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Manufacturing loses momentum
Added: 1 Jun 2015
Figures released today suggest manufacturing is growing at a slower rate than expected, though CIPS…

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…

Compressing costs
Added: 20 May 2015
New energy-efficient technologies mean compressors needn’t cost the earth.

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…

Energy Institute awards competition
Added: 19 May 2015
The EI Awards competition is calling for entries from all sectors of the global energy sector. Any …

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…

Election skills
Added: 6 May 2015
Following tomorrow’s general election, key engineering issues such as skills shortages look set to …
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 …

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…
Weltec builds on biogas success
Added: 8 Apr 2015
Weltec Biopower is building a 500-kW anaerobic digestion plant for vegetable producer Gilfresh Prod…

Funding for Grangemouth CCS
Added: 27 Mar 2015
The UK and Scottish governments today announced joint funding for a proposed Carbon Capture and Sto…

PM launches degree apprenticeships
Added: 12 Mar 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced plans to rollout nine freely available degree apprentice…

Process safety: barely begun
Added: 11 Mar 2015
Ten years on from the Buncefield explosion, only small steps have been taken to establish a process…

Manufacturers to boost technology spend
Added: 24 Feb 2015
More than half of all small and medium sized (SME) manufacturers in England are planning to invest …

Critical decade for CCS success
Added: 13 Feb 2015
The UK is entering a critical decade for the delivery of a low carbon economy by 2050, with Carbon …

Water utility tackles skills shortage
Added: 12 Feb 2015
Water firm United Utilities has invested £1.5 million in a new technical training centre located at…

Ultrasonic water meter trialled by Titan
Added: 6 Feb 2015
Titan Enterprises has built an ultrasonic water meter technology demonstrator using its Atrato flow…

Gone from the wind – industrial CCS
Added: 4 Feb 2015
Almost half of the emissions that need to be captured to battle climate change come from the proces…