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IET Foothold charity launches scheme for neurodiverse engineers
Added: 26 Oct 2022
Engineering charity Foothold has launched a programme aimed at the estimated 0.8 million-plus neuro…

Making carbon pay
Added: 17 Oct 2022
Process industries must reduce carbon emissions and improve supplies of usable carbon. Networks of …

Robotarium to be UK's largest AI site and make Edinburgh ‘data capital of Europe’
Added: 12 Oct 2022
The opening of the National Robotarium in Edinburgh has established the UK’s largest and most advan…

Wanner wins patent case in China with second in pipeline
Added: 12 Oct 2022
Court in China have upheld a claim by Wanner International against local firm Shanghai Nikuni for i…

Made Smarter gets £6 mill-plus grant for SME digitalisation
Added: 12 Oct 2022
Made Smarter, the digital roll out scheme for small to medium enterprises, has secured a further £6…

Pharma leads on radical plans to save on energy and boost R&D
Added: 29 Sep 2022
The world energy crisis has ramped up cost cutting in the pharmaceutical industry while increasing …

New right to work checks loom for British manufacturing and engineering workers
Added: 20 Sep 2022
Lockdown-inspired rules designed to make right to work checks easier will cease on 1 October.

‘Manufacturing accounts for two thirds of UK R&D, but a quarter of tax claim value’ claim
Added: 20 Sep 2022
UK manufacturing firms are investing heavily in research and development yet failing to make full u…
PSM safety standards celebrate 20,000 signups
Added: 20 Sep 2022
The UK Process Safety Management Competence Programme has celebrated reaching 20,000 participants s…

Petition demands better sanitary disposal provision for women engineers onsite
Added: 10 Sep 2022
The engineering profession is being challenged to support a petition that calls for better sanitary…

Tech spin-out targets thin film market potential
Added: 24 Aug 2022
A new Scottish university-inspired venture is combining academic and commercial know how to target …

ONS figures spell problems for manufacturing pay
Added: 22 Aug 2022
Latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) employment details suggest manufacturing is performing a…

Siemens hits carbon deadline eight years early
Added: 22 Aug 2022
Siemens has beaten its target to achieve carbon neutrality for its Congleton factory by nearly a de…
Biopharma struggles to keep up with process industry digitalisation
Added: 22 Aug 2022
Biopharmaceutical companies in the UK reveal wide variety in their adoption of digitalisation accor…

Schaeffler purchase heralds drive for growth in linear tech
Added: 10 Aug 2022
Schaeffler has signed an agreement to acquire global manufacturer and supplier of linear technology…

Businesses urged to enter Innovate UK competition as deadline looms
Added: 10 Aug 2022
Process companies are being invited to take part in an Innovate UK programme designed to boost comp…

Lorien confirms new MD
Added: 10 Aug 2022
Phil Colquhoun has been appointed as the new managing director at Lorien Engineering Solutions.

Award-winning NMITE chief to quit next month
Added: 10 Aug 2022
The high-profile president and chief executive of NMITE, the New Model Institute for Technology and…

Antipodean collaboration to kick cybercrime off shop floor
Added: 26 Jul 2022
Technology and manufacturing innovators from the UK and Australia are creating a map of security ri…

Made Smarter highlights need for manufacturers’ digital drive
Added: 26 Jul 2022
The organisation set up to boost manufacturers’ take up of digital tools is urging small to medium …