12 to 18 March 2016

This week the Institution received coverage following its response to the Budget from Chancellor George Osborne. There was also pick-up for Formula Student and there was trade coverage for the Institution’s recent Engineering the UK Electricity gap policy statement.

INSTITUTION IN THE NEWS

• 16/03/2016 Budget 2016: Chancellor George Osborne announces cash for infrastructure as Government “makes northern powerhouse a reality” and commits to Crossrail 2 and HS3 – City A.M

   

  Article featuring comments from the Institution’s Dr Colin Brown following George Osborne’s Budget speech. The comments were also featured in E&T magazine, Eureka, Process & Control Today, Highways magazine, Efficient Energy, Laboratory Talk and Highways Industry.

   

• 16/03/2016 South West tool company sponsors Cardiff Formula Student team – Machinery

  Article about the Cardiff Formula Student team attaining sponsorship. Other articles on Formula Student were featured in the Evening Standard (PDF attached) and autoblog.

   

• 15/03/2016 The UK’s next nuclear power plant could collapse before it’s built– Motherboard

  The article refers to the Institution’s recent Engineering the UK Electricity gap policy statement.

   

• 14/03/2016 UK driverless car trials to begin next year – TechWeek Europe

  Article referencing the Institution’s poll on driverless cars.

   

  THEME MANAGER ACTIVITY

• Dr Helen Meese provided the Health Service Journal with a blog on the role Chief Biomedical Engineers can play within the NHS, following on from the Healthcare campaign document the Institution launched last month. PDF attached.

   

• Read the Institution’s latest blog from David Freedman on Manufacturing a better sales process