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Few parents think girls like engineering
Added: 23 Jun 2015
Just 7% of parents think that engineering appeals to their daughters, according to research publish…
Obsolete stock poses "critical risk"
Added: 22 Jun 2015
Obsolete storeroom stock is posing a ‘critical risk’ to UK manufacturing productivity, according to…
Air leaks ‘costing’ UK industry
Added: 16 Jun 2015
Compressed air leaks are costing UK industry thousands of pounds every year, according to fluid pow…
Report backs CCS tax break for oil industry
Added: 16 Jun 2015
The government must introduce tax breaks and other fiscal incentives to encourage the use of Carbon…
Split planning decision for Blackpool shale
Added: 16 Jun 2015
Lancashire County Council planning officers yesterday recommended that one of Cuadrilla’s proposed …
Industry meets to expand plant shutdowns
Added: 15 Jun 2015
Representatives from the process industries will meet in London this week to discuss how to grow th…
Innovative process starts at sewage plant
Added: 10 Jun 2015
Nottingham’s Stoke Bardolph wastewater treatment works is close to completing a three-stage biologi…
Productivity harming manufacturing growth
Added: 10 Jun 2015
Majority of SMEs worried about productivity, while research claims that industrial standards could …
GMB union backs shale gas
Added: 9 Jun 2015
The body representing UK shale gas developers yesterday signed an agreement with the GMB trade unio…
Thames Water pollution fine upheld
Added: 5 Jun 2015
The Court of Appeal yesterday upheld a £250,000 fine imposed on Thames Water for polluting a nature…
Internet of Things research hub for UK
Added: 2 Jun 2015
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has today opened a competition to de…
Emerson buys oil & gas software firm
Added: 2 Jun 2015
Emerson Process Management has acquired oil & gas pipeline software specialist Energy Solutions Int…
Manufacturing loses momentum
Added: 1 Jun 2015
Figures released today suggest manufacturing is growing at a slower rate than expected, though CIPS…
University launches STEM initiative
Added: 26 May 2015
The New Model in Technology and Engineering (NMiTE) university has launched an initiative to inspir…
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…
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…
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…
Government crackdown on late payments
Added: 20 May 2015
Newly-appointed business secretary Sajid Javid yesterday used his first speech to promise the gover…
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 buys valves firm
Added: 19 May 2015
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) has acquired US-based valves firm Asepco through its p…
