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Remember to count industry among the climate worriers
Added: 13 May 2019
The appearances of the youthful environmentalist Greta Thunberg have drawn some predictably Old Buf…
Look East for pumps priorities
Added: 13 May 2019
Even before the axis of global power had shifted so far eastwards, we had grown accustomed to laggi…
When you invest in pumps, you invest in industry's future
Added: 12 Sep 2018
Beyond the sectors in which they operate, pumps have a profile so low that they might as well be no…
Like football, pumps expertise requires thinking outside the box...
Added: 3 Sep 2018
“A competent pump supplier is somewhat like a competent coach, they should be able to offer more th…
Industry strategy can't wait for Westminster
Added: 3 Sep 2018
Government and industry appear to occupy two parallel universes when it comes to the subject of 29 …
Investing in pumps modernisation is essential for survival
Added: 8 May 2018
It’s a bald reminder to anyone who assesses a product’s overall cost purely on the basis of its pri…
Fracking quick
Added: 19 Aug 2015
Is the government’s decision to ‘fast-track’ fracking applications a misguided masterstroke?
Less talk, more action
Added: 29 Jul 2015
The UK’s top professional and academic bodies squared up to the government on climate policy last w…
Have a safe summer
Added: 3 Jun 2015
So summer is here, and there’s more than whiff of safety issues in the air.
Shale ambiguity helps nobody
Added: 16 Feb 2015
Delaying vital decisions on shale gas development until after the general election doesn’t help sup…
Climate change – why bother?
Added: 16 Apr 2014
Does a renewed focus on adapting to climate change mean we should give up on trying to prevent it?
Does industrial growth really matter?
Added: 5 Mar 2014
Over the past month or so we have heard a great deal from our political leaders about how passionat…
Are we learning the lessons?
Added: 3 Jul 2013
The process sectors need to take on-board the lessons learned from recent disasters. Patrick Raleig…
The truth about energy?
Added: 26 Mar 2013
London – This week sees a further widening of the chasm between the Government’s view of the UK’s e…
Energy Bill: Tata closures a 'weather' warning
Added: 28 Nov 2012
Tata Steel’s decision to axe 900 jobs in the UK is part of a plan to turn the company into an “all-…
UK energy plans still subject to negotiation
Added: 1 Nov 2012
This week’s announcements of Hitachi’s £700-million takeover of the Horizon nuclear project from E.…
Chemical industry realities not part of EU's flowery vision
Added: 17 Oct 2012
London – The world will, sooner rather than later, live in ecologically-sound harmony with higher p…
Fukushima: Could accidents be 'Made in Britain'?
Added: 16 Jul 2012
Given the scale of devastation suffered by Japan as a result of last year’s earthquake and tsunami …
Clean coal must stay high on the agenda
Added: 1 Nov 2011
With its capacity to reduce CO2 emissions from coal-fired power stations by up to 90%, carbon captu…
Time to switch on to switching off
Added: 28 Oct 2011
Birmingham, UK – UK industry is facing a ‘perfect storm’ of carbon taxes, the closure of many power…
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