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Top engineering figures honoured for their contribution
Added: 3 Jan 2019
Leading figures in the process engineering sector are among those who received New Year honours for…

Chemical engineering pay dips but gender gap closes among young
Added: 20 Dec 2018
Chemical engineering salaries dropped slightly over the last year in Britain but there are signs th…

Alderley's £10 mill development to address UK's lab space shortage
Added: 17 Dec 2018
The UK’s largest single site bioscience campus, Alderley Park, is to be expanded by 50,000 sq ft af…

Wilo MD is new BPMA president
Added: 10 Dec 2018
Managing director of Wilo UK Richard Harden has been elected as the new president of the British Pu…
London domination of STEM jobs ‘could threaten regions’ ability to benefit from tech growth’
Added: 10 Dec 2018
Nine of the 10 fastest growing occupations in the UK during the period to 2024 will be tech jobs, s…

Anglian trounces Google, Apple and Ikea as best firm to work for
Added: 5 Dec 2018
It's official: the best large firm to work for in Britain in 2019 is a process industry company.

EEF report warns of plunging manufacturing export balance
Added: 4 Dec 2018
British manufacturing’s export balance has halved in the last quarter of 2018, reports the latest E…
Materials degree gets go-ahead
Added: 4 Dec 2018
The proposed new degree apprenticeship for materials science supported by an alliance of UK univers…

BSC helps launch safety drive for India’s 465 million workforce
Added: 4 Dec 2018
The British Safety Council has announced the creation of a forum of international leaders in health…

Saudi calibration centre creates opportunity for Endress+Hauser
Added: 27 Nov 2018
Endress+Hauser has opened a calibration and training centre in Saudi Arabia’s industrial heartland …

North East manufacturing project releases £0.8 million for SMEs
Added: 27 Nov 2018
More than £800,000 worth of collaborative projects fund money is on offer to manufacturing firms in…
Combat work stress and boost productivity says EEF report
Added: 27 Nov 2018
The government has been urged by manufacturers to improve employee access to occupational health pr…

Engineering award winner chips in with solution built on food waste
Added: 26 Nov 2018
A 23 year-old company co-founder has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Launchpad Competition f…

Trust me, I’m an engineer… (and 87% of the public does)
Added: 19 Nov 2018
When it comes to trustworthiness, you would be hard-pressed to beat an engineer, reckons a survey o…

Chemistry: it’s a man’s world and that needs to change, reveals RSC findings
Added: 19 Nov 2018
The Royal Society of Chemistry has launched a campaign to combat bullying and prejudice after its n…

Doncasters tackles UK skills shortage with double digit graduate hires
Added: 13 Nov 2018
Metallurgical engineering company Doncasters has struck graduate gold with a rich seam of 10 entran…

Anglian to spend £40 million on leak detection deal
Added: 13 Nov 2018
Utility company Anglian Water has awarded one of the first contracts for the next asset management …

EEF launches guide for manufacturing and schools engagement
Added: 13 Nov 2018
The EEF has launched a guide designed to help manufacturers and schools to engage with one another,…

UK chemicals regulation ‘on cliff edge’ say Lords
Added: 7 Nov 2018
The chairman of the House of Lords group monitoring UK chemicals regulation has warned that Britain…

Industry and academia pair up for health and safety qualifications offer
Added: 6 Nov 2018
Manufacturers' organisation the EEF has teamed with Portsmouth university to launch two new persona…