12 December 2015 to 8 January 2016

This week is a bumper edition covering the last weeks of 2015 and the beginning of 2016. Media coverage during the period included a story in the Daily Mail about Lontra, an air compression company the Institution invested in last year as part of the Stephenson Fund, an array of regional and trade coverage about JCB’s Lord Bamford becoming an Institution Honorary Fellow and trade pick-up of the Institution’s latest policy statement looking at integrated transport systems. The Institution also featured in the Independent in a story about food waste and there was varied trade and regional coverage for Formula Student, the TMMX Awards and last year’s Engineered in Britain report.

• 02/01/2016 Midlands-based air compression specialist firm Lontra pumped up by Welsh Water deal – The Daily Mail

  Article about air compression company Lontra which refers to the investment made by the Institution into the company via the Stephenson Fund.

   

• 22/12/2015 JCB boss receives honorary title from prestigious group – Burton Mail

  Article about JCB’s Lord Bamford becoming an Honorary Fellow of the Institution. The news was also picked up in The Derby Telegraph, Process & Control, Works Management, Eureka, Industrial Plant & Equipment, East Midlands Chamber, Uttoxer Advertiser, The Construction Index, Insider Media, Horticulture Week, Demolition & Recycling International, Farming Life and Stackyard.

   

• 07/01/2016 Cutting Unnecessary Journeys Could Boost Economy Says IME Report – Fleet Point

  Article on the Institution’s latest policy statement which points out the benefits of cutting unnecessary journey and reducing congestion at peak hours. The policy statement was also picked up in Bloomberg News, Automotive Industry, Fleet News, Fleet World, Equities.com and Fleet Automotive.

   

• 18/12/2015 How much food does the EU waste? – The Independent

  This article references the Institution’s influential 2013 report on food waste. There was also pick-up in Resource of related research by the Institution which found that 80% of the public would buy imperfect fruit and vegetables.

   

• 27/12/2015 ‘Fastest’ racing car star attraction at bigger, better Techfest – Yahoo News

  Article about the Formula Student team at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay. There was also news coverage for other Formula Student teams in The Bath Chronicle, ED Quarter and The Business Desk West Midlands

   

• 19/12/2015 Trawsfynydd may host new nuclear reactors – Cambrian News

  Article citing an Institution policy statement about Small Modular Reactors. The policy statement was also referred to in stories in The Daily Post, Construction News and Wales Online

   

• 05/01/2016 New research: manufacturers pessimistic about Government’s commitment to the sector – Process & Control Today

  Article about the findings of the Institution’s 2015 Engineered in Britain report. The report was also covered in ACR News and The Business Desk West Midlands

   

• 16/12/2015 All in a day’s work: £9m deal plus four awards – Harrogate Advertiser

  Article about one of the winning company’s in this year’s TMMX Awards, run by the Institution and The Manufacturer. The news was also picked up in The York Press, Advanced Manufacturing,  The Ripon Gazette, Wetherby News, The Business Desk Yorkshire and The Business Daily.

   

• 23/12/2015 Burton engineer Jodie Howlett named as one of the best in UK – Burton Mail

Article about one of 2015’s Vision Award winners.