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SAS invests £750 million in AI over three years
Added: 19 Mar 2019
SAS has committed to invest the equivalent of $1 billion (£750 million) in artificial intelligence …

Babcock launches £2.4 million composite test facility with Edinburgh university
Added: 19 Mar 2019
Babcock international is partnering the University of Edinburgh to launch a £2.4 million engineerin…

Non-Destructive Testing apprenticeships win national recognition
Added: 19 Mar 2019
Skills Training UK has been shortlisted for its pioneering work in the development of non-destructi…

UK European patent applications leap for fifth year, thanks to pharma and pumps
Added: 12 Mar 2019
The number of European patent applications from UK firms and inventors has increased for the fifth …

Kumar award-wining postgrad briefs MPs on chemical threat
Added: 12 Mar 2019
Jeni Spragg, the Leeds university winner of the Ashok Kumar Fellowship, has presented her report on…

Lords' concern for Government lack of clarity over chemicals risk assessment
Added: 12 Mar 2019
Chair of the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee, Lord Teverson has said it is “…

UKOOG raises its estimate for British shale yields
Added: 12 Mar 2019
UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) has claimed that the well production capacity from UK shale is more …

Make UK launches cyber protection pilot for members
Added: 11 Mar 2019
Manufacturers’ association Make UK has signed a partnership with cyber security experts Vauban Grou…

UK manufacturing celebrates engineering apprentices as NAO releases damning Levy report
Added: 6 Mar 2019
As manufacturing firms and trainers are marking National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating the UK'…

Pumps company is export champion twice over
Added: 4 Mar 2019
North East pumps manufacturer Tomlinson Hall has been named a Northern Powerhouse export champion f…

Yorkshire Water puts its toe in the water for transparency
Added: 4 Mar 2019
Utility company Yorkshire Water has released details of its ethnic pay gap and vowed to publish mos…

Lords to quiz minister and FSA on post-Brexit food safety
Added: 4 Mar 2019
Peers on the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment sub-committee will quiz a government minister…

INEOS announces £1 billion investment in UK oil and petrochemicals
Added: 27 Feb 2019
INEOS has announced a slew of investments in the British process industries totalling more than £1 …

Funders seek Brexit opportunity from process industries
Added: 26 Feb 2019
A leading SME finance platform claims that UK energy companies are likely to benefit from a growth …

Northern Industrial’s hires herald further recruitment drive
Added: 26 Feb 2019
Industrial automation spare parts and repair supplier Northern Industrial announced the first leg o…

Scottish lifesciences secure record equity
Added: 26 Feb 2019
Scotland’s life sciences companies raised £85 million of equity investment during the last 12 month…

EEF changes name to Make UK then delivers a Brexit broadside
Added: 20 Feb 2019
Manufacturers’ association the EEF announced a historic change of name – rebranding itself Make UK …

Royal Academy of Engineering trustees nominate McDonald for first Scottish president
Added: 18 Feb 2019
University of Strathclyde principal and vice-chancellor professor Jim McDonald has been nominated f…

Company claims a UK first with lead-free galvanising
Added: 18 Feb 2019
Leading corrosion protection firm Wedge Group Galvanising is celebrating the end of its 10-year pro…

If you want to get ahead, be a chemical engineer…
Added: 15 Feb 2019
Chemical engineering provides a significant boost to social mobility, according to a survey of youn…