Policy & business

Investment in battery cell R&D and early-stage testing is accelerating with renewed enthusiasm

Comment: Western battery R&D surges amid China’s dominance and new US Tariffs

HyNet will be one of the world’s most advanced CCS Clusters

Greenlight given for Liverpool Bay CCS project

Sizewell C on the Suffolk coast will be the UK's second multi-gigawatt EPR plant

Union urges government to finalise investment in Sizewell C

Collaboration can be the unifying force behind bold results

Comment: Collaboration is key to navigating choppy waters

Foreflight splitscreen synthetic vision Jeppesen chart

Thoma Bravo to acquire Boeing assets for $10.5bn

Made Smarter is offering match-funded grants of up to £20,000 to help SMEs adopt advanced technologies

Tech grants available for North West SME manufacturers

UK GDP attributed to manufacturing has fallen from 30 per cent in the 1970s to 16 per cent in 1990 and eight per cent in 2023

Comment: How to reindustrialise the UK

Companies have joined forces for a landmark clean hydrogen mega-project which will inject £6.5bn of private capital into the economy

Hydrogen mega-project set to create 24,000 jobs

The British Steel site at Scunthorpe has been described by its Chinese owners Jingye as unsustainable

Emergency law passed to protect UK steelmaking

Auto-DollyTug at work at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport

Aurrigo tech set for lift off after validation in Amsterdam

Busroot has contributed to productivity gains of 10-15 per cent for participating companies

Busroot to help tackle £150bn productivity gap

Comment: Showcasing the North’s strength in advanced materials