The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide €300m (£271m) for the construction of the BritNed Interconnector, a new electricity transmission cable between the UK and the Netherlands.

International investor confidence in the UK’s nuclear renaissance will depend on how we tackle regulation, planning, sites, waste and skills, says John Hutton

Over the past decade the once ‘all-steel’ automotive industry has faced challenges from other materials. Andrew Lee reports.

A researcher at SRI International has developed and demonstrated a wall-climbing robot using an electrical adhesive technology called compliant electroadhesion.

Atkins, Europe’s largest design and engineering consultancy, has announced the acquisition of Rotherham-based engineering solutions provider, MG Bennett & Associates, for £2.5m in cash.