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Anglian trounces Google, Apple and Ikea as best firm to work for
Added: 5 Dec 2018
It's official: the best large firm to work for in Britain in 2019 is a process industry company.

University of Leeds course provides broad overview of air pollution monitoring
Added: 4 Dec 2018
Air pollution is now a global issue that regularly makes headlines. No surprise then that monitorin…

EEF report warns of plunging manufacturing export balance
Added: 4 Dec 2018
British manufacturing’s export balance has halved in the last quarter of 2018, reports the latest E…
Materials degree gets go-ahead
Added: 4 Dec 2018
The proposed new degree apprenticeship for materials science supported by an alliance of UK univers…

BSC helps launch safety drive for India’s 465 million workforce
Added: 4 Dec 2018
The British Safety Council has announced the creation of a forum of international leaders in health…

Valves industry chief calls for more focus on training existing workforce
Added: 29 Nov 2018
Valve and actuator businesses employ 9,000 people and the industry contributes £3bn to the UK econo…

Boosting staff awareness prompts process efficiencies
Added: 28 Nov 2018
People are the most important asset in a business, so when it came to promoting process efficiency,…

Bedford knowhow secures a multimillion entry to a new global market
Added: 28 Nov 2018
When one of the world’s biggest fertiliser companies turned to Bedford Pumps for help, it opened up…

Saudi calibration centre creates opportunity for Endress+Hauser
Added: 27 Nov 2018
Endress+Hauser has opened a calibration and training centre in Saudi Arabia’s industrial heartland …

North East manufacturing project releases £0.8 million for SMEs
Added: 27 Nov 2018
More than £800,000 worth of collaborative projects fund money is on offer to manufacturing firms in…
Combat work stress and boost productivity says EEF report
Added: 27 Nov 2018
The government has been urged by manufacturers to improve employee access to occupational health pr…

Engineering award winner chips in with solution built on food waste
Added: 26 Nov 2018
A 23 year-old company co-founder has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Launchpad Competition f…

Using new energy technologies to transform business efficiency
Added: 21 Nov 2018
New technologies will allow businesses to better control energy use in order to reduce cost and dri…

Trust me, I’m an engineer… (and 87% of the public does)
Added: 19 Nov 2018
When it comes to trustworthiness, you would be hard-pressed to beat an engineer, reckons a survey o…

Chemistry: it’s a man’s world and that needs to change, reveals RSC findings
Added: 19 Nov 2018
The Royal Society of Chemistry has launched a campaign to combat bullying and prejudice after its n…

Ineos chief eyes further North Sea growth
Added: 19 Nov 2018
Ineos chief Jim Ratcliffe looks set to extend his firm’s role in North Sea offshore oil and gas, fo…

Diligent duty holders are the key to utility safety
Added: 14 Nov 2018
Ryan Robinson of Bureau Veritas examines the role of duty holders and how improving due diligence i…

Doncasters tackles UK skills shortage with double digit graduate hires
Added: 13 Nov 2018
Metallurgical engineering company Doncasters has struck graduate gold with a rich seam of 10 entran…

Anglian to spend £40 million on leak detection deal
Added: 13 Nov 2018
Utility company Anglian Water has awarded one of the first contracts for the next asset management …

EEF launches guide for manufacturing and schools engagement
Added: 13 Nov 2018
The EEF has launched a guide designed to help manufacturers and schools to engage with one another,…