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Schools engineering careers guide shifts 32k copies in a fortnight
Added: 3 Apr 2017
EngineeringUK’s schools guide to STEM career opportunities over the next decade has had a flood of …
Scuoler’s EEF stepdown leaves second key process organisation seeking new leader
Added: 3 Apr 2017
Terry Scuoler’s announcement that he will step down as chief executive of the EEF has left a second…
BP sells Forties pipeline business to Ineos for £200m
Added: 3 Apr 2017
Oil and gas giant BP has sold its entire Forties pipeline business to chemical manufacturer Ineos f…
Article 50: Chemical bodies call for ‘certainty’ as Brexit negotiations begin
Added: 29 Mar 2017
Cefic and the Chemical Industry Association have called for pragmatism ahead of Brexit negotiations…
Hurricane claims ‘largest’ oilfield discovery on UKCS
Added: 27 Mar 2017
Oil exploration firm Hurricane Energy has made what it claims is the "largest undeveloped discovery…
HazardEx honours BPE for dust explosion toolkit
Added: 27 Mar 2017
Chemical and biochemical engineering design firm BPE has won the HazardEx Contribution to Safety aw…
EEF: 'No deal' Brexit will harm manufacturing
Added: 27 Mar 2017
Manufacturers organisation the EEF delivered a warning to prime minister Theresa May that a ‘no dea…
UK digital tech investment outstrips Germany and France combined
Added: 27 Mar 2017
Investment in the UK digital technological sector since 2011 has been 37% higher than France and Ge…
Teen engineers scoop 2017 Big Bang award for safety invention
Added: 27 Mar 2017
Two school students who created a wearable vest that predicts epileptic attacks have been awarded t…
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…
