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‘Giant’ battery connects to grid
Added: 20 Mar 2016
A £4 million battery-based energy storage facility has been launched at Willenhall substation near …
Scientists target PET plastic puzzle
Added: 17 Mar 2016
Researchers around the world are inching closer to halting the environmental damage caused by the p…
Budget 2016: Industry reacts to tax breaks and levies
Added: 16 Mar 2016
Chancellor George Osborne took the opportunity in his first budget of the year to cut taxes for the…
Industry embraces Apprenticeship Week
Added: 15 Mar 2016
As part of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week, members of the engineering community are highl…
Ashtead seals network deal
Added: 14 Mar 2016
Remote tech enables wireless for hard-to-reach regions.
Gender pay reporting ‘demands clarity’
Added: 11 Mar 2016
Manufacturers in the UK are calling for greater clarity on the regulations on gender pay reporting …
Siemens to axe 2,500 oil & gas jobs
Added: 11 Mar 2016
Siemens has announced plans to cut 2,500 jobs from its oil & gas, metals and mining businesses.
Nestlé invests in odour control at Purina plant
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Nestlé confirmed this week it was working on improvements to the processes at its Purina PetCare pl…
Npower cuts UK workforce in bid to reverse losses
Added: 9 Mar 2016
Npower has announced plans to slash 2,400 jobs in a two-year turnaround programme designed to rever…
Thames Water fined £380k for polluting stream
Added: 9 Mar 2016
Thames Water has been fined £380,000 for polluting a rural stream in Buckinghamshire over a series …
Public backs women as engineers
Added: 8 Mar 2016
A survey conducted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) suggests almost 80% of the p…
EDF finance chief quits over Hinkley Point
Added: 7 Mar 2016
French utility EDF has confirmed the resignation of its chief financial officer Thomas Piquemal ami…
Manufacturing slide starts to ‘bottom out’
Louisa Hearn | Added: 7 Mar 2016
The manufacturing sector’s ride into negative territory may be coming to an end, says a quarterly s…
'Urgent rethink' on energy storage key to cutting power bills
Added: 3 Mar 2016
A new Carbon Trust report has revealed that the introduction of more efficient energy storage syste…
Carbon nanotubes could extend nuclear reactor life
Added: 3 Mar 2016
Research conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) suggests small amounts of car…
Enzyme study tackles biofuel efficiency
Added: 2 Mar 2016
A team of researchers has made a ‘significant step’ in understanding the processes naturally-occurr…
Mars recalls chocolate bars over plastic contamination fears
Added: 1 Mar 2016
Food group Mars has issued a Europe-wide recall of some of its chocolate products, following the di…
UK scientists seek to unlock biorefining processes
Added: 29 Feb 2016
A new collaborative research project has been launched to improve the biorefining processes behind …
Didcot power station collapses
Rob Smith | Added: 23 Feb 2016
A major incident has been declared following the partial collapse of a building at Didcot A power s…
Food and drink sector eyes fresh opportunities
Added: 23 Feb 2016
Many UK food and drink manufacturers are set to splash out on product and technological innovation …
