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Survey to discover apprentices’ opinions launched
Added: 18 Jan 2016
A survey conducted by the Industry Apprentice Council (IAC) is giving apprentices the chance to com…
Atlas Copco strikes double deal
Added: 17 Jan 2016
Atlas Copco has acquired Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum and Innovative Vacuum Solutions as part of two sep…
Nestlé funds new 'Ecobiotic' drugs targeting microbiome
Added: 15 Jan 2016
Nestlé Health Science has signed an exclusive agreement to support development of a new class of bi…
Carbon capture cuts condemned
Louisa Hearn | Added: 14 Jan 2016
Prime minister David Cameron has been accused by UK ministers of double standards following recent …
BP to axe 4,000 jobs
Rob Smith | Added: 12 Jan 2016
Oil and gas firm BP has announced plans to cut 4,000 jobs globally throughout its exploration and p…
Robot control system “enhances” manufacturing
Added: 12 Jan 2016
The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) has developed a novel control system for industr…
Outlook remains bleak for manufacturing
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Manufacturers in the UK are expecting 2016 to be fraught with tough decisions and risks, one indust…
UK launches IoT research hub
Added: 6 Jan 2016
A £23 million Internet of Things (IoT) Research Hub led by University College London (UCL) has been…
Fatality on North Sea rig
Added: 6 Jan 2016
Statoil and COSL have confirmed that one person has lost their life and another two have been injur…
Oil & gas production rose in 2015
Added: 5 Jan 2016
Figures taken from 10 months of government data suggest an increase in oil and gas production in 20…
Food waste to fuel buses
Added: 4 Jan 2016
Hundreds of buses throughout Scotland will now run on biodiesel derived from used cooking oil and r…
Report predicts engineering exodus
Added: 4 Jan 2016
The annual Investors in People (IoP) employee sentiment report suggests almost half of those workin…
Food body to treble apprenticeships
Added: 1 Jan 2016
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has pledged to treble apprenticeships and grow value-added food…
Industry “must learn” from Total leak
Added: 22 Dec 2015
Oil and gas production firm Total has received a “record fine” for a gas release that took place in…
Green gas industry ‘could quadruple’
Added: 22 Dec 2015
Additional funding for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) budget has the potential to increase the …
Alliance and Sinclair in pharma deal
Added: 22 Dec 2015
Alliance Pharma has acquired Sinclair IS Pharma for roughly £132 million.
Time to “press ahead” with shale
Rob Smith | Added: 21 Dec 2015
The Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) has offered 93 onshore exploration licences across 159 blocks through…
Shale report highlights benefits
Added: 17 Dec 2015
The Task Force on Shale Gas has published its fourth report, which examines the economic impacts of…
Industry reacts to Paris verdict
Added: 17 Dec 2015
The UK business community has called on the government to support existing technologies, and embrac…
Government sinks £8.2m into water treatment
Added: 16 Dec 2015
Cranfield University has been awarded £8.2 million to shape the future of UK water treatment and in…
