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Confidence in UKCS prospects best for five years
Added: 29 May 2018
Oil and gas exploration and production activity on the UK Continental Shelf of the North Sea reveal…
EEF warns government to ‘stop wasting time on MaxFac option’
Added: 29 May 2018
Manufacturers’ organisation the EEF has derided the so-called ‘MaxFac’ customs option being conside…
Deadline approaches for new ECITB training places
Added: 29 May 2018
More than 150 young people will have the opportunity to participate in the next round of Introducti…
Connect scoops best cleanroom of the year award
Added: 29 May 2018
Connnect 2 Cleanrooms has won the 2018 Cleanroom Technology Conference’s Best Cleanroom Facility aw…
Weak pound boosts AESSEAL’s strong sales performance
Added: 23 May 2018
The weak performance of sterling on the international markets has contributed towards a major sales…
One in three manufacturers report EU worker losses
Added: 22 May 2018
Nearly one in three UK companies surveyed in a new report say they have suffered a slump in EU appl…
Government green light for speedier shale planning applications
Added: 17 May 2018
Business secretary Greg Clark has vowed to speed up planning applications to develop shale gas expl…
Multi-million refurb for Parker Bioscience UK site
Added: 16 May 2018
Parker Bioscience’s UK site in Birtley is set for a multi-million dollar phased investment programm…
Newcastle pupils celebrate their UK subsea victory
Added: 15 May 2018
Newcastle Royal Grammar School’s seven-strong team beat off a strong challenge from four other fina…
Ineos chief Ratcliffe tops UK rich list
Added: 14 May 2018
Ineos founder Jim Ratcliffe has topped the annual Sunday Times Rich List as the wealthiest individu…
Green light for employer-led materials science apprenticeship degree
Added: 11 May 2018
The Institute for Apprenticeships has approved the development of the occupational standard for the…
Jacopa announces launch into tertiary treatment market
Added: 10 May 2018
Jacopa MD Alex Lloyd has used the Pump Centre Conference to announce his company’s move into the te…
PM heralds opening of UK’s first FE college-based biomass training site
Added: 8 May 2018
Prime minister Theresa May performed the official opening for the first further education college-b…
EEF: Government must address failed productivity strategy
Added: 4 May 2018
Government strategy aimed at boosting UK productivity has failed and needs to set clear goals that …
ABB wins multi-million deal for world’s largest new offshore project
Added: 4 May 2018
ABB has signed a deal valued at around £18.5 million to provide automation and safety systems for S…
Lloyd’s, Worley and Argent form decommissioning partnership
Added: 4 May 2018
Lloyd’s Register, WorleyParsons, and Ardent have signed a global oil and gas decommissioning consor…
Scots food and drink trio demand call for shared labelling approach across UK
Added: 2 May 2018
Three leading Scottish food sector associations have united to demand a shared regulatory approach …
EEF: Number 10 must reform apprentice levy
Added: 30 Apr 2018
Manufacturers’ association the EEF has delivered one of the strongest attacks yet on the government…
NIA endorses ETI report’s low cost nuclear claim
Added: 30 Apr 2018
The Nuclear Industry Association has welcomed the Energy Technologies Institute’s (ETI) report into…
Lorien cooks up downtime-free solution for bakery
Added: 30 Apr 2018
Lorien Engineering Solutions has completed a multi-million pound refurbishment for Addo Food Group’…
