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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…

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-…

Women scientists and engineers prominent in New Year Honours list

Added: 31 Dec 2025

Women scientists and engineers have featured strongly among the upper echelons of the 2026 New Year…

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…

Manufacturing Barometer

MakeUK/BDO survey applauds Q4 growth but says worries ahead

Added: 14 Dec 2025

Make UK issued a relatively upbeat report on UK manufacturing for the final quarter of 2025, with b…