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Financial jargon a ‘brake on manufacturing growth’

Added: 10 Sep 2019

Small to medium sized manufacturing enterprises are missing out on access to better finance because…

Company claims another first for automated gas filling plants

Added: 3 Sep 2019

The company that created the first full automated gas filling plant has launched a rival site now b…

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Nominations launch for IChemE 2020 medals including new Clean Energy award

Added: 2 Sep 2019

The Institution of Chemical Engineers has added a Clean Energy category to its annual array of meda…

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Manufacturing unprepared for supply chain legal changes, warns consultancy

Added: 2 Sep 2019

Nearly two thirds of engineering, manufacturing and tech business responding to a survey say they a…

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Nearly 40 key bodies back new engineering manifesto demands

Added: 28 Aug 2019

The body representing key professional organisations and almost half a million UK engineers, has pu…

Manufacturers report turnover fall and recruitment squeeze, claims survey

Added: 27 Aug 2019

UK manufacturers are developing their own workforces to counter a chronic shortage of suitable recr…

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First UK training course for fast-growing industrial drones market

Added: 19 Aug 2019

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) has launched the UK’s first training c…

North West hatches scheme for ‘smart’ eggs and a digital-led boom 

Added: 19 Aug 2019

A company planning to use Big Data and analytics to produce more efficient and happier egg-laying h…

ABB secures key Central Asian digital refinery project

Added: 12 Aug 2019

Global technology leader ABB is to play a strategic role in the transformation of Central Asia’s ma…

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Assystem’s Fouin becomes first female to chair Nuclear Institute in North East

Added: 12 Aug 2019

Global engineering organisation Assystem has announced that its senior mechanical engineer has been…

Schneider joins world cybersecurity watchdog

Added: 30 Jul 2019

Schneider Electric has become a founder member of the new Global Cybersecurity Alliance formed by t…

Only one in 20 manufacturers surveyed are happy with apprenticeship levy

Added: 30 Jul 2019

A survey by manufacturers’ organisation Make UK has revealed that 95% of respondents who expressed …

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UCL joins list of universities offering degree apprenticeships

Added: 30 Jul 2019

University College London has joined the growing list of British universities offering degree appre…

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Labour’s anti-fracking stance will boost emissions, claims UKOOG

Added: 30 Jul 2019

UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) chief executive Ken Cronin has accused the Labour Party of ‘wanting …

Chemical sector urges Johnson to deliver on exports and manufacturing growth

Added: 24 Jul 2019

A leading chemical sector organisation has urged new prime minister Boris Johnson to start deliveri…

Racing ace Button says time to get women engineers in the fast lane

Added: 23 Jul 2019

Formula 1 driver Jenson Button has used his public profile to support Santander UK’s inaugural STEM…

Engineering applicants on the rise in second quarter

Added: 23 Jul 2019

Summer may be traditionally a bad time for hiring but independent jobs board CV-Library claims that…

Shell’s AM centre wins Lloyd’s coveted ‘badge of excellence’

Added: 17 Jul 2019

Lloyd’s Register has awarded a prestigious best practice qualification to Shell’s groundbreaking 3D…

Assytem's ASCO acquisition heralds French expansion

Added: 12 Jul 2019

Blackburn-based Assystem, now the world’s third largest nuclear engineering organisation has acquir…

EU directive's £17 million threat 'has put cyber security on the process agenda'

Added: 10 Jul 2019

The threat of massive multi-million pound fines for failing to safeguard against cyber security ris…