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Reduced demand prompts closure of Staffordshire’s council-run laboratory
Added: 31 Jul 2017
One of the last local authority-run laboratories in England is to be closed with the loss of 16 pos…
UK offshore oil and gas safety record improving says report
Added: 27 Jul 2017
The UK’s offshore oil and gas industry has reported its lowest ever incidence of so-called ‘dangero…
CBI and EEF reports reveal upturn in UK manufacturing performance
Added: 25 Jul 2017
Reports from the CBI and EEF published this week suggest that manufacturing output in the UK is imp…
Work experience ‘more reliable’ than socio-economic background in chemical engineering, report finds
Added: 17 Jul 2017
Work experience is ‘more reliable’ than socio-economic background when predicting employment potent…
OPITO confirms McDonald as chief executive officer
Added: 13 Jul 2017
OPITO, the international workforce, safety and standards organisation for oil and gas, has appointe…
‘Act now to boost UK food and drink’s global competitiveness’
Added: 10 Jul 2017
Government must act fast to ensure that the food and drink sector in Britain maintains its workforc…
Better leadership needed to avert Buncefield-style disasters, warns ABB
Added: 10 Jul 2017
Better leadership is needed in the process industries to avoid repetition of accidents on the scale…
EngineeringUK announces new chief executive
Added: 5 Jul 2017
EngineeringUK announced today that Mark Titterington has been appointed as its new chief executive.
SPX Flow joint venture workshop to service Iraq’s ‘super giant’ oil fields
Added: 5 Jul 2017
SPX Flow has signed a joint venture agreement with the WTE Wajdi Group Group to service all rotatin…
News viewpoint: how the General Election result will affect the process sectors
Added: 4 Jul 2017
The hung parliament that has emerged diminishes the likelihood of a hard Brexit, but brings other p…
Lucideon to host materials drying process webinar
Added: 4 Jul 2017
International, independent materials technology company Lucideon is hosting a webinar entitled ‘Opt…
Skills shortage ‘costs UK industry £2 billion a year’
Added: 3 Jul 2017
Britain’s burgeoning skills shortage is already costing the country £2 billion in recruitment costs…
Myth-busting film marks Women in Engineering Day
Added: 23 Jun 2017
SSE is marking International Women in Engineering Day with a film that aims to counter some of the …
Process leaders demand Brexit scrutiny and safeguards after Queen's Speech
Added: 21 Jun 2017
Early responses from process industry leaders to the Queen’s Speech outlining the Government’s appr…
UK Power Networks CEO Scarsella to chair Energy & Skills Partnership
Added: 19 Jun 2017
UK Power Networks CEO Basil Scarsella has been appointed as the new chair of the Energy & Utilities…
IET young engineers competition to inspire next generation
Added: 13 Jun 2017
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is hosting a competition designed to inspire th…
Manufacturing sector ‘haemorrhaging’ jobs as more than 600,000 go in a decade
Added: 6 Jun 2017
The UK manufacturing sector has “haemorrhaged” more than 600,000 jobs since 2006, which represents …
Vega’s customer training truck is back on tour
VEGA Controls Ltd. | Added: 5 Jun 2017
The VEGATRUCK ‘on the road’ customer training facility is returning to the UK in June and July this…
Industry leaders call for UK to lead on energy transition after Trump pull out
Added: 2 Jun 2017
Industry bodies reacted with dismay to US president Donald Trump’s intention to withdraw his countr…
More than £0.3 mill in R&D on offer to engineering innovators
Added: 30 May 2017
Seven engineering innovators will have the chance to share £350,000 of R&D support in a competition…
