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Engineering facing skills and diversity crisis
Added: 20 Sep 2016
The Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) latest skills report reveals the majority of …
Welsh refinery hit with £400k ‘laceration’ fine
Added: 19 Sep 2016
Valero Energy has been fined £400,000 after a worker suffered fractures and lacerations to both his…
Oxford opens nanomaterials research centre
Added: 15 Sep 2016
A new research centre located at the University of Oxford’s Harwell Campus will focus on the study …
Government approves Hinkley Point deal
Added: 15 Sep 2016
The UK government has today given approval for Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, but has introduced a …
Collaboration driving pharmaceuticals growth
Added: 15 Sep 2016
A report by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) reveals the number of app…
Data analytics ‘can combat biggest business threats’
Added: 14 Sep 2016
Manufacturers are pressing ahead with investment in data analytics to ensure they are Internet of T…
Nuclear industry fuelling jobs growth
Added: 13 Sep 2016
A report by the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) reveals high skilled jobs in the sector have inc…
CCS technology ‘ready to be deployed’
Added: 12 Sep 2016
A new report by the Parliamentary Advisory Group on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) says CCS techn…
Welsh firm takes Hinkley steel order
Added: 8 Sep 2016
Welsh steel firm Express Reinforcements has been chosen to supply 200,000 tonnes of reinforced stee…
Industry hits back after Sellafield safety slam
Added: 8 Sep 2016
An investigation by the BBC’s Panorama team has uncovered a number of safety concerns at Sellafield…
Smart energy revolution ‘fanciful nonsense’
Added: 5 Sep 2016
Energy workers’ union GMB has dismissed claims by National Grid that winter blackouts could be avoi…
NCH gears up oil solutions
Added: 30 Aug 2016
NCH Europe has unveiled a new gear oil solution that uses calcium-sulphonate technologies offering …
Man ‘engulfed in flames’ at distillery
Added: 25 Aug 2016
Drink manufacturer Alcohols has been fined £270,000 after one of its employees was engulfed in flam…
EEF steps up to industrial energy challenge
Added: 25 Aug 2016
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has rebundled all of its energy savings solutions under one u…
Chemical SMEs called on to improve NHS care
Added: 23 Aug 2016
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) h…
Skills investment to boom as ‘Industry 4.0’ nears
Added: 22 Aug 2016
Manufacturers will invest in people to make sure they are ready for the fourth industrial revolutio…
Yorkshire Water hit with £350k sewage leak fine
Added: 18 Aug 2016
Yorkshire Water has been handed a £350,000 fine after sewage was illegally discharged into Rud Beck…
Campaign group in a fizz over sugar tax
Added: 16 Aug 2016
A collective of manufacturers and trade associations have joined together to protest against the go…
Schaeffler unveils ‘early warning’ unit
Added: 15 Aug 2016
Precision bearing manufacturer Schaeffler has launched a standalone system for monitoring the condi…
Industry reacts to long-awaited apprenticeships guidance
Added: 12 Aug 2016
The government has today published guidance explaining how the Apprenticeship Levy will work and wh…
