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SAS invests £750 million in AI over three years
Added: 19 Mar 2019
SAS has committed to invest the equivalent of $1 billion (£750 million) in artificial intelligence …
UK European patent applications leap for fifth year, thanks to pharma and pumps
Added: 12 Mar 2019
The number of European patent applications from UK firms and inventors has increased for the fifth …
Make UK launches cyber protection pilot for members
Added: 11 Mar 2019
Manufacturers’ association Make UK has signed a partnership with cyber security experts Vauban Grou…
UK manufacturing celebrates engineering apprentices as NAO releases damning Levy report
Added: 6 Mar 2019
As manufacturing firms and trainers are marking National Apprenticeship Week by celebrating the UK'…
Yorkshire Water puts its toe in the water for transparency
Added: 4 Mar 2019
Utility company Yorkshire Water has released details of its ethnic pay gap and vowed to publish mos…
INEOS announces £1 billion investment in UK oil and petrochemicals
Added: 27 Feb 2019
INEOS has announced a slew of investments in the British process industries totalling more than £1 …
Funders seek Brexit opportunity from process industries
Added: 26 Feb 2019
A leading SME finance platform claims that UK energy companies are likely to benefit from a growth …
Scottish lifesciences secure record equity
Added: 26 Feb 2019
Scotland’s life sciences companies raised £85 million of equity investment during the last 12 month…
EEF changes name to Make UK then delivers a Brexit broadside
Added: 20 Feb 2019
Manufacturers’ association the EEF announced a historic change of name – rebranding itself Make UK …
Royal Academy of Engineering trustees nominate McDonald for first Scottish president
Added: 18 Feb 2019
University of Strathclyde principal and vice-chancellor professor Jim McDonald has been nominated f…
If you want to get ahead, be a chemical engineer…
Added: 15 Feb 2019
Chemical engineering provides a significant boost to social mobility, according to a survey of youn…
Swansea to lead multimillion steel research initiative
Added: 12 Feb 2019
Wales is to host a £35 million new initiative between research bodies, universities and business to…
Parliamentary water group chair calls for end to five-year focus
Added: 12 Feb 2019
The chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Water Group has criticised the focus on five-year plans, s…
Minister hails Drax carbon capture breakthrough
Added: 11 Feb 2019
Energy minister Claire Perry said the new Drax Power station’s pilot bioenergy carbon capture and s…
Landmark BPMA agreement with Lancaster University
Added: 7 Feb 2019
British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) representatives have signed a co-operation agreement …
Chester to offer UK’s first IChemE-accredited degree apprenticeship
Added: 1 Feb 2019
The University of Chester’s Faculty of Science and Engineering and major employers in the region ha…
Manufacturing confidence dip blamed on Brexit stockpiling
Added: 1 Feb 2019
Pre-Brexit stockpiling has been blamed for a rapid fall in export prospects and a contraction in Br…
Report warns of ‘scant progress’ in UK engineering education after five years
Added: 31 Jan 2019
The author of the first Government-commissioned review into engineering education has warned that “…
IET re-engineers its brand with website relaunch
Added: 29 Jan 2019
Rebranding is a phrase more common to the world of marketing and PR but even august engineering bod…
Engineering is No 2 preference for male undergraduates says report
Added: 28 Jan 2019
Engineering is the second most popular undergraduate course among men in the UK in this academic ye…
