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‘This is not a time for fear’, says new IChemE president John McGagh
Added: 10 May 2017
John McGagh, who is currently chief digital officer at Australian power company Snowy Hydro, has be…
New device could improve biopharma manufacturing, research shows
Added: 10 May 2017
Researchers have developed a new device to more accurately predict which proteins could be used to …
Universities UK chief is new Royal Society of Biology president
Added: 10 May 2017
Universities UK head Julia Goodfellow has been appointed the new president of the Royal Society of …
New ABPI chief Anson names organisation's priorities for sector
Added: 8 May 2017
Lisa Anson, the newly appointed president of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry…
Training isn’t only way to increase endurance, new research shows
Added: 3 May 2017
New research published in the journal Cell Metabolism reveals training is just one way athletes cou…
FDF manifesto outlines five key policies next government should implement
Added: 3 May 2017
The Food and Drink Federation has launched its 2017 manifesto, which outlines five key policies it …
European chemical sector records mixed fortunes in first quarter
Added: 25 Apr 2017
The European chemical sector has seen production output increase in certain subsectors, yet fall in…
Materials regulation could bring £4bn benefit to UK, says study
Added: 24 Apr 2017
Modernising composite materials regulations could bring more than £4 billion worth of benefit to th…
General election: ABPI urges new government to be ‘decisive’
Added: 18 Apr 2017
Following Prime Minister Theresa May’s decision to call a general election for 8 June, the Associat…
Food manufacturer Moy Park fined £200k for engineer laceration
Added: 17 Apr 2017
Food manufacturer Moy Park has been fined £200,000 following an incident in which an engineer suffe…
Fracking ‘not compatible’ with 'preference' for renewable energy, study finds
Added: 11 Apr 2017
Research conducted by Cardiff University suggests fracking is ‘not compatible’ with public preferen…
Duke of York opens manufacturing research centre at Sheffield University
Added: 10 Apr 2017
The Duke of York has today (10 April) opened a collaborative manufacturing research facility at the…
Manchester breakthrough turns seawater into drinking water
Added: 3 Apr 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester have created a graphene-oxide membrane designed to turn…
Article 50: Chemical bodies call for ‘certainty’ as Brexit negotiations begin
Added: 29 Mar 2017
Cefic and the Chemical Industry Association have called for pragmatism ahead of Brexit negotiations…
Think tank warns Apprenticeship Levy benefits may be overestimated
Added: 27 Mar 2017
The new Apprenticeship Levy introduced in April will have less impact in regions of high unemployme…
Automata and Russell Finex among robotics programme winners
Added: 24 Mar 2017
Four British companies are among 25 winners set to receive free robotics consultancy via a scheme s…
Chemical engineers grill Commons committee in Westminster
Added: 20 Mar 2017
Last week chemical engineers took to Westminster to grill the House of Commons Science & Technology…
EPSRC invests £4.7m in self-healing materials
Added: 20 Mar 2017
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has invested £4.7 million in the dev…
NEPIC launches search for successor to chief executive Stan Higgins
Added: 15 Mar 2017
The search is on for candidates for one of the top jobs in the UK chemicals and pharmaceuticals ind…
Cawood Scientific purchased by private equity firm Inflexion
Added: 15 Mar 2017
The UK’s largest independent provider of analytical testing for land-based industries, Cawood Scien…
