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Chancellor George Osborne Budget

Summer Budget: Industry response

Added: 8 Jul 2015

Chancellor George Osborne presented his 2015 summer Budget to Parliament earlier today but drew a m…

Linde CO2 project

Using captured carbon dioxide safely

Added: 8 Jul 2015

Industrial gases firm Linde is continuing to focus on advanced solutions for the recycling of carbo…

Food machine

Food industry cuts water use

Added: 7 Jul 2015

Major food and drink manufacturers have cut their water usage by almost a quarter, according to fin…

Cuadrilla shale site

Second Blackpool shale gas site refused

Added: 29 Jun 2015

Lancashire County Council today refused Cuadrilla planning permission to develop a shale gas site i…

Cuadrilla site

Split planning decision for Blackpool shale

Added: 16 Jun 2015

Lancashire County Council planning officers yesterday recommended that one of Cuadrilla’s proposed …

Cuadrilla shale site

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…

The Chase nature reserve

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…

Gas detection

Have a safe summer

Added: 3 Jun 2015

So summer is here, and there’s more than whiff of safety issues in the air.

Dust explosion short course at the Wolfson Centre

New hazards: COMAH 2015

Added: 3 Jun 2015

The introduction of new COMAH regulations will see many smaller firms affected by the rules for the…

Manufacturing Barometer

Manufacturing loses momentum

Added: 1 Jun 2015

Figures released today suggest manufacturing is growing at a slower rate than expected, though CIPS…

David Cameron 10 Downing Street

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…

Business secretary Sajid Javid

Government crackdown on late payments

Added: 20 May 2015

Newly-appointed business secretary Sajid Javid yesterday used his first speech to promise the gover…

EI

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 …

Food machine

Carbon Trust cooks up savings

Added: 13 May 2015

Results from industry trials conducted by the Carbon Trust demonstrate that improved ventilation in…

David Cameron 10 Downing Street

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…

CPI Industrial Biotecnology

Bioplastics scale-up project starts

Added: 22 Apr 2015

Researchers from industry and academia have begun a £3 million project to scale-up the production o…

Dounreay birds eye view

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…

Apple

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…

Eden Project

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 …

David Cameron IGas shale gas site visit

Shale ambiguity helps nobody

Added: 16 Feb 2015

Delaying vital decisions on shale gas development until after the general election doesn’t help sup…