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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…

Watson Marlow pump

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…

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 …

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…

Ed Miliband

Election skills

Added: 6 May 2015

Following tomorrow’s general election, key engineering issues such as skills shortages look set to …

Lab professional

Skills initiative reaches milestone

Added: 20 Apr 2015

The Science Industry Partnership (SIP) has surpassed 2,000 people being trained across the chemical…

Nick Clegg

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.

David Cameron

Skills concern over Tory manifesto

Added: 14 Apr 2015

The Conservative Party launched its manifesto for the general election today and immediately drew c…

Ed Miliband

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…

George Osborne at the Manufacturing Technology Centre

Muted march of the makers

Added: 1 Apr 2015

This government came into power promising that it would rebalance the economy towards manufacturing…

Nestle apprenctice at work Jordan Phillips

Faltering fightback

Added: 25 Mar 2015

Much was made by George Osborne in last week’s budget about an apparent renaissance in UK manufactu…

Chocolate manufacturing plant

Manufacturing orders fall, says CBI

Added: 24 Mar 2015

Manufacturers’ order book levels have fallen this month, according to a survey by the CBI.

Buncefield2

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…

Manufacturing Barometer

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 …

Robert Langer

Follow your heart, says prize winner

Added: 5 Feb 2015

Winner of the 2015 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Robert Langer has advised students to foll…

Stan Higgins

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…

Robert Langer

Chemical engineer wins Queen's prize

Added: 3 Feb 2015

Chemical engineer and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Robert Langer has today…

Students in the design phase of their degrees

Investment boost for engineering talent

Added: 15 Jan 2015

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is investing £1.2 million in up and coming engi…

money trees skills wealth

A wealth of opportunity

Added: 14 Jan 2015

Chemical engineering graduates earn some of the best salaries in the country. But does this stop th…

SIHI Isochem modular chemical pump

Flowserve buys Dutch pump manufacturer

Added: 8 Jan 2015

Pumps and valves manufacturer Flowserve yesterday confirmed it had completed its acquisition the Ne…