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Manufacturing Barometer

Scrap ineffective green taxes, says EEF

Added: 14 Sep 2015

A report published by manufacturers’ organisation EEF calls on the government to scrap the Carbon F…

Navdeep Singh Dhillon

Breakthrough in plant efficiency

Added: 10 Sep 2015

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have revealed new analysis that coul…

Amec Dunlin A North Sea oil

Oil & gas boasts efficiency drive

Added: 9 Sep 2015

Efforts to improve efficiency in the North Sea are beginning to pay off, a new report suggests.

Naneos Particle detector

New detector tackles tiny particles

Added: 8 Sep 2015

Air Monitors has launched in the UK what it describes as the world’s smallest nanoparticle detector…

Food and drink sector

Food & drink exports take a tumble

Added: 7 Sep 2015

The value of UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports fell by 5.3% to £6bn in the first half of this…

Cereal drying plant

'Red tape' limits green initiatives

Added: 4 Sep 2015

Unnecessary levels of complexity and red tape are holding back environmental initiatives within the…

Food sector set for hiring bonanza

Added: 3 Sep 2015

Local food and drink producers expect to create more than 73,000 new jobs over the next five years,…

Lontra's Blade Compressor

Compressor wins IMechE funding

Added: 1 Sep 2015

Midlands-based firm Lontra has been named as one of the first to receive a funding boost from the I…

Schlumberger

Schlumberger in $14.8bn merger

Added: 28 Aug 2015

Oil and gas technology firm Schlumberger has acquired flow equipment provider Cameron in a deal wor…

Fanuc CR-35iA robot

Fanuc extends ‘cobot’ range

Added: 27 Aug 2015

Fanuc Robotics UK has launched what it calls a “game-changing” human-safe robot, with a higher payl…

Batteries

Materials boost for energy storage

Added: 25 Aug 2015

Funding to develop advanced materials for future energy storage technologies has been announced.

Food and drink sector

'Bouyant' outlook for food sector

Added: 25 Aug 2015

Growth in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector is forecast to rise between 3-4% over the next…

Manufacturing Barometer

UK manufacturers boast innovation

Added: 24 Aug 2015

Manufacturers in the UK are using innovation to deliver productivity improvements and export growth…

United Utilities reservoir

Ultraviolet rig zaps water utility bug

Added: 20 Aug 2015

United Utilities has deployed ultraviolet rigs to help kill off the final traces of a bug affecting…

Longannet Power Station

ScottishPower to close Longannet

Added: 19 Aug 2015

ScottishPower has announced plans to close its coal-fired Longannet Power Station in March next yea…

Shale fracking

Shale firms offered exploration sites

Added: 19 Aug 2015

The Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) has announced 27 additional exploration sites where companies will be…

Salmon processing

FSA funds food innovation

Added: 18 Aug 2015

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is handing out new funding for research into a range of topics f…

Oldbury Power Station

Nuclear defueling nears completion

Added: 17 Aug 2015

Oldbury nuclear power station will be completely defueled by October, the site’s operators have sai…

Cereal drying plant

UK trails in food waste study

Added: 14 Aug 2015

The UK has been named as the worst-performing region in a European study on food waste.

Ed Davey tweet

Fracking to be ‘fast-tracked’

Added: 13 Aug 2015

Energy and climate change secretary Amber Rudd and communities secretary Greg Clark have today anno…