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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…
Outgoing EngineeringUK chief executive a ‘hard act to follow’
Added: 24 Feb 2017
Paul Jackson, chief executive of industry body EngineeringUK, has decided to step down, following e…
EU ‘on cusp’ of losing hold as major industrial power
Added: 21 Feb 2017
The European Union is in danger of losing its status as a global industrial force, according to Eur…
Engineering graduate shortfall hits 20,000 per year
Added: 20 Feb 2017
A report by EngineeringUK suggests the demand for graduates far outstrips supply, meaning there is …
Unilever share price dented as Kraft rejection announced
Added: 20 Feb 2017
Shares in Unilever dropped following the news that KraftHeinz had withdrawn its £115 billion bid to…
AkzoNobel £11 million research investment paints brighter picture for Felling
Added: 20 Feb 2017
Dulux paint maker AkzoNobel is to create a new research facility in England at a cost of nearly £11…
Mechanical engineering leads record UK manufacturing demand
Added: 20 Feb 2017
Demand for UK-manufactured goods reached a two-year high in the last quarter to February 2017, says…
