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UK engineering sector facing brain drain
Added: 3 Jan 2013
London – Four out of five UK engineering professionals are prepared to leave the country and work o…
Nice work if you can get it
Added: 10 Dec 2012
For Kraft Foods’ Rachel Cooke, it’s an exciting time to be a process engineer in the food and drink…

New confined space rescue service in UK
Added: 10 Dec 2012
Runcorn, UK - Engineering group the Engenda Group is launching a new company delivering confined sp…

Further education colleges "a real concern"
Added: 28 Nov 2012
London – The standard of training provided by further education colleges in the UK is well below th…

Committee hammers UK apprenticeships programme (Comment)
Added: 27 Nov 2012
Rarely does an official study hit as many nails so firmly on the head as the House of Commons busin…

Skills Show attracts over 70,000 people
Added: 27 Nov 2012
London – The first ever Skills Show, held at the NEC in Birmingham from 15-17 Nov, attracted 70,738…

Lack of skills puts engineering industry's growth plans on hold
Added: 26 Nov 2012
London – While almost three quarters of engineering firms in the UK report plans for growth, 60 % o…

BP appoints new upstream leader
Added: 23 Nov 2012
London – BP has appointed Lamar McKay, currently chairman and president of BP America, as chief exe…

Employers offered £150m for 'DIY' skills schemes
Added: 20 Nov 2012
London – The UK government has put up £150 million to help businesses to create their own training …

GSK process is year's top advance
Added: 3 Nov 2012
London – GlaxoSmithKline has taken top prize in the IChemE 2012 Awards for a process technology tha…

Skills Show signs up Dragons' Den star
Added: 30 Oct 2012
London – Theo Paphitis - star of BBC Two TV’s Dragons’ Den and one of the UK’s most high profile sh…

Industry needs more celebrities
Added: 30 Oct 2012
Well done to Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis for signing up be patron of The Skills Show at the NEC…

Avery Weigh-Tronix advances apprenticeship plan
Added: 19 Oct 2012
London – Avery Weigh-Tronix has recruited 10 apprentice service technicians as part of its new appr…

Hydratight expands global team
Added: 11 Oct 2012
Aberdeen, UK – Joint integrity company Hydratight has announced a number of additions to its global…

Injured Navy engineer relaunches his career
Added: 9 Oct 2012
London – An injured ex-Royal Navy weapons engineer officer has relaunched his career at Tharsus Gro…

Scientists and engineers more likely to switch jobs
Added: 26 Sep 2012
London – Employees in the science and engineering industry are more likely to change jobs more freq…

Are UK apprentices being short-changed?
Added: 19 Sep 2012
London – The Government is currently seeking to incentivise the rapid creation of many thousands of…

Recruiters widening the skills net
Added: 14 Sep 2012
London – ?With business remaining buoyant in many process sectors, employers are exploring new aven…

Training barriers can be overcome
Added: 14 Sep 2012
?At PPMA 2012, Process Engineering is hosting a debate titled Barriers to training & achievement. I…

Aberdeen's global status under threat
Added: 10 Sep 2012
London - Aberdeen is in danger of losing it status as an international oil & gas hub if it does not…