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One in eight surveyed fancies being an engineer
Added: 26 Jun 2018
Engineering is now one of the most desirable jobs amongst professionals seeking a change of career,…
University launches £7.5 million Northern Ireland advanced manufacturing technology site
Added: 14 Jun 2018
Queen’s University Belfast has opened a new £7.5 million state-of-the-art advanced manufacturing te…
Spain’s Macsa group takes majority stake in Halo Lasers
Added: 12 Jun 2018
Spain’s only laser marking equipment manufacturer has acquired a majority stake in leading UK indus…
Manufacturing bosses hit by pay halts, bonus cuts and 44 days unpaid work
Added: 12 Jun 2018
Manufacturing sector managers have seen their pay rises halted, bonuses cut by more than a third an…
UK ‘trumps’ US for engineering startups (thanks to London)
Added: 4 Jun 2018
New research suggests that the UK no longer lags behind the USA when it comes to business startups …
Innovate UK awards top rating to Huddersfield radiation detector project
Added: 30 May 2018
Innovate UK has awarded a Knowledge Transfer Partnership top rating to a collaboration that has pio…
Deadline approaches for new ECITB training places
Added: 29 May 2018
More than 150 young people will have the opportunity to participate in the next round of Introducti…
Weak pound boosts AESSEAL’s strong sales performance
Added: 23 May 2018
The weak performance of sterling on the international markets has contributed towards a major sales…
One in three manufacturers report EU worker losses
Added: 22 May 2018
Nearly one in three UK companies surveyed in a new report say they have suffered a slump in EU appl…
Government green light for speedier shale planning applications
Added: 17 May 2018
Business secretary Greg Clark has vowed to speed up planning applications to develop shale gas expl…
Green light for employer-led materials science apprenticeship degree
Added: 11 May 2018
The Institute for Apprenticeships has approved the development of the occupational standard for the…
PM heralds opening of UK’s first FE college-based biomass training site
Added: 8 May 2018
Prime minister Theresa May performed the official opening for the first further education college-b…
EEF: Government must address failed productivity strategy
Added: 4 May 2018
Government strategy aimed at boosting UK productivity has failed and needs to set clear goals that …
ABB wins multi-million deal for world’s largest new offshore project
Added: 4 May 2018
ABB has signed a deal valued at around £18.5 million to provide automation and safety systems for S…
Lloyd’s, Worley and Argent form decommissioning partnership
Added: 4 May 2018
Lloyd’s Register, WorleyParsons, and Ardent have signed a global oil and gas decommissioning consor…
EEF: Number 10 must reform apprentice levy
Added: 30 Apr 2018
Manufacturers’ association the EEF has delivered one of the strongest attacks yet on the government…
NIA endorses ETI report’s low cost nuclear claim
Added: 30 Apr 2018
The Nuclear Industry Association has welcomed the Energy Technologies Institute’s (ETI) report into…
EEF plea for cyber security as nearly 50% of UK manufacturers report attacks
Added: 23 Apr 2018
UK manufacturing is the most targeted sector for cyber attacks after government and finance, report…
Norwell seeks training EDGE with upstream e-learning
Added: 23 Apr 2018
Oil industry company Norwell Engineering has launched a 50 module e-learning course to counter what…
Manufacturers say UK can exploit global process industry equipment demand
Added: 16 Apr 2018
The UK’s specialist mechanical equipment industry is well placed to exploit its sector’s continued …
