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Visa moves ‘must not block European talent pool’
Added: 29 Jan 2020
Government attempts to overhaul the visa system and ensure a flow of leading scientific talent from…

ECITB unveils nearly £100 million in industry training investment
Added: 29 Jan 2020
The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has announced a £90 million investment…

Food and drink SMEs have chance of £20k worth of tech and innovation facilities
Added: 21 Jan 2020
Lincoln University’s National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM) is offering small business the c…

Sheffield claims 3D antibacterial breakthrough
Added: 21 Jan 2020
University of Sheffield scientists have claimed a scientific and manufacturing breakthrough with th…

Schneider scores two repeat wins for sustainability once again
Added: 21 Jan 2020
Schneider Electric has once more made it on to two of the most prestigious ‘clean company’ lists in…

UK tech sector makes history with world-beating investment performance
Added: 15 Jan 2020
Investments in the UK tech sector reached record-breaking levels for the third successive year, wit…

Make UK bids to smash the five apprenticeship myths
Added: 14 Jan 2020
Manufacturers’ organisation Make UK will use its impending Aston Technology Hub event to debunk fiv…

Pumps industry says its Euro proposal could boost electricity savings 600%
Added: 14 Jan 2020
European pumps manufacturers are pressing the EU to adopt their proposals for a new directive they …

Industrial wearables are getting smarter - in both senses
Added: 8 Jan 2020
Gone are the days of clunky steel-toe capped boots, oversized fluorescent jackets and poorly fittin…

Upgrading sewage works for rapid population growth
Added: 8 Jan 2020
Rapid population expansion doesn’t just put pressure on a town’s schools and housing stock. There a…

BVAA chief Findlay is new Severn Glocon CEO
Added: 7 Jan 2020
British Valve and Actuator Association chairman Colin Findlay is the new CEO of Severn Glocon, succ…

Watson-Marlow expands international reach with Eastern Europe offices
Added: 7 Jan 2020
Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG), has launched direct sales and technical support in th…

Make UK/Santander report blows hot and cold on UK food and drink
Added: 7 Jan 2020
The food and drink sector contributed 15.9% of UK manufacturing’s total Gross Value Added (GVA), ac…

ARC's Allan wins BCAS gong for banging the drum for engineering
Added: 7 Jan 2020
Engineering evangelist Allan Crawford is the winner of the BCAS Rogers Knight Award for his years o…

Blockchain's process industry benefits
Added: 22 Dec 2019
Just as the internet led to the complete overhaul of processes, so blockchain is creating a profoun…

The hazardous limits to bringing your own device to the workplace
Added: 11 Dec 2019
Sophie Hand of EU Automation, assesses whether personal devices are equipped for hazardous environm…

Charles honours the GPS Four at Buckingham Palace
Added: 10 Dec 2019
Four individuals who played a key part in the creation of GPS have been awarded the 2019 Queen Eliz…

It’s make or break for UK automation warns FANUC UK chief
Added: 10 Dec 2019
The UK is the only G7 country that has an industrial robot density below the world average – a fact…

Valves association announces first winner of new leadership trophy
Added: 9 Dec 2019
Rotork’s Dave Godfrey is the first ever winner of the British Valve and Actuator Association’s Futu…

Edwards’ mega-installation is one of Scottish engineering’s largest
Added: 9 Dec 2019
Edwards Engineering has completed a £4.5 million installation of a new furnace building at the Supe…