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Alliance and Sinclair in pharma deal
Added: 22 Dec 2015
Alliance Pharma has acquired Sinclair IS Pharma for roughly £132 million.
Time to “press ahead” with shale
Rob Smith | Added: 21 Dec 2015
The Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) has offered 93 onshore exploration licences across 159 blocks through…
Shale report highlights benefits
Added: 17 Dec 2015
The Task Force on Shale Gas has published its fourth report, which examines the economic impacts of…
Industry reacts to Paris verdict
Added: 17 Dec 2015
The UK business community has called on the government to support existing technologies, and embrac…
Government sinks £8.2m into water treatment
Added: 16 Dec 2015
Cranfield University has been awarded £8.2 million to shape the future of UK water treatment and in…
DuPont and Dow confirm merger
Added: 16 Dec 2015
Dow Chemical Company and DuPont have today announced plans to join forces.
Water rules need 'urgent review'
Added: 16 Dec 2015
A report published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) suggests European Union (EU)…
Manufacturing growth 'faded away'
Added: 7 Dec 2015
A survey published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF says UK manufacturing is facing a difficult e…
IChemE rallies climate change cry
Added: 4 Dec 2015
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Energy Centre Board has called on governments and po…
STEM guidance to 'improve' diversity
Added: 4 Dec 2015
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has published guidance to help employers improv…
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…
Manufacturing pace loses momentum
Added: 2 Dec 2015
The UK manufacturing sector experienced a moderate ease in growth during November, the latest Marki…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
Sales slide hits chemical sector
Added: 25 Nov 2015
The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) warned last week that the UK must ”urgently address” its …
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…
Cuadrilla forced to plug shale well
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) firm Cuadrilla has stopped exploration at its Becconsall shale gas …
