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Manufacturing Barometer

Manufacturing growth 'faded away'

Added: 7 Dec 2015

A survey published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF says UK manufacturing is facing a difficult e…

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IChemE rallies climate change cry

Added: 4 Dec 2015

The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Energy Centre Board has called on governments and po…

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STEM guidance to 'improve' diversity

Added: 4 Dec 2015

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has published guidance to help employers improv…

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Billionaires' club to fund clean energy

Added: 3 Dec 2015

Tech billionaires Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg have joined a cast of high-profile executives in a…

Food and drink manufacturing

Manufacturing pace loses momentum

Added: 2 Dec 2015

The UK manufacturing sector experienced a moderate ease in growth during November, the latest Marki…

Paris COP21

CBI calls for global climate plan

Added: 30 Nov 2015

British businesses have joined the call for world leaders to forge a global action plan at the UN C…

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Oil & gas firms ‘risking’ $2trn

Added: 30 Nov 2015

A report published by investment think-tank Carbon Tracker suggests major oil and gas firms are ris…

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Sewage gas to power waste plant

Added: 30 Nov 2015

Siemens technology is being used to convert the Ebswien wastewater treatment works in Vienna into a…

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Government scraps CCS funding

Added: 27 Nov 2015

The UK government rocked the industrial sector this week with the news that it had scrapped its £1 …

Iceland ready-meals

Research boost for ready-meals

Added: 26 Nov 2015

Industrial gas supplier BOC has begun a two-year project to develop a cooking and cooling system ai…

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Sales slide hits chemical sector

Added: 25 Nov 2015

The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) warned last week that the UK must ”urgently address” its …

BP Gulf oil spill fund dries up

Shell fined over North Sea spill

Added: 24 Nov 2015

Oil and gas firm Shell has been fined £22,500 after it was found to have breached offshore petroleu…

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Cuadrilla forced to plug shale well

Added: 24 Nov 2015

Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) firm Cuadrilla has stopped exploration at its Becconsall shale gas …

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Apprenticeships future still unclear

Added: 24 Nov 2015

British businesses have called on the government to clarify its impending plans regarding the futur…

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Pfizer agrees $160bn merger

Added: 23 Nov 2015

Pfizer has signed a $160 billion (£105bn) merger deal with Irish pharmaceuticals developer Allergan.

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GE and Emerson in biopharma deal

Added: 20 Nov 2015

GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business and Emerson Process Management have joined forces to improve…

Manufacturing Barometer

£92m for manufacturing hubs

Added: 20 Nov 2015

Universities and science minister Jo Johnson has today announced £92 million worth of investment fo…

North Sea offshore oil and gas

Decommissioning sector ramps up

Added: 19 Nov 2015

The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is likely to see decommissioning expenditure of £16.9 billion by 20…

SSE Ferrybridge coal power station

UK coal-fired plants to close

Added: 18 Nov 2015

The UK’s coal-fired power stations will be shut down within the next ten years, energy secretary Am…

Quantum research on show

Quantum research in the spotlight

Added: 18 Nov 2015

UK research teams last week demonstrated how study of the quantum realm is helping to advance measu…