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‘Milestone’ certification of first AM-produced part for oil and gas sector
Added: 6 Sep 2017
Lloyd’s Register has certified the first part to be produced through additive manufacturing for the…
GMB members vote for Sellafield strike action
Added: 4 Sep 2017
More than three quarters of GMB members employed at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria have vot…
EEF picks top defence and trade civil servant to succeed Scuoler
Added: 4 Sep 2017
Manufacturers’ association the EEF has appointed a top civil servant at the Department for Internat…
OPITO commissions major survey on North Sea labour market
Added: 4 Sep 2017
Robert Gordon University’s Oil and Gas Institute will carry out a major analysis of the UK Continen…
Sellafield scoops nine industry awards for ‘unrelenting focus on safety’
Added: 25 Aug 2017
Sellafield nuclear facility has been awarded nine safety gongs by the Royal Society for the Prevent…
Bristol Uni spin-off wins IMechE investment for corrosion sensor
Added: 23 Aug 2017
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has invested money through its Stephenson Fund in …
Amec Foster Wheeler secures key nuclear waste contracts worth £4 million
Added: 23 Aug 2017
Amec Foster Wheeler has won two contracts worth £4 million from LLW Repository, the company respons…
Scientists reveal it’s raining diamonds on Neptune
Added: 21 Aug 2017
While the earth has experienced freak rainstorms of fish, frogs and even golfballs, its sister plan…
GMB hits back at claims UK shale gas reserves are ‘overhyped’
Added: 17 Aug 2017
The GMB union has dismissed speculation by a UK professor that the country’s shale gas reserves are…
Government customs union plan draws mixed reaction from industry
Added: 15 Aug 2017
The government’s plan for an interim customs union with the EU has drawn a mixed reaction from memb…
Tata Steel incurs £1m penalty after toxic substances release
Added: 14 Aug 2017
Tata Steel UK has incurred a £1 million fine following an incident in which toxic and flammable sub…
Two unions to hold strike ballots over ‘unacceptable’ Sellafield pay increase
Added: 10 Aug 2017
Unite and GMB are holding strike ballots over a “completely unacceptable” pay increase offer that w…
Synthetic biology start-ups doubled every five years in UK
Added: 10 Aug 2017
The number of synthetic biology start-ups in the UK between 2000 and 2016 has doubled every five ye…
Lawrence Waterman succeeds Lynda Armstrong as British Safety Council chairman
Added: 7 Aug 2017
Lawrence Waterman has been appointed as the new chairman of the British Safety Council, following L…
Eurofins’ new £4 million laboratory brings testing under one roof
Added: 4 Aug 2017
Work has finished on Eurofins’ new high-tech laboratory site for testing water and pharmaceutical p…
Government hands Amec Foster Wheeler £2.9m nuclear research contract
Added: 3 Aug 2017
The government has appointed Amec Foster Wheeler to lead a £2.9 million nuclear power research prog…
Exports increase prompts growth in UK manufacturing
Added: 1 Aug 2017
UK manufacturing was boosted last month thanks to improved export performance, according to the lat…
BP records second quarter profits of $684m amid ‘solid’ half-year results
Added: 1 Aug 2017
Oil and gas giant BP has recorded net profits of $684 million (£517m) during the second quarter of …
Reduced demand prompts closure of Staffordshire’s council-run laboratory
Added: 31 Jul 2017
One of the last local authority-run laboratories in England is to be closed with the loss of 16 pos…
UK offshore oil and gas safety record improving says report
Added: 27 Jul 2017
The UK’s offshore oil and gas industry has reported its lowest ever incidence of so-called ‘dangero…
