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UK industrial clusters gain from £6 mill award’s raft of decarbonisation projects
Added: 9 Feb 2023
Britain’s largest industrial clusters are the focus of a £6 million award to accelerate decarbonisa…
Sunak shuffle: strategic sense or rearranging the deckchairs?
Added: 8 Feb 2023
From a political perspective, prime minister Rishi Sunak’s predicted mini-reshuffle is either far s…
QE Prize for Engineering goes to record breaking energy pioneers
Added: 8 Feb 2023
The 2023 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been shared between four academics for their dev…
New academy offers utilities employees digital training
Added: 8 Feb 2023
UK Power Networks has launched a new Digital Academy for the utilities sector offering up to 400 sp…
Boom in entries for new project management degree apprenticeships
Added: 8 Feb 2023
Project management degree apprenticeships have increased 125% in the three years following their in…
Divert ‘wasted’ Apprenticeship Levy to plug digital skills gap says IET
Added: 6 Feb 2023
Two billion pounds of “wasted” Apprenticeship Levy payments should be diverted to engineering firms…
Process contract news update...
Added: 6 Feb 2023
Jungheinrich, Decom Engineering, Atkins, Morrison Engineering Services, THREE360 Energy and Fluence…
Babcock Wanson heralds Euro drive with trio of acquisitions
Added: 5 Feb 2023
Babcock Wanson Group has acquired European firms Parat and PBS Power, bringing its total continenta…
Heat pumps could reduce biogas carbon footprint more than a third, claims research
Added: 17 Jan 2023
Using air-source heat pumps for anaerobic digestion could slash the carbon footprint of the process…
Labour and Tory ex-ministers launch engineering apprenticeships inquiry
Added: 16 Jan 2023
Former Labour and Tory ministers Lords Knight and Willetts have launched an inquiry with support fr…
Clock ticking to join UK engineering greats with MacRobert Award win
Added: 16 Jan 2023
Time is running out to enter one of the most sought-after prizes in engineering, the annual MacRobe…
IET veteran Almond becomes new chief executive
Added: 9 Jan 2023
Ed Almond is the new Chief Executive and Secretary (CES) of the Institution of Engineering and Tech…
Manufacturers welcome energy discount but point to Germany
Added: 9 Jan 2023
Industry leaders have responded with relief to the announcement of the Government’s new year-long E…
Top US lab hails its nuclear fusion breakthrough
Added: 14 Dec 2022
US scientists have hailed a landmark achievement in nuclear fusion that could one day transform ene…
Billions of unfinished goods stuck in warehouses as surveys reveal sector contraction
Added: 13 Dec 2022
UK manufacturers have nearly £24 billions-worth of goods in warehouses awaiting completion owing t…
Calls for school engineering curriculum to fight skills shortfall
Added: 13 Dec 2022
A new report endorsed by more 150 engineering leaders and celebrities, led by the Institution of En…
CBA announces regulatory and supply chain role appointment
Added: 13 Dec 2022
The Chemical Business Association (CBA), has announced the creation of the role of Regulatory and S…
KSB chief Croker is new BPMA president
Added: 22 Nov 2022
KSB UK managing director has been appointed as the new president of the British Pump Manufacturers …
Top manufacturers looking at US$1.5 trillion unplanned downtime costs for 2022 warns report
Added: 22 Nov 2022
Unplanned manufacturing downtime is on course to cost 500 of the top global industrial companies a …
Sector relief at Budget statement but warning bolder action needed
Added: 20 Nov 2022
Manufacturing and engineering leaders have responded with a degree of relief to Chancellor Jeremy H…
