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Cyber security

Manufacturers "ignoring" cyber threat

Added: 15 May 2014

Manufacturing businesses are putting their online safety at risk by ignoring cyber-security, new da…

Ineos Grangemouth

Grangemouth shale imports win planning

Added: 15 May 2014

Ineos’ plans to build a storage tank for US shale gas imports at its Grangemouth petrochemicals fac…

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

Scale of gender pay gap revealed

Added: 14 May 2014

Women in engineering sectors typically earn 25% less than men by the age of 40, a new survey has fo…

Wood

Energy probe “creates uncertainty”

Added: 14 May 2014

The government was yesterday accused of introducing further uncertainty into the UK energy market a…

Solvay chemicals plant, US

Ineos must sell Runcorn sites

Added: 13 May 2014

The European Commission has granted clearance to chemicals firms Ineos and Solvay for their propose…

Drax biomass storage domes

Fuel shortage forces Drax co-firing

Added: 13 May 2014

Drax’s second unit to convert to biomass is now operational, but only on a co-firing basis with coa…

Nestle apprenctice at work Jordan Phillips

Plastics and food drive production growth

Added: 9 May 2014

Manufacturing was the strongest area of UK production growth, with process industries such as plast…

Cuadrilla shale site

Speed up shale exploration, say Lords

Added: 8 May 2014

The government must do more to speed up a regulatory process for the exploratory drilling of shale …

EDF apprentice trainee skills2

Ministers launch skills campaign

Added: 7 May 2014

The UK government’s “Your Life” campaign is designed to encourage more young people to take up scie…

GE Jenbacher gas engines

Biffa opts for GE kit

Added: 7 May 2014

GE’s Distributed Power arm is working alongside Clarke Energy to help Biffa modernise UK landfill g…

Paper mill decreases work-related accidents

Accidents fall at paper firm

Added: 6 May 2014

Pulp and paper manufacturer United Paper Mills (UPM) has seen a decrease in work-related accidents …

Food lab testing facility

Intertek expands food testing capability

Added: 2 May 2014

Intertek has opened three food testing laboratories this year, including a 24/7 facility in Derby.

Sellafield nuclear reactor plant

Toshiba invests £200m at Sellafield

Added: 2 May 2014

Toshiba is set to invest £200 million in new nuclear build at the Sellafield facility in Cumbria.

Honeywell Experion PKS Orion

Honeywell launches latest DCS

Added: 30 Apr 2014

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) yesterday launched the latest version of its Experion PKS Orion d…

Lichterfelde cogeneration power plant in Germany.

Flowserve sells valves arm

Added: 30 Apr 2014

Pump equipment firm sells its ball-valve product business to Finnish valve manufacturer.

George Osborne

Chancellor launches spending consultation

Added: 28 Apr 2014

Chancellor unveils plans to boost science, research and innovation expenditure in the UK.

Shale fracking

UK fracking spend could hit £33bn

Added: 24 Apr 2014

Development of shale gas in the UK may require £33 billion to be spent over the next 18 years and c…

Drax biomass conversion

Drax legal challenge over biomass snub

Added: 23 Apr 2014

Drax this morning announced it was launching a legal challenge against the government’s decision to…

Biomass

Biomass projects handed price support

Added: 23 Apr 2014

Three biomass schemes are among the first renewables projects to receive support under the new cont…

CBI chief policy director Katja Hall

Sharp rise in manufacturing optimism

Added: 23 Apr 2014

The manufacturing sector has seen a sharp rise in business optimism, according to a survey conducte…