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Government gives £60 million for manufacturing innovation
Added: 7 Dec 2016
Universities and science minister Jo Johnson has given £60 million to fund six new research hubs to…
Pfizer fined £84.2m for drug price hike
Added: 7 Dec 2016
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined pharmaceutical major Pfizer £84.2 million for…
Manufacturers buoyant despite production dip
Added: 4 Dec 2016
The UK manufacturing sector remains confident despite the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) i…
Bristol uni develops nuclear battery ‘powered by waste’
Added: 30 Nov 2016
Researchers at the University of Bristol have created a nuclear-powered battery that uses nuclear w…
Scotland moves to transform coal mine into energy park
Added: 29 Nov 2016
Plans to create an energy park at the former Glenmuckloch open cast coal mine were given a boost th…
Tata’s speciality steels business to sell for £100m
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Tata Steel has announced plans to sell its UK-based speciality steels business to Liberty House for…
New report questions value of merging NHS labs
Added: 28 Nov 2016
Independent research organisation MindMetre has questioned the benefits of consolidating pathology …
NEPIC chief brands government’s approach to industry ‘disappointing’
Added: 25 Nov 2016
North East of England Process Industry Cluster spokesman Stan Higgins has described the Government’…
Autumn Statement confirms major Whitehall investment in STEM
Added: 23 Nov 2016
Chancellor Phillip Hammond has, as expected, delivered a raft of measures in his Autumn Statement d…
Autumn Statement 2016: industry implications
Added: 23 Nov 2016
Chancellor Phillip Hammond today unveils his first Autumn Statement since taking office, with expec…
Female engineers achieve their best medal tally at Skills Show
Added: 23 Nov 2016
Six female entrants were among the medal winners for this year’s Skills Show engineering competitio…
EDF calls in Assystem to deliver Hinkley’s nuclear reactors
Added: 22 Nov 2016
French energy major EDF has called in engineering firm Assystem to help build two European Pressuri…
Downing Street promise of £2bn R&D increase applauded by sector
Added: 21 Nov 2016
Science and engineering leaders have been quick to welcome Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcemen…
RAE report warns job prospects for minority graduates need improving
Added: 21 Nov 2016
Employment opportunities for black and minority ethnic engineering students in the six months after…
Valmet fined £130,000 over worker’s pulping machine injury
Added: 19 Nov 2016
Valmet, which supplies automation and technology equipment to the pulp, paper and energy industries…
New nuclear waste disposal research ‘could save millions’
Added: 19 Nov 2016
A team of scientists has completed a body of research on radioactive isotopes, which could be used …
Minister says maintaining British chemical industry as world leader ‘vital’
Added: 18 Nov 2016
The UK’s role as a world leader in the chemical sector must be maintained after Brexit, Minister f…
GMB union demands open debate on fracking in UK
Added: 18 Nov 2016
Britain needs an ‘honest and open’ debate on the viability of fracking, said Stuart Fegan, National…
North Sea oil and gas decommissioning to soar by 2025
Added: 16 Nov 2016
North Sea decommissioning in the UK and Norway will continue to grow over the next decade with more…
Graduate engineering pay on the increase, says EEF report
Added: 16 Nov 2016
The average pay for engineers in the UK has risen 2% on last year, while graduates’ pay has seen a …
