independent provider of analytical testing for land-based industries, Cawood Scien…
Career challenge outstrips money for youngsters entering oil business
Added: 13 Mar 2017
International work, innovation and the opportunity for personal development are overtaking the lure…
EDF agrees £125m contract for Amec Foster Wheeler
Added: 13 Mar 2017
Global engineering consultancy Amec Foster Wheeler has secured a £125 million agreement to provide …
Siemens’ 3D breakthrough offers potential boost to asset life
Added: 13 Mar 2017
Siemens is claiming a breakthrough with the production of the first 3D-printed part to operate in a…
Guarded welcome for Budget
Added: 10 Mar 2017
The oil and gas sector led the way in applauding Chancellor Philip Hammond’s 2017 budget after sign…
Hammond delivers Budget treat for oil and STEM but sugar tax on soft drinks
Added: 8 Mar 2017
Oil and gas taxation, technical training, research and women in STEM were among the early beneficia…
Innovation grant will boost development of oral Zika vaccine
Added: 8 Mar 2017
Thermo-stabilisation company Stabilitech has been awarded an innovation award to help it develop th…
Oil & Gas UK challenges Chancellor to relax investment regime
Added: 7 Mar 2017
The oil and gas industry has called on government to ensure a more liberal regime for investment fu…
Chemicals chief calls for pre-Brexit 'kick-start'
Added: 6 Mar 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond has been challenged to address the UK’s uncompetitive energy costs and re…
AkzoNobel scoops work placement employer award
Added: 6 Mar 2017
Specialty chemicals and paints producer AkzoNobel has won the Industrial Cadets Employer of the Yea…
Engineering and manufacturing provide more than one in seven apprenticeships
Added: 6 Mar 2017
More than one in seven of all UK apprenticeships in the previous financial year were created in the…
Former BP engineer David Peattie named nuclear authority CEO
Added: 1 Mar 2017
Former BP engineer David Peattie has been appointed to the role of chief executive officer (CEO) at…
Launch of £490m Anglo-French electricity venture
Added: 1 Mar 2017
Energy minister Jesse Norman has laid the foundation stone for the new Eleclink electricity connect…
EPSRC invests £4.6m in nuclear robot development
Added: 28 Feb 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £4.6 million in the dev…
