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GSK invests £275m in UK manufacturing
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced plans to invest £275 million into three of…
Severn Trent slugged with £426k fine for sewage leak
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Severn Trent Water has been fined £426,000 for a series of incidents where crude sewage leaked into…
Thirst for skills spurs action in water sector
Added: 26 Jul 2016
Senior water and environment industry figures have developed an action plan to address concerns ove…
North Sea workers go on strike
Added: 26 Jul 2016
Members of the Unite and RMT unions that work on Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea have …
Industry prepares to scale back post Brexit
Added: 25 Jul 2016
Manufacturing output and domestic orders are expected to slow over the next three months, according…
United Utilities fined £600k for toxic spill
Added: 21 Jul 2016
United Utilities Water (UU) has been fined £600,000 after a highly corrosive bleach was released in…
Demise of DECC may spark investor ‘concern’
Added: 20 Jul 2016
Questions over energy and environmental commitments have flowed in the wake of the government’s dec…
Manufacturers fear ‘Brexit’ fallout as trading outlook weakens
Added: 19 Jul 2016
Business confidence among UK manufacturers has tumbled following the vote to exit the EU, according…
Smart plastics to ‘sense’ equipment failure
Added: 14 Jul 2016
Igus, a German developer of specialist plastics, has unveiled new products to add Industry 4.0 capa…
Graduate innovators given helping hand
Added: 13 Jul 2016
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has awarded four enterprise fellowships to graduate entrep…
Mars sinks £23m into Norfolk food plant
Added: 12 Jul 2016
Mars Food has announced plans to invest £23 million into food processing facilities at its King's L…
Ineos expands chemical manufacturing plant in Hull
Added: 12 Jul 2016
Chemicals manufacturer Ineos has announced plans to expand its ethyl acetate manufacturing facility…
Engineering innovation campus opens in Cheshire
Added: 11 Jul 2016
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has opened a Campus Technology Hub for advance…
Report calls for technical skills upheaval
Added: 8 Jul 2016
A report of the Independent Panel of Technical Education has called for major reform of technical e…
‘Uncertainty’ clouds UK shale future
Added: 7 Jul 2016
A report published by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) reveals there is major uncertainty over…
Engineering institutions join forces over Brexit
Added: 6 Jul 2016
All 38 engineering organisations in the UK have united under one banner to advise the government on…
Scientists make ‘low-cost’ carbon capture breakthrough
Added: 6 Jul 2016
Scientists from the University of York have developed a low-cost, efficient method for capturing ca…
Cloud to drive next-gen automation systems
Added: 6 Jul 2016
The adoption of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) within the process industries is set to grow …
Unions call for Hinkley Point decision
Added: 1 Jul 2016
Trade unions in the UK have urged EDF Energy to make a "timely" final investment decision over the …
UK and France sign nuclear agreement
Added: 30 Jun 2016
The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) and the French Nuclear Society have committed to work togeth…
