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BPMA successfully delivers postponed 2020 pump auditor training

Added: 17 Nov 2020

The British Pump Manufacturers Association has staged its first Certified Pump System Auditor (CPSA…

UK manufacturers ‘ready for life outside EU’

Added: 2 Nov 2020

Britain’s largest manufacturers say they are prepared for life outside the European Union when the …

Yorkshire sewage tests offer COVID early detection hope

Added: 30 Oct 2020

Yorkshire Water is sampling sewage at 10 wastewater treatment works across the region as part of tw…

NEBOSH confirms Payne as new chief executive

Added: 28 Oct 2020

Global provider of health and safety qualifications and courses NEBOSH has announced Dr Chris Payne…

Apprentice leads project saving company £29k per month

Added: 27 Oct 2020

Apprentice Emma Sisman has helped save her employer £29,000 per month as the second highest skilled…

McMenon announces instrumentation manufacturing first with Saudi facility 

Added: 20 Oct 2020

McMenon Engineering Services has launched the first British manufacturing facility of flow and temp…

Stratford student wins prestigious Arkwright scholarship

Added: 20 Oct 2020

Stratford-upon-Avon may be famous for Shakespeare and the arts but one female student has bolstered…

Biffa is latest recruit to Poseidon PET recycling initiative

Added: 20 Oct 2020

Leading waste management company Biffa has become the latest recruit to a new cross-industry initia…

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Call for drone test sites to boost UK ports' efficiency

Added: 14 Oct 2020

Investment in drone testing could provide a substantial boost for UK ports' efficiency and process …

West Country manufacturer bucks trend with 50% year on year growth claim

Added: 7 Oct 2020

Components manufacturer Rockwood Composites is celebrating a 50% year on year growth despite the CO…

Make UK tells Government it’s time to get organised for export drive

Added: 6 Oct 2020

British business needs a national advice platform and database to achieve the Government’s  target …

UK-India water deal hailed as boost to trade

Added: 6 Oct 2020

British Water chief executive Lila Thompson has hailed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) betw…

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Engineering job applications up more than a fifth in UK, claims site

Added: 6 Oct 2020

Applications to engineering posts on jobs platform CV-Library were up by 22.2% across the UK last m…

BPMA postpones Pump Industry Awards till next year

Added: 6 Oct 2020

The Pump Industry Awards has been postpoined for a second time following the Government’s recent ex…

Students’ helping hand charity nets inaugural engineering award

Added: 22 Sep 2020

A Glasgow University student-led society, which creates 3D printed prosthetics free of charge for a…

Chinese firm seeks European opportunity with ‘game-changing' robot sorting solution 

Added: 22 Sep 2020

Chinese firm LiBiao is seeking to penetrate the European market with what it claims is a gamechangi…

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Make/BDO survey says recovery has begun from historic lows

Added: 22 Sep 2020

UK manufacturers are on “ the long road to recovery” but only after improvements in output and orde…

Process equipment specialists scale up for new demand with huge new premises

Added: 22 Sep 2020

Two leading process equipment companies have opened massive new manufacturing facilities in order t…

Data and analytics key to water firms’ success over next five years, says expert

Added: 9 Sep 2020

Sensors and real time data are key to enable water companies to meet UK pollution targets within th…

Extend job retention for Job Retention Scheme demands Make UK

Added: 8 Sep 2020

Make UK has called for the Job Retention Scheme to be extended for critical, strategic industrial s…