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Royal Academy of Engineering launches £150m Green Future Fellowships to scale climate tech solutions in the UK
The Royal Academy of Engineering has today launched its new Green Future Fellowships, which will see it award £150m over the next five years to 50 of the best ideas and scalable technologies essential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and for adapting to the impacts of climate change. More via The Manufacturer
Chancellor visits Silverstone UTC
Rachel Reeves MP made her first school visit as Chancellor of the Exchequer to Silverstone UTC today to mark Amazon’s announcement of an £8bn investment in new UK data centres. More via The Manufacturer
Ramon.Space UK awarded programme to develop advanced onboard communication processors
Ramon.Space, a global leader in space-resilient computing systems, has been selected for a groundbreaking programme to develop next-generation digital onboard processors for large-scale communication constellations. More via The Manufacturer
Blow for British steel industry as 2,500 jobs go at Port Talbot
The British steel industry has suffered a blow after confirmation that 2,500 jobs will go at the Port Talbot steelworks despite a £500m taxpayer-backed deal for the south Wales plant.
The business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has agreed a deal in which the government will provide £500m towards the construction of a new greener electric arc furnace at the site, with the plant’s Indian owners, Tata Steel, paying £750m. More via The Guardian
Leading Hull manufacturer marks five millionth Logic with a celebration of its best-selling boiler
Since its launch in 2009, five million Logic boilers have been manufactured and installed in homes across the UK.
All five million Logic boilers have been manufactured at Ideal Heating’s main site in Hull. It makes the Logic boiler one of the most successful products to ever come out of the city. More via The Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce
Yorkshire manufacturer set for international growth with funding from HSBC UK
Dronfield-based manufacturer West Special Fasteners is set for international growth after securing a six-figure funding package from HSBC UK.
The company will use the funding to support ambitious growth plans, solidifying the businesses position as one of the UK’s leading hot forgers and producers of high-integrity fasteners. More via The Star
Tees Valley shortlisted for £3bn reactors factory that could bring 4,000 jobs
An international energy firm has visited Tees Valley after the area was named in the final four to be the location for a Small Modular Reactor factory.
Tees Valley has been shortlisted by Holtec Britain alongside West Midlands, Cumbria, and South Yorkshire as a potential site for a manufacturing facility with the potential to create thousands of jobs. More via The Northern Echo
