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UK coastal power station at serious risk from floods, says report
Added: 20 Jun 2018
Coastal power plants in the UK will be at increased risk of flooding from rising sea levels and fla…
Temperature control pioneer Peter Huber dies at 77
Added: 18 Jun 2018
Peter Huber, a pioneer in the development of temperature control technology and founder of the inte…
Chemicals manufacturers’ global sales buck Brexit downturn fears
Added: 14 Jun 2018
The UK’s top privately owned chemicals and coating manufacturers have bucked fears of a Brexit down…
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…
STEM advocate Dara O’Briain reads child author's BBC award-winning sewer story
Added: 11 Jun 2018
Comedian and science advocate Dara O’Briain has presented a BBC 500 Words award to a primary school…
BOFA joins top 200 fastest growing UK exporters list
Added: 11 Jun 2018
Fume and dust extraction technology company BOFA International has been named among Britain’s top 2…
Government to look at state investment to ensure new electricity supply
Added: 5 Jun 2018
The Government has indicated that a major public investment is likely in the development of a new n…
New association to lead fatbergs crackdown
Added: 5 Jun 2018
A new association has been launched to lead the fightback against the UK’s ‘biggest’ sewage challen…
Monitor wins Frost & Sullivan 2018 new product award
Added: 4 Jun 2018
Membrane technology expert Modern Water has won global industry analysts Frost & Sullivan’s 2018 ne…
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…
Confidence in UKCS prospects best for five years
Added: 29 May 2018
Oil and gas exploration and production activity on the UK Continental Shelf of the North Sea reveal…
EEF warns government to ‘stop wasting time on MaxFac option’
Added: 29 May 2018
Manufacturers’ organisation the EEF has derided the so-called ‘MaxFac’ customs option being conside…
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…
Connect scoops best cleanroom of the year award
Added: 29 May 2018
Connnect 2 Cleanrooms has won the 2018 Cleanroom Technology Conference’s Best Cleanroom Facility aw…
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…
