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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…

INEOS Oxide site at Saltend, Hull

Ineos expands chemical manufacturing plant in Hull

Added: 12 Jul 2016

Chemicals manufacturer Ineos has announced plans to expand its ethyl acetate manufacturing facility…

STFC Daresbury Lab

Engineering innovation campus opens in Cheshire

Added: 11 Jul 2016

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has opened a Campus Technology Hub for advance…

Engineering apprentices

Report calls for technical skills upheaval

Added: 8 Jul 2016

A report of the Independent Panel of Technical Education has called for major reform of technical e…

Fracking shale gas

‘Uncertainty’ clouds UK shale future

Added: 7 Jul 2016

A report published by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) reveals there is major uncertainty over…

EU/UK flags

Engineering institutions join forces over Brexit

Added: 6 Jul 2016

All 38 engineering organisations in the UK have united under one banner to advise the government on…

Carbon capture breakthrough

Scientists make ‘low-cost’ carbon capture breakthrough

Added: 6 Jul 2016

Scientists from the University of York have developed a low-cost, efficient method for capturing ca…

Cloud to drive next-gen automation systems

Added: 6 Jul 2016

The adoption of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) within the process industries is set to grow …

Hinkley Point C

Unions call for Hinkley Point decision

Added: 1 Jul 2016

Trade unions in the UK have urged EDF Energy to make a "timely" final investment decision over the …

UK and France sign nuclear agreement

UK and France sign nuclear agreement

Added: 30 Jun 2016

The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) and the French Nuclear Society have committed to work togeth…

Discovery Park biomass plant

Biomass to power science park

Added: 27 Jun 2016

Construction of a new £140 million biomass plant has begun at science and technology innovation cen…

Manufacturing sparks

Brexit: Industry bodies call for ‘clear’ exit strategy

Added: 24 Jun 2016

A vote in favour of the UK withdrawing from the European Union has prompted industry trade bodies t…