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Bilfinger's Hinkley £350 million deal creates a matching 350 jobs

Added: 9 Jun 2020

Bilfinger UK has won two contracts worth £350 million for work at EDF’s Hinkley Point C nuclear pow…

Engineering apprentices

Engineering and manufacturing ‘lag behind’ for post-COVID flexible working

Added: 9 Jun 2020

UK manufacturing and engineering firms were among the sectors least prepared to offer flexible work…

NMIS appoints Michelin’s Reid as new CEO

Added: 26 May 2020

The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has announced that former Michelin executive J…

Strict safety measures enable RPI to achieve ‘90% production’

Added: 21 May 2020

Specialist inspection systems develop RPI UK says its production capacity is back to 90% since reop…

Don’t let lockdown block recruitment of young talent says Make UK

Added: 27 Apr 2020

Manufacturers’ organisation Make UK called on engineering and manufacturing employers not to halt r…

Biopharma boost

UK pharmaceutical patents continue YoY rise

Added: 27 Apr 2020

Latest European Patent Office (EPO) data reveals the UK was responsible for 293 pharmaceutical sect…

Lorien unveils Africa expansion plans

Added: 14 Apr 2020

Lorien Engineering Solutions has launched an office in South Africa prompted by a growing demand in…

Pandemic effect ‘likely to increase R&D commitment long term’

Added: 14 Apr 2020

The severity of the impact from the coronavirus pandemic could delay recent Government promises to …

Combating Covid-19: Process sector contributions continue

Added: 14 Apr 2020

Process industry firms are continuing to switch their attention to combating the Covid-19 crisis, w…

Virtual events ‘reduce carbon emissions by more than 99%’ claim

Added: 14 Apr 2020

The swathe of industrial and consumer trade shows cancelled in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic…

Process Industry rallies with Covid-19 action

Added: 8 Apr 2020

Companies throughout Britain and those which form part of the process industry supply chain have do…

AD equipment to be tested by avalanche of food waste from panic-buying

Added: 31 Mar 2020

AD and biogas operators should brace themselves for an avalanche of food waste that will test their…

Company vows to tackle source of one in five major oil & gas accidents

Added: 24 Mar 2020

Creators of a new digital tool for the oil and gas industry say it could help reduce a major cost a…

Call for £7.5 bn investment to erase plastic waste and refuel economy

Added: 23 Mar 2020

Britain must invest billions to tackle the nearly five million tonnes of plastic waste it generates…

Rotherham advanced solutions firm gains US foothold

Added: 23 Mar 2020

Plant reliability specialist AVT Reliability has opened its first subsidiary in the USA, following …

EPO reveals ‘significant’ growth for UK patent applications in Europe

Added: 17 Mar 2020

The volume of patent applications filed by UK businesses in Europe has risen ‘significantly’ for th…

Sleaford recognised for commitment to food innovation

Added: 17 Mar 2020

Multiple packaged foods supplier Sleaford Quality Foods (SQF), is celebrating after after winning t…

Pressure grows for Budget boost to manufacturing

Added: 9 Mar 2020

As the Chancellor prepared the first Budget of Boris Johnson’s administration, manufacturing leader…

Nuclear atom

Just a quarter of young people know nuclear is low carbon source

Added: 9 Mar 2020

Barely one in four people aged 18-24 surveyed realise nuclear power is a low carbon source of elect…

Severn Trent Water

Severn Trent and partner get £1 mill innovation grant to treat wastewater 

Added: 3 Mar 2020

Clean tech company CCm Technologies has been awarded approximately £1 million in government funding…