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Budget to impact renewables
Added: 13 Jul 2015
Figures published by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) suggest the anaero…

Mobile app reveals pump efficiency
Added: 13 Jul 2015
To help plant operators increase productivity and transparency as well as improve competitiveness a…
Verder acquires Ponndorf pumps
Added: 13 Jul 2015
Positive displacement pumps manufacturer Verder has acquired German pumps company Ponndorf Gerätete…
Increase in engineering applicants
Added: 9 Jul 2015
Higher education authority UCAS has released figures that suggest more applicants are choosing to s…

Summer Budget: Industry response
Added: 8 Jul 2015
Chancellor George Osborne presented his 2015 summer Budget to Parliament earlier today but drew a m…
Food industry cuts water use
Added: 7 Jul 2015
Major food and drink manufacturers have cut their water usage by almost a quarter, according to fin…

Budget ‘should prioritise productivity’
Added: 6 Jul 2015
Manufacturing trade body EEF says the government must focus on growth and productivity in its summe…

Report highlights platform removal
Added: 1 Jul 2015
A report looking at the cost-efficient decommissioning and removal of offshore oil and gas platform…
NEL invests £1m in flow meter facility
Added: 1 Jul 2015
Oil & Gas consultancy NEL is investing £1 million to create the UK’s only flow meter calibration fa…

Energy associations plan merger
Added: 1 Jul 2015
The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) and the UK Demand Response Association (UKDRA) have …

Nuclear supply scheme launched
Added: 30 Jun 2015
Leaders of the nuclear industry will gather in London today to launch an initiative to broaden the …

Second Blackpool shale gas site refused
Added: 29 Jun 2015
Lancashire County Council today refused Cuadrilla planning permission to develop a shale gas site i…

Sewerage deaths show toxic gas threat
Added: 24 Jun 2015
Multiple deaths in sewer networks this month show why it is vital for workers to pay attention to s…

MIT chip harvests IoT potential
Added: 23 Jun 2015
An ultralow-power chip developed by engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) im…

Few parents think girls like engineering
Added: 23 Jun 2015
Just 7% of parents think that engineering appeals to their daughters, according to research publish…

Obsolete stock poses "critical risk"
Added: 22 Jun 2015
Obsolete storeroom stock is posing a ‘critical risk’ to UK manufacturing productivity, according to…

Air leaks ‘costing’ UK industry
Added: 16 Jun 2015
Compressed air leaks are costing UK industry thousands of pounds every year, according to fluid pow…

Report backs CCS tax break for oil industry
Added: 16 Jun 2015
The government must introduce tax breaks and other fiscal incentives to encourage the use of Carbon…

Split planning decision for Blackpool shale
Added: 16 Jun 2015
Lancashire County Council planning officers yesterday recommended that one of Cuadrilla’s proposed …

Industry meets to expand plant shutdowns
Added: 15 Jun 2015
Representatives from the process industries will meet in London this week to discuss how to grow th…