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Guarded Brexit response from industry leaders
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May’s statement in her Brexit address that the UK would quit the European Si…
Report says demand for 142,000 new STEM posts spells jobs for the girls
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Nearly one in four of the 640,000-plus vacancies created in science, engineering and technology in …
Honeywell and Dover to partner on IIoT solutions
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Honeywell and Dover Energy Automation have announced a new collaboration to help industrial energy …
Fracking can be developed while ‘preserving natural beauty’, study finds
Added: 17 Jan 2017
A study published by UKOOG, the trade body for the onshore oil and gas industry, reveals shale gas …
Pumping iron could reduce risk of Type 2 diabetes
Added: 12 Jan 2017
Research by the University of British Columbia (UBC) suggests interval weight training can improve …
Sikorsky helicopters begin return flights after North Sea recall
Added: 11 Jan 2017
Flights by Sikorsky type S-92 helicopters from Aberdeen to the North Sea are being restored followi…
Plant hire manager jailed over crane tragedy
Added: 9 Jan 2017
The manager of a Scottish plant hire firm has been jailed over an accident that resulted in the dea…
Rolls-Royce goes full throttle for SMR role
Added: 9 Jan 2017
Rolls-Royce is to play a lead role in a partnership that aims to construct a fleet of small modular…
£660m nuclear industry pension cuts ‘a point blank betrayal’
Added: 8 Jan 2017
The GMB, Unite, Prospect and ASLEF/TSSA unions are meeting on Monday (9 January) to discuss strike …
Chemical spray leaves workers ‘severely burned’
Added: 4 Jan 2017
An engineering firm has been fined £150,000 after two of its workers suffered severe burns when the…
UK manufacturing hits 30-month high
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Activity within the UK manufacturing sector hit a 30-month high in December, according to the Marki…
Carbon usage breakthrough claimed
Added: 3 Jan 2017
UK government support for two Indian entrepreneurs has helped enable what is claimed to be the firs…
Manchester Uni makes nuclear waste recycling leap
Added: 2 Jan 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester have used pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) …
CMA upholds £2.6m water tank cartel fine
Added: 21 Dec 2016
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed fines of more than £2.6 million on three bu…
IGas wins fracking approval in Nottinghamshire
Added: 18 Dec 2016
Nottinghamshire County Council’s Planning and Licensing Committee has given fracking firm IGas cons…
ABB handed Ferrybridge demolition contract
Added: 15 Dec 2016
Energy firm SSE has appointed ABB’s engineering and consultancy division to handle decommissioning …
Regulators to assess deployment of new nuclear reactors in the UK
Added: 12 Dec 2016
The Office for Nuclear Regulation, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales have launched…
National Grid sells gas business stake for £13.8 billion
Added: 8 Dec 2016
National Grid has sold 61% of its UK gas distribution business to a MacQuarie Infrastructure-led co…
Union announces Tata deal struck for Port Talbot
Added: 7 Dec 2016
One of the three unions involved in negotiations to maintain output at Tata steelworks across the U…
Government gives £60 million for manufacturing innovation
Added: 7 Dec 2016
Universities and science minister Jo Johnson has given £60 million to fund six new research hubs to…
