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Water

Produced water is unpredictable, effective treatment shouldn’t be 

Added: 22 Mar 2026

Produced water exposes the fragility of treatment systems built around steady state assumptions, ca…

John Crane celebrates double win at 2026 PIA awards

Added: 22 Mar 2026

Flow control and rotating equipment specialist John Crane scooped two of the eight categories at th…

Investment gives 10 times boost to Grangemouth biorefinery production

Added: 10 Mar 2026

Scottish firm Celtic Renewables has won £16.23 million in public and private funding to scale its p…

Bibby scientific give school children an experimental experience at british science week

Government and schools need to do more to boost skills says Make UK

Added: 10 Mar 2026

Britain’s education system came under fire again from employers for failing to develop the skills n…

Veterans: UK industry needs you…

Added: 10 Mar 2026

Armed Forces veterans are facing a new call-up from British industry seeking to harness their range…

Lift off for space careers as UKSA launches 50-placement scheme

Added: 23 Feb 2026

Fifty placements in the UK space sector are up for grabs as a new internship programme opened for a…

Cross-border project aims to boost Irish SME digitalisation

Added: 23 Feb 2026

An Ireland-wide initiative has been launched to speed digitalisation north and south of the border.

What rising raw material prices mean for electronics

Added: 23 Feb 2026

Upstream volatility impacts design and procurement teams warns Chris Withers, who explains how engi…

Coventry scores a double at manufacturer awards

Added: 23 Feb 2026

Coventry’s Evtec Automotive scored double gold at Make UK’s Manufacturing Awards ceremony with wins…

The five 2026 trends impacting CNC machining

Added: 23 Feb 2026

Data, automation, and hybrid technologies are reshaping precision manufacturing, says Dominique Gal…

Apprentices

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…

Frankfurt to host 2026 Europump annual meeting

Added: 11 Feb 2026

Europump, the European Federation of National Associations of Pump Manufacturers’ 2026 Annual Meeti…

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…

Salt-loving bacteria could give cheese makers the commercial edge

Added: 27 Jan 2026

Cheese producers could have a new ally in the production process – a bacteria that enables faster r…

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…

Rethinking chemical storage

Added: 13 Jan 2026

Why are storage vessels still being specified as if long-term material behaviour were someone else’…

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…