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Apprenticeships plunge as levy pot swells says Make UK
Added: 11 Feb 2026
Apprenticeship starts in the manufacturing and engineering sectors have plunged 40% over the last n…
PMI figures show fourth month of increase for manufacturers
Added: 11 Feb 2026
UK industry performed strongly at the start of the year with the latest CIPS manufacturing purchasi…
Digital Catapult takes a deeper dive in the South West with new office
Added: 11 Feb 2026
Deep tech innovation body Digital Catapult has opened a new west of England office located at Brist…
CBA chief: chemical industry ‘openly questioning’ Government commitment
Added: 27 Jan 2026
Chemicals firms are “openly questioning” whether the Government is capable of creating the conditio…
Water Discovery Challenge II braces for flood of entries
Added: 27 Jan 2026
Entry is open for the second Water Discovery Challenge and the opportunity to share in up to £7.5 m…
NMITE advances into drone tech with Army’s aid
Added: 27 Jan 2026
The New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) is inviting applications for its rec…
Partners’ pioneering PPE materials use waste to tackle waste
Added: 12 Jan 2026
A university famed for its expertise in polymer chemistry has teamed up with a midlands-based firm …
Process news in brief: Apprenticeships, contracts, awards, appointments
Added: 12 Jan 2026
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) has appointed new non-executive board members from Whiteh…
Uncertainty hints at a surer path to clean fusion energy
Added: 8 Jan 2026
UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is working with a pioneering AI company in an effort to reduce t…
Process news in brief: appointments, acquisitions, partnerships, expansions
Added: 5 Jan 2026
CEO of INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe Rob Ingram is the new president of Plastics Europe, the pan-…
KTP Awards mark 50th year and £2.3 billion value creation
Added: 16 Nov 2025
Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Awards celebrated the scheme’s half century with…
CBA reports slight improvements but background concerns for chemical sector
Added: 16 Nov 2025
Improvements in third quarter results within the chemicals sector have failed to allay concerns for…
Process news in brief: sector recruitment, expansions, training, appointments, contracts
Added: 25 Oct 2025
Hereford’s New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering (NMITE) is celebrating its largest-ever…
Start-up and college to launch industrial waste-to-feedstock trading platform
Added: 24 Oct 2025
A collaboration between a business startup and a college, aided by a biotech support organisation, …
Innovators saluted at 2025 IET Achievement Awards
Added: 24 Oct 2025
Pioneers in photovoltaics, physical computing, quantum and wearable tech dominated this year’s Inst…
Engineering bodies highlight STEM gender gaps as exam results revealed
Added: 21 Aug 2025
Engineering leaders have welcomed signs of progress in science and technology uptake among students…
Plaudits for industrial strategy marred by disappointment over chemicals ‘exclusion’
Added: 3 Jul 2025
Chemical Business Association CEO Tim Doggett has expressed “deep disappointment” over the absenceo…
Ofwat winners share £42 million for innovative projects
Added: 27 May 2025
Sixteen technology pioneers will share Ofwat funding of £42 million to aid development of their inn…
Liverpool AM startup secures £0.7 million-plus in a year
Added: 26 May 2025
Liverpool-based advanced manufacturing startup Atomik-AM has secured financial aid of £0.6 million …
Process sectors’ new jobs opportunity: acoustics
Added: 2 May 2025
Workplace safety experts are urging graduates interested in environmental issues to consider a care…
