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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…

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…

Lucideon hails AMRICC hydrogen firing breakthrough

Added: 13 Nov 2024

Advanced ceramics research organisation Lucideon says it has achieved the first 100% hydrogen firin…

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…

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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…

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…

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…

Digital Catapult takes supply chain initiative worldwide

Added: 4 Sep 2024

Digital Catapult has launched the first international version of its Supply Chain Accelerator, empl…

Industry urges renewed focus on manufacturing and skills

Added: 4 Aug 2024

Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) CEO Dr Graham Hoare has described the news that the UK has fa…

New hub aims to fast-track UK digital supply chain

Added: 4 Aug 2024

Digital Catapult has launched its Digital Supply Chain Hub platform designed to enable strategic co…