It’s International Women’s Day today, with a theme of #InspireInclusion. I find these days are a good time to reflect on how things have changed and how they still need to change. Interestingly this subject came up at our BECBC…
Read MoreOfgem and Innovate UK launch the fourth round of the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) with the announcement of priority challenges. The round four challenges provide a focus for participating innovators and networks to develop new products, processes or services that…
Read MoreThe owner and operator of Britain’s gas transmission network has tested running pure hydrogen through its pipelines in a world first as it attempts to make the case for the lower-carbon fuel as an alternative to natural gas. The £1…
Read MoreThe Government has finally granted development consent for the £1.3bn A66 Northern Trans-Pennine dualling. Delivery partners Balfour Beatty, Kier and Keltbray are now waiting for the green light to start the project, which is to be delivered under an enterprise-wide…
Read MoreWestern Gateway’s proposal for a Low Carbon Energy Park at its Severn Edge site gets another major boost this week as new international deal is struck focusing on the Berkeley Science and Technology Park. Following the announcement of a £1…
Read MoreBalfour Beatty has signed a memorandum of understanding with Holtec, a US nuclear firm that is looking to develop small nuclear plants and a factory in the UK. In December 2022, the UK’s largest contractor agreed to work with Holtec…
Read MoreResults out from Balfour Beatty show improved profitability in its UK construction business. Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo QuinnIn the year to December 2023 Balfour Beatty grew revenue by 7% to £9,595m (2022: £8,931) but pre-tax profit was down 15%…
Read MoreChris Ball and Ian Whateley sit around a large office table and talk about how much they are benefiting from UK firms reshoring.Reshoring is when a company decides to stop getting its manufacturing done overseas, such as in China, and…
Read MoreNew sensing systems for monitoring of our waterways, habitats, soil and greenhouse gas emissions will receive £12 million funding from NERC, Defra and Innovate UK. The Innovation in Environmental Monitoring programme has been designed to support UK academic institutions, small…
Read MoreGame Changers funding announced for seven cutting-edge autonomous transport projects looking to revolutionise package journeys across the Sellafield Ltd site.Academy of Robotics, Ada Mode, Cyclopic Limited, Delkia, Digital Concepts Engineering, IDV Robotics Ltd, and Ribble Valley Robotics Ltd have all…
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