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Manchester Uni makes nuclear waste recycling leap
Added: 2 Jan 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester have used pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) …
CMA upholds £2.6m water tank cartel fine
Added: 21 Dec 2016
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has imposed fines of more than £2.6 million on three bu…
IGas wins fracking approval in Nottinghamshire
Added: 18 Dec 2016
Nottinghamshire County Council’s Planning and Licensing Committee has given fracking firm IGas cons…
ABB handed Ferrybridge demolition contract
Added: 15 Dec 2016
Energy firm SSE has appointed ABB’s engineering and consultancy division to handle decommissioning …
Regulators to assess deployment of new nuclear reactors in the UK
Added: 12 Dec 2016
The Office for Nuclear Regulation, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales have launched…
National Grid sells gas business stake for £13.8 billion
Added: 8 Dec 2016
National Grid has sold 61% of its UK gas distribution business to a MacQuarie Infrastructure-led co…
Union announces Tata deal struck for Port Talbot
Added: 7 Dec 2016
One of the three unions involved in negotiations to maintain output at Tata steelworks across the U…
Government gives £60 million for manufacturing innovation
Added: 7 Dec 2016
Universities and science minister Jo Johnson has given £60 million to fund six new research hubs to…
Pfizer fined £84.2m for drug price hike
Added: 7 Dec 2016
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined pharmaceutical major Pfizer £84.2 million for…
Manufacturers buoyant despite production dip
Added: 4 Dec 2016
The UK manufacturing sector remains confident despite the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) i…
Bristol uni develops nuclear battery ‘powered by waste’
Added: 30 Nov 2016
Researchers at the University of Bristol have created a nuclear-powered battery that uses nuclear w…
Scotland moves to transform coal mine into energy park
Added: 29 Nov 2016
Plans to create an energy park at the former Glenmuckloch open cast coal mine were given a boost th…
Tata’s speciality steels business to sell for £100m
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Tata Steel has announced plans to sell its UK-based speciality steels business to Liberty House for…
New report questions value of merging NHS labs
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Independent research organisation MindMetre has questioned the benefits of consolidating pathology …
NEPIC chief brands government’s approach to industry ‘disappointing’
Added: 25 Nov 2016
North East of England Process Industry Cluster spokesman Stan Higgins has described the Government’…
Autumn Statement confirms major Whitehall investment in STEM
Added: 23 Nov 2016
Chancellor Phillip Hammond has, as expected, delivered a raft of measures in his Autumn Statement d…
Autumn Statement 2016: industry implications
Added: 23 Nov 2016
Chancellor Phillip Hammond today unveils his first Autumn Statement since taking office, with expec…
Female engineers achieve their best medal tally at Skills Show
Added: 23 Nov 2016
Six female entrants were among the medal winners for this year’s Skills Show engineering competitio…
EDF calls in Assystem to deliver Hinkley’s nuclear reactors
Added: 22 Nov 2016
French energy major EDF has called in engineering firm Assystem to help build two European Pressuri…
Downing Street promise of £2bn R&D increase applauded by sector
Added: 21 Nov 2016
Science and engineering leaders have been quick to welcome Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcemen…
