All Skills


How Watson-Marlow boosted recycling plant uptime by 25%

Added: 28 Mar 2018

Montello SpA, a specilaist in sorting, recovery and recycling of post-consumer plastic packaging, a…

Glenmuckloch open cast coal mine

Javid refusal for open cast mining bid prompts angry response

Added: 27 Mar 2018

Communities secretary Sajid Javid’s decision to overturn a ruling by the government planning inspec…

Food production

FDF welcomes Brexit deal on EU workers

Added: 27 Mar 2018

Food and Drink Federation director general Ian Wright has welcomed guarantees provided in the Brexi…

Brand new age for STEM recruitment

Added: 22 Mar 2018

Words such as branding and marketing are, one suspects, anathema to the average engineer.

Mixed report for UK oil and gas ‘shows need for transformative change’

Added: 21 Mar 2018

Average unit operating costs in the UK continental shelf have halved since 2014, while the average …

Nuclear industry lauds ‘outstanding quality’ apprentices

Added: 19 Mar 2018

Urenco UK’s multi-award winning Benjamin Crane has scooped the heavily contested UK Nuclear Apprent…

World expert on distillation returns to deliver IChemE course

Added: 13 Mar 2018

World-renowned distillation expert Henry Kister will once again be running his Practical Distillati…

Engineering Heritage Award for Dowty’s revolutionary wheel

Added: 13 Mar 2018

The Dowty internally sprung wheel, the undercarriage aircraft wheel designed and built by Sir Georg…

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 …

Pump Company shortlisted for PIA prize

Added: 13 Mar 2018

Crawley-based firm The Pump Company is celebrating its shortlisting for Distributor of the Year at …

Engineering UK says 56k with core skills needed annually

Added: 5 Mar 2018

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has called for government to act on new research t…

SABIC and ABB seal global agreement

Added: 5 Mar 2018

SABIC, the Saudi chemicals giant, and technology leader ABB have signed a cooperation agreement to …

Aveva focuses on importance of strong communication in major projects

Added: 1 Mar 2018

Aveva’s new white paper examines the value of strong communication throughout the project cycle.

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…

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…

How Big Data can boost small firms

Added: 20 Feb 2018

SMEs often think they’ll get left behind in the era of Industry 4.0 but, argues Access Group’s Andy…

Students

Boom in demand for engineering courses from international students

Added: 14 Feb 2018

More than one in five international students in the United States is studying engineering reveals r…

Latest Wolfson Centre courses focus on storage of bulk materials

Added: 14 Feb 2018

The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, based at the University of Greenwich, has r…

Nuclear atom

Deadline approaches for nuclear bursary scheme

Added: 13 Feb 2018

Applicants seeking to develop a career in the sector have until 9 March to apply for this year’s Nu…

Bilfinger streamlines UK businesses to target new markets

Added: 6 Feb 2018

Global engineering company Bilfinger has merged two of its core UK businesses, saying it would make…