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Queen Elizabeth Prize launches search for next winner of £500,000 award
Added: 19 May 2021
Applications have opened for the next a competition for one of the most presitigious and lucrative …
Deadline for NMITE engineer applicants’ chance of bursary aid
Added: 19 May 2021
Prospective engineers wanting to join this year’s New Model Institute for Technology and Engineerin…
Technician Janet goes for gold with Invertek's two millionth VFD
Added: 5 May 2021
Variable frequency drives (VFD) manufacturer Invertek Drives has marked the production of its two m…
Queen’s award for engineering company that grew export sales five times in three years
Added: 5 May 2021
Engineering company Chelburn Precision has won the Queen’s Award for International Trade, after its…
Half UK manufacturers cyber-attacked in last year, warns Make UK study
Added: 5 May 2021
Half of Britain’s manufacturers have been the victim of cybercrime during the last 12 months, claim…
Biffa keeps an Eye on record recycling target
Added: 5 May 2021
Waste processing giant Biffa has set itself the target of quadrupling plastic recycling capacity at…
QMUL opens new life science innovation site
Added: 21 Apr 2021
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has announced the opening of its new Queen Mary Enterprise l…
IMechE appoints Space Agency’s Bunn as new chief executive
Added: 20 Apr 2021
UK Space Agency international director Dr Alice Bunn has been appointed as the next chief executive…
Schaeffler chosen for UN’s sustainability leaders list
Added: 20 Apr 2021
The United Nations has selected the Schaeffler Group as one of its 50 global sustainability & clima…
Make UK survey predicts 'superdeduction' investment boost for manufacturers
Added: 6 Apr 2021
The introduction of the 'superdeduction' tax incentive is set to provide a sharp boost to investmen…
Siemens steps up industrial network training to plug skills gap
Added: 6 Apr 2021
Siemens has boosted its professional training offering in industrial networks to combat the skills …
Pandemic fails to stop rise in UK manufacturing’s R&D spend
Added: 6 Apr 2021
Research & development spending in the UK manufacturing industry rose 4.4% rise last year despite t…
Drop in UK businesses’ patent applications in Europe, reports EPO
Added: 22 Mar 2021
Patent applications filed by UK businesses in Europe fell slightly in 2020, according to data publi…
Coventry seeks to prove where there’s muck, there’s green fuel
Added: 22 Mar 2021
Coventry University researchers are working alongside water utility Severn Trent and the Organics G…
Make UK broker service aims to ease customs headaches
Added: 22 Mar 2021
UK manufacturing firms facing complex post-Brexit customs declarations are in line to benefit from …
New energy efficiency law ‘could extend product life by a decade’
Added: 10 Mar 2021
Tough new energy efficiency legislation to save on millions of tonnes of electrical waste were anno…
Certification enhances Siemens’ cyber credentials
Added: 23 Feb 2021
Siemens UK has been awarded the coveted Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) certification required for orga…
CIPD report shows encouraging rise in employer recruitment plans
Added: 23 Feb 2021
The number of employers saying they intend to boost jobs has risen for the second quarter, says the…
National Manufacturing Awards provide welcome boost
Added: 22 Feb 2021
Sheffield based employeee-owned company Gripple scored a hat trick of wins at the Make UK National …
North West Made Smarter programme secures renewed government support
Added: 22 Feb 2021
The North West’s pilot to boost productivity and employment by providing SME manufacturers access t…
