Ford is to close its Bridgend engine manufacturing plant in 2020, a move described by unions as a ‘real hammer blow’ and a ‘grotesque act of economic betrayal’.

A network of university research centres helps Rolls-Royce to stay at the frontier of science. Michael Kenward reports

Medical tech start-up Occuity has secured £2.85m to develop a non-contact glucose meter, allowing people with diabetes to monitor their blood sugar levels through an eye scan.

There is a sense in UK innovation that getting ideas from laboratory or drawing board to the commercial marketplace just isn’t always as easy as it should be.

Cambridge Consultants are utilising Microsoft’s HoloLens augmented reality (AR) headset in a bid to give surgeons a real-time view inside a patient during keyhole surgery.

To keep pace with the drive to reduce downtime and improve safety, specialist monitoring software looks set to play an ever-increasing role in many manufacturing and process operations. Colin Carter...