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Covid’s long tail costing UK productivity billions, claims research

Added: 13 Nov 2024

The effects of ‘long Covid’ may be costing the UK economy billions of pounds as continued illness a…

Lucideon hails AMRICC hydrogen firing breakthrough

Added: 13 Nov 2024

Advanced ceramics research organisation Lucideon says it has achieved the first 100% hydrogen firin…

RVRC seeks to shift net zero focus to industry emissions

Added: 13 Nov 2024

A new initiative sited at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) plans to focus indus…

2024 Pump Industry Awards nominations deadline looms

Added: 12 Nov 2024

The British Pump Manufacturers Association is urging members not to miss the nominations process fo…

Industrial strategy will boost UK reshoring, say Make UK/RSM survey responders

Added: 23 Oct 2024

Announcement of the Government’s long-term industrial strategy will revive the country’s offshore m…

UK lagging in AI patent filing race

Added: 23 Oct 2024

The UK ranks eighth in a global list of nations filing AI patents and lags behind leading competito…

QUB secures £6.5 million for supply chain initiative

Added: 23 Oct 2024

Queen's University Belfast has secured £6.25 million funding from UK Research and Innovation, to mo…

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UVAC claims funding plans for apprenticeships are ‘major blow’ to engineering

Added: 23 Oct 2024

Plans  to restrict levy funding of level 7 apprenticeships will widen the skills gap, hinder the ec…

News roundup: Industrial strategy, women engineers, RoSPA awards

Added: 16 Oct 2024

CEO of Make UK Stephen Phipson has given an emphatic welcome to the Government’s new industrial str…

Sheffield AMRC and Boeing science-industry partnership wins Bhattacharyya Award

Added: 30 Sep 2024

The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and Boeing have won the…

Government signs deal for Tata furnace go-ahead

Added: 16 Sep 2024

Tata Steel has signed an agreement with the Government for a £500 million funding plan to enable th…

Engineering charity launches new online wellbeing tool

Added: 16 Sep 2024

Engineering charity Foothold has unveiled a new online mental health product for professionals and …

North East’s largest process industry expo returns bigger than ever for 2024

Added: 16 Sep 2024

The North East of England Process Industry Cluster’s (NEPIC) Meet the Members Expo and Conference i…

Digital transformation risking SME ‘paralysis’ claims Made Smarter

Added: 16 Sep 2024

Small to medium enterprises are so overwhelmed by the challenges of digital transformation that man…

Digital Catapult takes supply chain initiative worldwide

Added: 4 Sep 2024

Digital Catapult has launched the first international version of its Supply Chain Accelerator, empl…

Adi wins coveted Make UK apprenticeship accreditation

Added: 12 Aug 2024

Make UK has awarded adi Group its prestigious Engineering Apprenticeships Employer Kitemark silver …

Industry urges renewed focus on manufacturing and skills

Added: 4 Aug 2024

Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) CEO Dr Graham Hoare has described the news that the UK has fa…

New hub aims to fast-track UK digital supply chain

Added: 4 Aug 2024

Digital Catapult has launched its Digital Supply Chain Hub platform designed to enable strategic co…

Emerson report cites major sustainability gains

Added: 4 Aug 2024

Global technology and software company Emerson newly released sustainability report reveals signifi…

Favourable response to Labour win but industry leaders demand action

Added: 9 Jul 2024

Labour’s parliamentary victory appears to have been greeted generally favourably within the process…