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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…

Pfizer agrees $160bn merger
Added: 23 Nov 2015
Pfizer has signed a $160 billion (£105bn) merger deal with Irish pharmaceuticals developer Allergan.

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…

£92m for manufacturing hubs
Added: 20 Nov 2015
Universities and science minister Jo Johnson has today announced £92 million worth of investment fo…

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…

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 in the spotlight
Added: 18 Nov 2015
UK research teams last week demonstrated how study of the quantum realm is helping to advance measu…

Think tank targets water standard
Added: 18 Nov 2015
A new think-tank has been founded by manufacturers and trade organisations to drive a European syst…

UK still lags in innovation stakes
Added: 17 Nov 2015
The UK has once again failed to make an appearance on a list of the world’s top 100 most innovative…

Carlsberg to slash workforce
Added: 13 Nov 2015
Carlsberg announced plans to cut 2000 jobs this week as it revealed a DKr4.499bn (£425m) net loss i…
Biopharma centre improves capability
Added: 12 Nov 2015
Life sciences firm Novasep has provided a biologics centre with protein purification technology.

UK relegated in energy index
Added: 11 Nov 2015
A fall in the UK’s energy equity has resulted in the loss of its ‘AAA’ energy score, the annual Ene…

Non-toxic fracking fluid scoops award
Added: 10 Nov 2015
An energy-saving, non-toxic hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid was declared the overall winner a…

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.