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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…

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International Flow Measurement Conference Goes Virtual

Added: 8 Sep 2020

Flow measurement’s leading global event, the International Flow Measurement Conference, has joined …

Engineer celebrates a perfect 100%

Added: 8 Sep 2020

KSB engineer Shane Bates has become the first person ever to achieve a perfect score for a British …

UK private sector recovery outpaces global trends

Added: 1 Sep 2020

UK businesses outperformed their international counterparts on a series of metrics tracking recover…

Collaborative research aims to boost aluminium recycling 

Added: 1 Sep 2020

An innovative method for aluminium recycling has been boosted by research demonstratiing the micros…

Apprentice toolmaker adds value by saving employer £240k

Added: 1 Sep 2020

An apprentice toolmaker who helped design and produce parts for an automated robotic system has sav…

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Pandemic is a ‘wake-up call for water security’

Added: 1 Sep 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an opportunity for changing industry and the public’s use of wat…

RAE honours engineers’ exceptional Covid work with special awards

Added: 19 Aug 2020

The Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded 19 individuals and teams of commercial, health sector …

Northern Powergrid switch to eco-paint will save months in downtime

Added: 19 Aug 2020

Northern Powergrid has become the UK’s first distribution network operator (DNO) to adopt a new eco…

Entrepreneur Forbes tops Offshore Achievement Awards list

Added: 19 Aug 2020

PCL founder Jeanette Forbes led the winners of the 2020 SPE Aberdeen Offshore Achievement Awards re…

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BPMA celebrates a membership milestone

Added: 19 Aug 2020

The British Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) is celebrating record membership numbers with its…

‘Government must take a leaf out of EU approach’ to decarbonisation’

Added: 11 Aug 2020

Government commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050 will not be achieved without encouraging busines…