A new study is warning that technology, automation and robotics will cause a significant shift in the UK labour market in the next twenty years, with one-third (35%) of existing jobs at risk of being replaced.

A new technology for circular sludge settlement tanks in wastewater treatment has the potential to achieve major operating and energy-savings for all UK water companies. 

Leading technology entrepreneur Hermann Hauser has called for a long-term expansion of the Catapult network with one or two elite technology and innovation centres created each year- which could include water, resilient infrastructure and climate change adaptation.

The Business Secretary, the Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP, has launched Innovate UK’s £50 million investment in nurturing the very latest, potentially game-changing technologies.

An innovation using Google Earth to display digital terrain model data for the display of ground monitoring has been developed by the Costain Skanska joint venture project team constructing Crossrail’s Paddington Station.

A group of leading offshore companies including Van Oord, Bluewater and Damen have joined together to realize a unique floating tidal energy platform which will be moored near Texel in the Wadden sea and generate clean electricity from the tides.

The Data Lab, Scotland’s new Data Science innovation centre, has opened for business - new researxh suggests that big data will yield £216 billion of potential business benefits in the UK.

The Government has unveiled plans for a new £97 million supercomputer which look set to cement the UK’s position as a world leader in weather and climate prediction.