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Entries invited for new look Chemical Industry Awards
Added: 29 Jan 2025
Submissions have opened for this year’s Chemical Industry Awards, with opportunities for inclusion …
Jungheinrich wins EcoVadis Platinum sustainability award for fourth year
Added: 29 Jan 2025
Corporate social responsibility rating agency EcoVadis has awarded its Platinum sustainability cert…
Ofwat banks on innovation by doubling innovation fund to £0.4 billion
Added: 28 Jan 2025
Ofwat Innovation Fund will double to £0.4 billion to boost support to projects that transform the w…
Defence investment provides ‘milestone’ grant for materials casting project
Added: 14 Jan 2025
Wall Colmonoy has successfully bid for funding from the Defence Technology Exploitation Programme (…
Supply chain offers challenge to UK energy transition, says report
Added: 14 Jan 2025
Supply chain difficulties remain the main risk to the UK’s energy transition plans, with lack of in…
TV food scientist reinforces call for better UPF regulation ahead of annual lecture series
Added: 20 Dec 2024
Warning labels and “carefully considered taxes” would provide a start on the improved regulation of…
Materials science apprenticeship degree wins funding go ahead
Added: 4 Dec 2024
The University of Birmingham and MTC Training’s new degree apprenticeship in manufacturing engineer…
Kenya initiative paves the way for a more secure process cold chain
Added: 4 Dec 2024
More than 130 Kenyan farmers have signed up for a new scheme set up with help from the University o…
Covid’s long tail costing UK productivity billions, claims research
Added: 13 Nov 2024
The effects of ‘long Covid’ may be costing the UK economy billions of pounds as continued illness a…
Lucideon hails AMRICC hydrogen firing breakthrough
Added: 13 Nov 2024
Advanced ceramics research organisation Lucideon says it has achieved the first 100% hydrogen firin…
RVRC seeks to shift net zero focus to industry emissions
Added: 13 Nov 2024
A new initiative sited at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) plans to focus indus…
2024 Pump Industry Awards nominations deadline looms
Added: 12 Nov 2024
The British Pump Manufacturers Association is urging members not to miss the nominations process fo…
Industrial strategy will boost UK reshoring, say Make UK/RSM survey responders
Added: 23 Oct 2024
Announcement of the Government’s long-term industrial strategy will revive the country’s offshore m…
QUB secures £6.5 million for supply chain initiative
Added: 23 Oct 2024
Queen's University Belfast has secured £6.25 million funding from UK Research and Innovation, to mo…
UVAC claims funding plans for apprenticeships are ‘major blow’ to engineering
Added: 23 Oct 2024
Plans to restrict levy funding of level 7 apprenticeships will widen the skills gap, hinder the ec…
News roundup: Industrial strategy, women engineers, RoSPA awards
Added: 16 Oct 2024
CEO of Make UK Stephen Phipson has given an emphatic welcome to the Government’s new industrial str…
Sheffield AMRC and Boeing science-industry partnership wins Bhattacharyya Award
Added: 30 Sep 2024
The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and Boeing have won the…
Government signs deal for Tata furnace go-ahead
Added: 16 Sep 2024
Tata Steel has signed an agreement with the Government for a £500 million funding plan to enable th…
Digital transformation risking SME ‘paralysis’ claims Made Smarter
Added: 16 Sep 2024
Small to medium enterprises are so overwhelmed by the challenges of digital transformation that man…
North East’s largest process industry expo returns bigger than ever for 2024
Added: 16 Sep 2024
The North East of England Process Industry Cluster’s (NEPIC) Meet the Members Expo and Conference i…
