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University launches STEM initiative

Added: 26 May 2015

The New Model in Technology and Engineering (NMiTE) university has launched an initiative to inspir…

David Cameron 10 Downing Street

Manufacturers want EU referendum

Added: 26 May 2015

UK manufacturers have called for a referendum on European Union (EU) membership to take place by au…

Oil rig

Shale could 'learn' from offshore safety

Added: 22 May 2015

Emerging industries could learn process safety lessons from more mature sectors such as offshore oi…

SSE Ferrybridge coal power station

Ferrybridge power station to close

Added: 20 May 2015

SSE has announced it will shut its Ferrybridge coal-fired power station in West Yorkshire next year…

Business secretary Sajid Javid

Government crackdown on late payments

Added: 20 May 2015

Newly-appointed business secretary Sajid Javid yesterday used his first speech to promise the gover…

Cory biogas facility

Biogas grid worries fuel consultation

Added: 19 May 2015

Distribution trade body Energy Networks Association (ENA) has issued a consultation to gather indus…

Watson Marlow pump

Watson-Marlow buys valves firm

Added: 19 May 2015

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has acquired US-based valves firm Asepco through its p…

North Sea offshore oil and gas

Mokveld acquires meter maker

Added: 19 May 2015

Dutch valves manufacturer Mokveld Valves has acquired Norwegian flow measurement specialist Abbon f…

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Carbon Trust cooks up savings

Added: 13 May 2015

Results from industry trials conducted by the Carbon Trust demonstrate that improved ventilation in…

Lontra founder Steve Lindsey

Lontra wins grant for ‘BladeAir’ project

Added: 13 May 2015

Midlands firm Lontra has secured a £250,000 grant from Innovate UK to develop a prototype of its Bl…

David Cameron 10 Downing Street

Key industry ministers appointed to cabinet

Added: 12 May 2015

The government’s new-look all-Conservative cabinet will meet at Downing Street later today, with Pr…

North Sea offshore oil and gas

Decommissioning in the spotlight

Added: 6 May 2015

ABB study aims to identify most efficient strategies to promote circular economy.

HMI

Honeywell opens cyber security lab

Added: 6 May 2015

Industrial test facility to bolster development of technological solutions.

Women in Work figures

Women 'take advantage' of careers scheme

Added: 5 May 2015

Nearly 200 women have completed a programme designed to help overcome barriers to career progressio…

Dungeness B nuclear power station

Dungeness in £30m maintenance shutdown

Added: 30 Apr 2015

EDF Energy will tomorrow take one of the two nuclear reactors at Dungeness B power station in Kent …

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Fouling project seeks industry partner

Added: 28 Apr 2015

Research project will cut the cost of industrial fouling clean-up by 50%, its developers claim.

BP chief executive Bob Dudley

BP refining profits double

Added: 28 Apr 2015

BP today announced downstream oil & gas pre-tax profits of $2.2 billion (£1.44bn) for the first thr…

Lucy Ackland at NECR 2015

Female focus at engineering event

Added: 27 Apr 2015

A major focus of The National Engineering & Construction Recruitment Exhibition (NECR) 2015 looked …

CPI Industrial Biotecnology

Bioplastics scale-up project starts

Added: 22 Apr 2015

Researchers from industry and academia have begun a £3 million project to scale-up the production o…

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Skills initiative reaches milestone

Added: 20 Apr 2015

The Science Industry Partnership (SIP) has surpassed 2,000 people being trained across the chemical…