North-Yorkshire-based industrial shredding specialist UNTHA UK has launched a range of new finance packages to help unlock the growth potential of the country’s waste and recycling operators. The flexible finance routes – offered by UNTHA Finance and underwritten by Close Brothers Asset Finance – have been devised to reflect the ever-changing
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Leading glassmaker appoints Smith Brothers for grid connection
Elland-based power engineering contractor Smith Brothers has been appointed by Europe’s leading flat glass manufacturer Saint-Gobain Glass, to connect its East Riding industrial site to the Northern Powergrid (NPg). Part of the Saint-Gobain Group – a global designer and producer of construction materials and solutions – Saint-Gobain Glass is the principal
Jet Aire appoints national key account manager
Leeds-based Jet Aire Services has appointed John Richmond as national key account manager to drive continued growth in the company’s drainage and civil engineering business throughout the UK. John joined Jet Aire as business development manager in 2017 and his substantial contribution to an outstanding year of sales revenue has earned
MBA Engineering secures latest ISO certification
MBA Engineering, a supplier of laser cutting and metal fabrication equipment, has received the latest ISO Standards for Quality Management (9001: 2015) certification from United Registrar of Systems (URS), following stringent assessment. The ISO standard 9001: 2015 is an international business standard that specifies criteria for documentation, implementation and certification of management quality
University of Leeds students win WSP design competition
A group of students from The University of Leeds have won a design competition led by professional services and engineering consultancy, WSP, to develop a new masterplan that will transform Bishopsgate Goodsyard in Shoreditch into a mixed use development. This year marks the fourth instalment of the design competition, also known
Budding engineers across Yorkshire invited to get careers on track
Budding engineers in Yorkshire are invited to visit the brand new National College for High Speed Rail on Carolina Way, for its open day next week, where they can find out about the training opportunities and employer connections offered at the largest of five new government-backed, employer-led national colleges. 2018 is
SES Engineering Services’ Hovercraft Challenge inspires York’s budding female engineers
With the government declaring 2018 The Year of Engineering, SES Engineering Services (SES) has set out to inspire the next generation of female engineers by hosting its annual Hovercraft Day challenge at The Mount School. Returning for a fifth year, the action-packed event proved that girls from eight local schools across
River Humber tunnelling machine named after first female civil engineer
National Grid’s new 160m long, 510 tonne tunnelling machine has been christened Mary, after Mary Fergusson, the first female fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers. The name was chosen by Kasey Doney, eight, a pupil at Paull Primary School near Hull, who is pictured with a section of the machine
Leo Group “tackles” thriving Halifax junior football club’s parking woes
A thriving Halifax junior football club’s lack of parking facilities has been successfully “tackled” by a Calderdale environmental company. Boothtown-based Leo Group, along with the help of Leeds-based waste management company Associated Waste Management Ltd, has created a brand-new car park for Beacon Rangers – which plays in the Huddersfield Junior
SNF enlists Smith Brothers for prestigious Billingham connection
Yorkshire power contractor Smith Brothers has been appointed by world-leading polymer provider SNF, to carry out large-scale electrical engineering works at its first UK-based manufacturing facility. Having been enlisted as the Independent Connections Provider (ICP) by SNF, high voltage specialist Smith Brothers will be responsible for the 66kV load connection of