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Cogent extends safety strategy
Added: 10 Nov 2015
Industry body Cogent Skills has updated its process safety management competence programme.

Amec Foster inks graphene deal
Added: 9 Nov 2015
Amec Foster Wheeler has been appointed the preferred engineering partner to Applied Graphene Materi…

Engineering tops career poll
Added: 9 Nov 2015
More people would encourage a young person to become an engineer than a doctor, accountant or banke…

Utility combats odour issues
Added: 9 Nov 2015
Yorkshire Water has developed a £30 million action plan to tackle odours from its Saltend wastewate…

Teesside waste energy plant halted
Added: 5 Nov 2015
Work on the Tees Valley 2 (TV2) renewable energy plant has been suspended.

South West Water hit with sewage fine
Added: 4 Nov 2015
South West Water was fined £214,000 by Plymouth Crown Court last week after sewage leaked into the …

Innovation verdict presents mixed bag
Added: 2 Nov 2015
Support for innovation in the UK could be better, according to one industry report.

EU agrees to crisis steel meeting
Added: 30 Oct 2015
EU ministers have agreed to hold an emergency meeting on the UK steel crisis following an appeal fr…
Urgent call to meet energy ‘trilemma’
Added: 30 Oct 2015
Time is running out for the government to make crucial planning decisions on the UK’s energy ‘trile…

Multifuel power plant wins approval
Added: 28 Oct 2015
A second multifuel power station situated at Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire has been approved for cons…

Food workshop envisions future
Added: 28 Oct 2015
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) will host a workshop next month that aims to deliver a step-cha…

Graphene printing gets speed boost
Added: 27 Oct 2015
A team of chemical engineers from Cambridge University has developed a method for printing electron…

Manufacturing hinders UK growth
Added: 27 Oct 2015
The UK economy grew between July and September despite a lack of manufacturing production, statisti…

Emerson makes predictive power play
Added: 26 Oct 2015
Emerson has acquired US power protection supplier IntelliSAW, as it seeks to expand its stable of c…

Honeywell expands chemicals footprint
Added: 23 Oct 2015
Honeywell has bought Sigma-Aldrich’s research chemicals business in a bid to expand its portfolio o…
Graduate skills causing concern
Added: 22 Oct 2015
The majority of employers in the UK are unsatisfied with graduates, a new report suggests.

UK poised for nuclear future
Added: 21 Oct 2015
Hinkley Point C will go ahead after EDF Energy and China General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) confirm …

Keadby power station to reopen
Added: 20 Oct 2015
Energy provider SSE has announced it will bring its 735MW gas-fired power station at Keadby, North …

UK water research gets £3.9m boost
Added: 20 Oct 2015
A new £3.9million research project has been established to help meet the UK’s future needs for a cl…

Call for 'urgent' action on UK steel
Added: 19 Oct 2015
The UK government has laid out its strategy to assist the ailing steel sector following a crisis su…