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Apprenticeships plunge as levy pot swells says Make UK

Added: 11 Feb 2026

Apprenticeship starts in the manufacturing and engineering sectors have plunged 40% over the last n…

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PMI figures show fourth month of increase for manufacturers

Added: 11 Feb 2026

UK industry performed strongly at the start of the year with the latest CIPS manufacturing purchasi…

Digital Catapult takes a deeper dive in the South West with new office

Added: 11 Feb 2026

Deep tech innovation body Digital Catapult has opened a new west of England office located at Brist…

CBA chief: chemical industry ‘openly questioning’ Government commitment

Added: 27 Jan 2026

Chemicals firms are “openly questioning” whether the Government is capable of creating the conditio…

Water Discovery Challenge II braces for flood of entries

Added: 27 Jan 2026

Entry is open for the second Water Discovery Challenge and the opportunity to share in up to £7.5 m…

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NMITE advances into drone tech with Army’s aid

Added: 27 Jan 2026

The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) is inviting applications for its rec…

Partners’ pioneering PPE materials use waste to tackle waste

Added: 12 Jan 2026

A university famed for its expertise in polymer chemistry has teamed up with a midlands-based firm …

Process news in brief: Apprenticeships, contracts, awards, appointments

Added: 12 Jan 2026

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has appointed new non-executive board members from Whiteh…

Uncertainty hints at a surer path to clean fusion energy

Added: 8 Jan 2026

UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is working with a pioneering AI company in an effort to reduce t…

Process news in brief: appointments, acquisitions, partnerships, expansions

Added: 5 Jan 2026

CEO of INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe Rob Ingram is the new president of Plastics Europe, the pan-…

Why traditional cyber defences are no longer enough

Added: 17 Dec 2025

Evolving attack techniques are exposing the limits of legacy security tools in engineering and manu…

Back to Basics: checkweighing in food production lines

Added: 19 Nov 2025

Checkweighing plays a role in food manufacturing, meeting regulations, upholding product quality, b…

The growth of electric boilers in UK industrial process heating

Added: 19 Nov 2025

Driven by government policy, market forces, and the urgency of decarbonisation, industry is rethink…

CBA reports slight improvements but background concerns for chemical sector

Added: 16 Nov 2025

Improvements in third quarter results within the chemicals sector have failed to allay concerns for…

Make UK delivers pre-Budget demand for manufacturing

Added: 16 Nov 2025

Britain’s manufacturers are pre-empting the forthcoming Budget by urging the Government to focus so…

KTP Awards mark 50th year and £2.3 billion value creation

Added: 16 Nov 2025

Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Awards celebrated the scheme’s half century with…

Endress+Hauser: Smarter decisions for greater ambitions

Added: 4 Nov 2025

As global leaders in process automation, Endress+Hauser helps you turn precise data into clear insi…

Process news in brief: sector recruitment, expansions, training, appointments, contracts

Added: 25 Oct 2025

Hereford’s New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering (NMITE) is celebrating its largest-ever…

Fifty years of VSDs — and we’re just getting started

Added: 25 Oct 2025

Fifty years ago, an innovation quietly emerged that would go on to transform the way we power moder…

Start-up and college to launch industrial waste-to-feedstock trading platform

Added: 24 Oct 2025

A collaboration between a business startup and a college, aided by a biotech support organisation, …