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McCain fined £800k for worker injury
Added: 18 May 2016
McCain Foods has been fined £800,000 for safety failings after an employee at its facility based in…

ABB rolls out safety systems software
Added: 17 May 2016
From its newly-developed Learning Centre in Cambridgeshire, ABB yesterday launched a number of init…

Wyke Farms scores Carbon Trust trifecta
Added: 16 May 2016
Wyke Farms has been granted triple certification to the Carbon Trust Standard for improving environ…

UK Continental Shelf offers ‘vast’ CO2 storage capacity
Added: 12 May 2016
There are no major technical hurdles to storing industrial scale CO2 offshore in the UK, according …

Chemicals demand ‘bucks’ industry slump
Added: 11 May 2016
The Chemical Industry Association (CIA) says its members have made a strong start to the year, with…

Nuclear industry seeks clean up solutions
Added: 10 May 2016
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has awarded several consortia £12 million worth of rese…

Government pledges £80m for national colleges
Added: 9 May 2016
The government has today announced plans to fund five National Colleges to guarantee the UK has a s…

SMEs in the spotlight for £15m manufacturing fund
Added: 9 May 2016
Innovate UK has launched a £15 million competition to encourage “revolutionary” technologies and pr…

PwC establishes drones division
Added: 9 May 2016
Professional services company PwC has set up a ‘global centre of excellence’ for drone use in indus…

Manufacturers ‘vulnerable’ to hacking
Added: 9 May 2016
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has urged companies in the UK to step up their cyber security…

Scientists shed new light on food adulteration
Added: 5 May 2016
Food researchers in the UK have demonstrated the feasibility of using imaging techniques as an alte…

CBI outlines manufacturing modernisation plan
Added: 5 May 2016
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is calling on manufacturers and government to join forc…

VTT flirts with 3D food printing
Added: 4 May 2016
A group of scientists at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) is attempting to transf…

Yorkshire Water ordered to pay record £1.1m fine
Added: 4 May 2016
Yorkshire Water was fined £1.1million last week for a pump failure in 2013 that caused pollution to…

EEF calls for apprenticeship levy delay
Added: 4 May 2016
Manufacturers’ organisation EEF has called on the government to delay the rollout of its Apprentice…

New treatment for Argent Energy plant
Added: 3 May 2016
A Cheshire-based energy plant built to process waste fats, oils and greases (FOG) for biodiesel, is…

Veolia ramps up wastewater solutions
Added: 3 May 2016
Veolia Water Technologies has extended its range of heat pump vacuum evaporators, targeting smaller…
Bioplastic packaging ‘extends’ shelf life
Added: 3 May 2016
A team of researchers has developed plant-based bioplastic packaging that is designed to extend the…

Fracking ‘unlikely’ to contaminate water
Added: 29 Apr 2016
A study of the abandoned Selby coalfield in Yorkshire suggests fracking is unlikely to pose a pollu…

Hinkley decision pushed to September
Added: 26 Apr 2016
The final investment decision on Hinkley Point C nuclear plant has been postponed until September, …