More than 9,000 people have signed an ISOH petition calling on the government to abandon plans to scrap health and safety guidance that helps protect employers against prosecution.
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HSE (Health and Safety Executive) chair Judith Hackitt CBE is the 73rd president of the IChemE (Institution of Chemical Engineers).
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A Cheshire brick manufacturer has been fined £13,500 after a worker fractured his skull and broke a leg when he fell from an industrial brick oven.
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Students from 13 Glasgow schools have put their design and build skills to the test in the BAE Systems Schools Engineering Challenge 2013.
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The Society of Operations Engineers (SOE) has today (Monday 13 May 2013) named Peter Walsh as its next chief executive.
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The decommissioning of the UK's centrepiece for fast reactor nuclear research and development is providing local learners with jobs and skills for the future.
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A chemical firm has been fined £120,000 after an employee sustained severe burns when he was engulfed by a fireball at a factory in Wirral.
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British manufacturing is threatened with a mass exodus of executives because companies aren't doing enough to help improve their skills, a report published this week has revealed.
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Lincolnshire-based Staples Disposables, which makes disposable paper products, has been ordered to pay more than £116,000 in fines and costs, after three workers suffered hand injuries using unguarded machines at its Fulbeck Heath factory.
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HSE has denied accusations of money spinning under Fee for Intervention powers after reports of increasingly hostile inspections from manufacturers.
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A West Midlands' iron foundry has been fined over £10,000 after an employee narrowly escaped falling into a 1400°C stream of molten metal.
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An apprenticeship makes a young person 'more employable' than those with other qualifications – including a degree, a government survey has found.
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Manufacturers have been billed £291,254 by HSE in the first five months of the FFI scheme, WM can exclusively reveal.
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Hitchin-based manufacturer Hermitage Sheet Metal has become one of the smallest engineering companies in the UK to secure a silver World Class Supply Chains for the 21st Century Award (SC21).
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The government is failing to promote UK manufacturing and remains more committed to the financial sector than UK industry, according to a poll commissioned by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
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Start fronting up to difficult employees or forget any hopes of becoming a world class manufacturing site, industry leaders have told the Best Factory Awards (BFA) Conference.
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UK manufacturing companies continue keep a tight hold on wages in the face of difficult economic conditions with the average settlement level for the three months to the end of February being 2.3%, the same figure for the previous three months.
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As the National Apprenticeship Week (11—15 March 2013) draws to a close and National Science and Engineering Week (15—24 March 2013) is about to kick off, commentators are urging government, and public and private enterprise to get involved.
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The government's publication today (14 March 2013) of a consultation document in response to Doug Richard's independent review of apprenticeships, has received a muted welcome.
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Airbus apprenticeships have been bolstered by official accreditation from the Royal Aeronautical Society.
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Industrial crane and hoist manufacturer, Street Crane Company, has launched an initiative to recruit the next generation of engineers to take the business forward.
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Durham-based engineering firm Gestamp Tallent Automotive is offering local youngsters who measure up to a series of challenges a genuine job at its Newton Aycliffe plant.
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MP Mary Glindon has swapped the backbenches for the workbenches of a local engineering firm - Fabricom Offshore Services - as part of National Apprenticeships Week.
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The UK automotive industry is "defying gravity" Deloitte chief David Raistrick has warned as latest figures show a 12th successive month of car sales growth in February.
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An eminent manufacturing veteran will this evening (5 March) hit out at anti-European sentiment and tell recently formed regional quangos to stick to what they were designed for.
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