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Manufacturing’s big guns urge pre-Election stand on industry future
Added: 15 Nov 2023
Leaders of the UK’s five most dominant manufacturing sectors are demanding UK political parties ple…

NMITE relaunches 30 bursary offer for engineering students in local region
Added: 15 Nov 2023
The New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering is offering up to 30 non-means tested cash bur…

Poll reveals shift in public attitudes towards manufacturing careers
Added: 13 Oct 2023
A recent UK poll suggests public perception of careers in manufacturing has become markedly more po…

King Charles Presents 2022 and 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Engineering
Added: 13 Oct 2023
King Charles III has presented the 2022 and 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Engineering (QEPrize) r…

A perception gap
Added: 13 Sep 2023
Our chemicals industry has an image problem when it comes to recruitment. Why, when it’s key to ach…

Two handed touchy-feely robot can pick a peck of pickled Pringles
Added: 10 Sep 2023
Scientists at the University of Bristol say their AI enhanced, bi-manual robot has achieved ‘near-h…

Wood secures SSEN preferred bidder status
Added: 6 Sep 2023
Global consulting and engineering company Wood has been selected as a preferred bidder on Scottish …

Airswift acquisition hints at O&G jobs’ growth in popularity
Added: 5 Sep 2023
Airswift has announced its purchase of Worley’s global recruitment and contractor management busine…

Latest PMI results produce a chorus of industry warnings
Added: 4 Sep 2023
Manufacturers have reacted with gloom to the latest CIPS UK manufacturing purchasing managers’ inde…

Case study: Aeration investment in wastewater treatment reaps cereal returns
Added: 24 Aug 2023
Investment in new wastewater treatment equipment has enabled a leading producer of cereals and cere…

Packaging and processing innovations on display at the 2023 PPMA Show
Added: 23 Aug 2023
The PPMA Show is the UK’s No. 1 event for the very latest processing and packaging machinery, robot…

Process industries’ relief as Government shelves CE replacement plans ‘indefinitely’
Added: 15 Aug 2023
Process industry firms and organisations have reacted with relief to the announcement that the UK w…

Chemical industry ‘must be seen as crucial to net zero or struggle to attract talent’
Added: 15 Aug 2023
Public belief that the chemicals industry is not key to achieving net zero is undermining its recru…

Rule changes create double headache for R&D claimants
Added: 15 Aug 2023
Reforms to the system of tax relief for research and development projects could increase the admini…

IET wins National Archives accolade
Added: 15 Aug 2023
The National Archives has granted Accredited Status to the Institution of Engineering and Technolog…

Adding up sustainably
Added: 1 Aug 2023
Manufacturers may see the need for sustainability improvements but they don’t always know how to ha…

Case study: Waste contractor brings in the Beast to transform Cornwall’s provision
Added: 27 Jul 2023
Proving that investment in innovation pays off, a Cornish liquid waste disposal company has increas…

Food and drink sector is failing to access R&D tax credits
Added: 23 Jul 2023
Just 1% of research and development tax claims in 2022 originated from the food manufacturing secto…

UK Manufacturers embrace digital technologies to achieve Net Zero
Added: 23 Jul 2023
UK manufacturers are making significant strides in their digital transformation journey to achieve …

PE ROUNDUP 24 July – Post-Brexit trading, extending AI, innovation, collaboration and appointments
Added: 23 Jul 2023
A potential structural shift in the UK's trade patterns is emerging as English regions and Wales wi…