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Autumn Budget: ‘UK manufacturers need support as Brexit approaches’
Added: 24 Oct 2018
Caroline Milton, manufacturing head at accountancy firm Menzies LLP, looks ahead to the Budget on M…

UK Steel reward for engineering firm’s turnover turnaround
Added: 23 Oct 2018
A Yorkshire based precision engineering specialist is on course to increase turnover by 15% after t…

Stockton energy firm wins accolades for sales and safety
Added: 22 Oct 2018
An engineering and energy company which broke into the UK top performing companies league has won a…

Multimillion project to transform 400-year-old paper plant into thoroughly modern mill
Added: 16 Oct 2018
One of Europe's longest-running paper mills, the four centuries old Sappi plant in Gratkorn, Austri…

Drax to buy Scottish Power gas and hydro assets for £0.7 billion
Added: 16 Oct 2018
Drax Group is awaiting shareholder approval for its proposed £0.7 billion-plus cash acquisition of …

Nominations growing for Pump Industry Awards 2019
Added: 16 Oct 2018
Nominations are coming in for the nine categories in the 2019 Pump Industry Awards, hosted by trade…

BSC honours round-the-world safety winners
Added: 15 Oct 2018
Sixty-five organisations from around the globe shared 74 top awards from the British Safety Council…

Cuadrilla resumes frack testing in Lancashire
Added: 15 Oct 2018
Cuadrilla has resumed fracking tests for gas at its site in Preston New Road, Lancashire after a se…

Isle of Man sanctions offshore gas exploration
Added: 15 Oct 2018
The Isle of Man has taken the first step towards developing its own energy supply, with the award b…

Female engineering record to mark new college year
Added: 9 Oct 2018
Scotland’s Forth Valley Engineering College is celebrating record numbers of women starting enginee…

Report warns most UK firms failing to plan for change
Added: 9 Oct 2018
Fewer than one in seven UK firms surveyed have placed future proofing their business top of their a…

Unilever and Liverpool University pair for £81 million materials hub
Added: 8 Oct 2018
President of the Royal Society and Nobel laureate Sir Venki Ramakrishnan has officially opened Live…

‘Chemical spill’ tragedy claims two lives at poultry factory
Added: 4 Oct 2018
Emergency services and the Health & Safety Executive have begun investigations into a suspected che…

‘City could learn from manufacturers about accessing innovation funds’
Added: 1 Oct 2018
Financial and insurance companies should follow the example of manufacturers in accessing funds for…

Brexit a growing influence on UK firms’ decision to delay investment increases
Added: 1 Oct 2018
The UK’s low productivity performance is likely to dip further as British businesses withhold inves…

Aesseal wins new City award for business trust
Added: 28 Sep 2018
Mechanical seal specialist Aesseal has beaten a shortlist of top companies to win an inaugural awar…

Minister co-chairs first meeting of business leaders for digital task force
Added: 28 Sep 2018
Business Secretary Greg Clark has co-chaired the first meeting of the Made Smarter Commission to di…

Half of UK firms ‘have no plan for obsolete equipment’
Added: 24 Sep 2018
More than half the UK companies surveyed in a new report say they have no plan for obsolete equipme…

AxFlow continues global expansion with Australia/NZ acquisition
Added: 21 Sep 2018
AxFlow, the multi-sector fluid handling and pumps company, has gained a foothold in Australia and N…

Cola double win for FDF awards engineers
Added: 21 Sep 2018
Cola manufacturers Pepsi and Coca-Cola shared the honours as two of their employees won in the engi…