All Safety/HSE


When retention is the best cure for machine downtime

Added: 14 Mar 2018

Manufacturers and distributors of computer numerical control horizontal and vertical machines and t…

Small Modular Reactors: into the energy mix?

Added: 13 Mar 2018

A common denominator among UK nuclear projects at Hinkley Point, Wylfa, Sizewell and Moorside has b…

UK pharma and biotech patent applications soar

Added: 13 Mar 2018

UK applications for pharmaceutical and biotech patents recorded the second highest rise in percenta…

New site will boost FES manufacturing operation and staff

Added: 13 Mar 2018

Engineering firm FES has boosted its staff by 40% with the opening of a new manufacturing plant in …

Food and drink sector

FDF’s Wright demands Brexit ‘lock down’

Added: 5 Mar 2018

Food and Drink Federation director general Ian Wright called on the Government to “lock down” a sta…

SafeStart workshops address key workplace safety issues

Added: 28 Feb 2018

SafeStart is launching three of its discovery workshops for health and safety leaders, operations a…

IChemE publishes process safety conference programme

Added: 28 Feb 2018

Hazards 28 is set to provide a comprehensive review of good practice in process safety. Covering ev…

Crops

Gove prepares overhaul to farm manufacture subsidy

Added: 27 Feb 2018

The £3 billion subsidy for British farmers will be continued for several years after EU withdrawal …

Labour’s customs and Euratom stances receive industry welcome

Added: 26 Feb 2018

Labour has won plaudits from industry following party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s call for the UK to com…

Tata Steel

Tata Steel fined £1.4m following maintenance worker death

Added: 21 Feb 2018

Tata Steel was fined £1.4 million in February following the death of 26-year-old maintenance engine…

robot

Wood handed contract to bring space tech to nuclear decommissioning

Added: 20 Feb 2018

The Government has awarded energy services firm Wood Group funding worth around £1.5 million to mak…

Preparing for explosive situations saves resources

Added: 14 Feb 2018

A better understanding of safety legislation and improved plant design could help mitigate the risk…

Sewer drain cover

‘Make restaurants display FOG ratings’ demand

Added: 7 Feb 2018

Restaurants should be made to display their record for managing fat, oil and grease (FOG) as part o…

Plans fall into place for IChemE safety conference Hazards 28

Added: 31 Jan 2018

Plans for IChemE’s annual process safety conference, Hazards 28, are taking shape, with the technic…

Sheffield AMRC testing gets ex-builder’s revolutionary aid to market

Added: 24 Jan 2018

Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has enabled a retired builder to get his re…

Chair of US chemical safety board to deliver lecture at IChemE conference

IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers) | Added: 24 Jan 2018

Vanessa Sutherland, chair and CEO of the US Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board (CSB), …

Court win as water company cracks down on ‘fatberg’ culprits

Added: 18 Jan 2018

Tougher responses from water companies to businesses responsible for blocking sewers with fat, oil …

UKOOG's Cronin criticises ‘flawed’ Manchester shale claims

Added: 16 Jan 2018

UK Onshore Oil and Gas chief executive Ken Cronin has taken issue with a University of Manchester r…

Nuclear

NIA gives thumbs up to government's Euratom pledges

Added: 11 Jan 2018

The Nuclear Industry Association has welcomed the government’s statement on Euratom delivered by mi…

AODD pumps can solve pump leakage from aggressive liquids

Added: 10 Jan 2018

Leaky pumps create unscheduled downtime but aggressive acids and slurries can cause them to leak mu…