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Jobs for the girls
Added: 20 Jul 2012
Less than 10% of engineers in the UK are female – nearly half the proportion found in France and Sp…
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 …
Why the grass is greener
Added: 29 Jun 2012
London – Visits to overseas facilities often reveal some interesting takes on manufacturing issues …
Cyber care in the community
Added: 26 Jun 2012
Cyber attacks on UK industrial companies, including those targeting control and automation systems,…
A tale of two refineries
Added: 20 Jun 2012
About three years ago the collapse in petroleum product demand in France, Europe and the US, prompt…
Can Twitter improve safety and productivity?
Added: 12 Jun 2012
Many major accidents in the process industries could be avoided if companies were more switched on …
Energy Bill: When the chips are down
Added: 31 May 2012
Well done to the UK’s chip shop owners, who have managed to fight off a tax hike on hot takeaway fo…
Student capture and storage
Added: 25 May 2012
The UK is training just over a third of the 30,000 new graduates needed to bridge the skills gap in…
Turning a blind eye to workers' role in safety
Added: 14 May 2012
London – Plant operators and technicians are clearly on the frontline of things when it comes to pr…
Accidents will happen, but ...
Added: 29 Mar 2012
London – Who would have thought that we could have another major offshore incident so soon after th…
A future in engineering or PR
Added: 22 Nov 2011
London – The growing skills gap facing UK industrial companies has been one of the most talked abou…
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…
HSE inspectors to become industry 'traffic wardens'?
Added: 21 Oct 2011
London — The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) is proposing to charge industry for any ‘material brea…
Getting the ‘skills gap’ right
Added: 1 Oct 2011
London — Much of the effort going in to address the skills and training needs of the process indust…
Take a tablet, and some paper
Added: 16 Sep 2011
London — At the recent official opening of Bentley Systems’ new London office, CEO Greg Bentley gav…
UK industry needs another Tarzan
Added: 1 Sep 2011
?With a PhD in economics, a degree in natural science and economics, and his rise - via a seven-yea…
Leaving your comfort zone
Added: 27 Jul 2011
Technology crossover is a recurring theme in the latest issue of Process Engineering: highlighting …
A rare chance to influence energy legislation
Added: 8 Jun 2011
London – Process sector companies should make sure they make their voices heard when it comes to sh…
“Greenest ever’ industry could be history
Added: 20 May 2011
The Coalition has a bit of catching up to do to deliver on its promise of being the “greenest ever …
