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Offshore workers strike

Offshore workers stage 48-hour strike

Added: 4 Aug 2016

Unite and RMT union members that work on Wood Group/Shell oil and gas platforms have staged a third…

Beer giants revise takeover terms

Added: 4 Aug 2016

SABMiller’s board has backed a revised £79 billion takeover by Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev).

EEF enlists Oracle for next ‘industrial revolution’

Added: 2 Aug 2016

EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has teamed with cloud application specialist Oracle, to help …

Software detects hazardous chemicals

‘Powerful’ software speeds hazardous chemical identification

Added: 2 Aug 2016

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed new substance analysis software capable o…

Yoghurt recall hits UK retailers

Added: 1 Aug 2016

Yeo Valley has recalled a number of chilled yoghurt products over fears that they may contain piece…

Offshore safety record improve

Offshore safety shows signs of 'improvement'

Added: 1 Aug 2016

Personal safety performance throughout the UK’s offshore oil and gas sector continued to improve in…

Hinkley Point C

Fresh delays hit Hinkley Point

Added: 29 Jul 2016

The government has announced plans to review the go-ahead of Hinkley Point nuclear plant just hours…

Funding carbon capture an ‘urgent priority’

Added: 28 Jul 2016

Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) is essential to meeting the global warming limits established in the…

Tata Steel

Tata Steel fined £1.9m for double safety failing

Added: 27 Jul 2016

Tata Steel has been fined a total of £1.98 million for safety failings after two if its employees s…

GSK Ware

GSK invests £275m in UK manufacturing

Added: 27 Jul 2016

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced plans to invest £275 million into three of…

Severn Trent slugged with £426k fine for sewage leak

Added: 27 Jul 2016

Severn Trent Water has been fined £426,000 for a series of incidents where crude sewage leaked into…

Thirst for skills spurs action in water sector

Added: 26 Jul 2016

Senior water and environment industry figures have developed an action plan to address concerns ove…

RMT strike Shell office

North Sea workers go on strike

Added: 26 Jul 2016

Members of the Unite and RMT unions that work on Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea have …

Industry prepares to scale back post Brexit

Added: 25 Jul 2016

Manufacturing output and domestic orders are expected to slow over the next three months, according…

United Utilities fined £600k for toxic spill

Added: 21 Jul 2016

United Utilities Water (UU) has been fined £600,000 after a highly corrosive bleach was released in…

Demise of DECC may spark investor ‘concern’

Added: 20 Jul 2016

Questions over energy and environmental commitments have flowed in the wake of the government’s dec…

Manufacturers fear ‘Brexit’ fallout as trading outlook weakens

Added: 19 Jul 2016

Business confidence among UK manufacturers has tumbled following the vote to exit the EU, according…

Smart plastics to ‘sense’ equipment failure

Added: 14 Jul 2016

Igus, a German developer of specialist plastics, has unveiled new products to add Industry 4.0 capa…

Graduate innovators given helping hand

Added: 13 Jul 2016

The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has awarded four enterprise fellowships to graduate entrep…

Mars sinks £23m into Norfolk food plant

Added: 12 Jul 2016

Mars Food has announced plans to invest £23 million into food processing facilities at its King's L…