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Amec FW wins nuclear decommissioning role
Added: 16 Apr 2015
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has awarded Amec Foster Wheeler a contract to provide d…
Engineering education centre launched
Added: 16 Apr 2015
University College London (UCL) has today launched the UCL Centre for Engineering Education which i…
Lib Dems to double innovation spend
Added: 15 Apr 2015
Party’s manifesto supports Catapult Centres, while Ukip promises to scrap STEM subject tuition fees.
Oil prices driving Shell-BG merger
Added: 15 Apr 2015
Shell’s proposed £47 billion takeover of BG Group could be the first of many oil & gas mergers and …
Skills concern over Tory manifesto
Added: 14 Apr 2015
The Conservative Party launched its manifesto for the general election today and immediately drew c…
Labour manifesto focuses on industry
Added: 13 Apr 2015
The Labour Party was today the first of the major political parties to launch its manifesto for the…
Semta pioneers STEM initiative
Added: 9 Apr 2015
Employer-led skills body Semta has launched the STEM Exchange in an effort to bring further educati…
New drives for old process systems
Added: 8 Apr 2015
Computer storage specialist Solid State Disks has announced an Ethernet-based back-up and restore c…
Weltec builds on biogas success
Added: 8 Apr 2015
Weltec Biopower is building a 500-kW anaerobic digestion plant for vegetable producer Gilfresh Prod…
Food engineers taste future
Added: 1 Apr 2015
Industry event designed to inspire the next intake of food engineering graduates provides advice, t…
Pesticide residue falls in food
Added: 1 Apr 2015
More than 97% of food samples evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) contain pestic…
Put industrial plants in bubbles, say Greens
Added: 1 Apr 2015
The Green Party today revealed a key election manifesto pledge to place all of the UK’s industrial …
GexCon buys into 3D market
Added: 1 Apr 2015
GexCon, a supplier of dispersion, explosion and fire modelling software, has announced the acquisit…
Funding for Grangemouth CCS
Added: 27 Mar 2015
The UK and Scottish governments today announced joint funding for a proposed Carbon Capture and Sto…
Manufacturing orders fall, says CBI
Added: 24 Mar 2015
Manufacturers’ order book levels have fallen this month, according to a survey by the CBI.
North Sea emergency simulated
Added: 24 Mar 2015
The emergency services and RAF were among those working with Oil & Gas industry representatives las…
Industry wasting £1.4bn on lighting
Added: 24 Mar 2015
An estimated 75% of UK industrial lighting installations don’t meet current industry design standar…
Budget 2015: energy intensive compensation brought forward
Added: 18 Mar 2015
Chancellor George Osborne used his final budget of this parliament to outline a number of measures …
Budget 2015: North Sea given tax breaks
Added: 18 Mar 2015
North Sea oil & gas was today handed tax breaks including a 10% cut in the supplementary rate by ch…
Tetra Pak dispenses cleaning tips
Added: 18 Mar 2015
Tetra Pak has published a guide to cleaning in place (CIP) based on its decades of experience in fo…
