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CBI calls for global climate plan
Added: 30 Nov 2015
British businesses have joined the call for world leaders to forge a global action plan at the UN C…
Oil & gas firms ‘risking’ $2trn
Added: 30 Nov 2015
A report published by investment think-tank Carbon Tracker suggests major oil and gas firms are ris…
Sewage gas to power waste plant
Added: 30 Nov 2015
Siemens technology is being used to convert the Ebswien wastewater treatment works in Vienna into a…
Government scraps CCS funding
Added: 27 Nov 2015
The UK government rocked the industrial sector this week with the news that it had scrapped its £1 …
Research boost for ready-meals
Added: 26 Nov 2015
Industrial gas supplier BOC has begun a two-year project to develop a cooking and cooling system ai…
Sales slide hits chemical sector
Added: 25 Nov 2015
The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) warned last week that the UK must ”urgently address” its …
Shell fined over North Sea spill
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Oil and gas firm Shell has been fined £22,500 after it was found to have breached offshore petroleu…
Cuadrilla forced to plug shale well
Added: 24 Nov 2015
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) firm Cuadrilla has stopped exploration at its Becconsall shale gas …
Apprenticeships future still unclear
Added: 24 Nov 2015
British businesses have called on the government to clarify its impending plans regarding the futur…
Pfizer agrees $160bn merger
Added: 23 Nov 2015
Pfizer has signed a $160 billion (£105bn) merger deal with Irish pharmaceuticals developer Allergan.
GE and Emerson in biopharma deal
Added: 20 Nov 2015
GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business and Emerson Process Management have joined forces to improve…
£92m for manufacturing hubs
Added: 20 Nov 2015
Universities and science minister Jo Johnson has today announced £92 million worth of investment fo…
Decommissioning sector ramps up
Added: 19 Nov 2015
The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is likely to see decommissioning expenditure of £16.9 billion by 20…
UK coal-fired plants to close
Added: 18 Nov 2015
The UK’s coal-fired power stations will be shut down within the next ten years, energy secretary Am…
Quantum research in the spotlight
Added: 18 Nov 2015
UK research teams last week demonstrated how study of the quantum realm is helping to advance measu…
Think tank targets water standard
Added: 18 Nov 2015
A new think-tank has been founded by manufacturers and trade organisations to drive a European syst…
UK still lags in innovation stakes
Added: 17 Nov 2015
The UK has once again failed to make an appearance on a list of the world’s top 100 most innovative…
Carlsberg to slash workforce
Added: 13 Nov 2015
Carlsberg announced plans to cut 2000 jobs this week as it revealed a DKr4.499bn (£425m) net loss i…
Biopharma centre improves capability
Added: 12 Nov 2015
Life sciences firm Novasep has provided a biologics centre with protein purification technology.
UK relegated in energy index
Added: 11 Nov 2015
A fall in the UK’s energy equity has resulted in the loss of its ‘AAA’ energy score, the annual Ene…
