UNIT4, the world’s leading provider of business software for Businesses Living IN Change (BLINC™), yesterday announced that it has secured a new contract with nuclear power specialist Magnox Ltd. The contract is worth approximately £2.5million in software and services to UNIT4 and will see Magnox replace its SAP system and implement Route 66, the latest version of UNIT4’s Agresso Business World ERP suite .

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Jean Llewellyn, Chief Executive of the National Skills Academy for Nuclear, has been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Jean has been appointed to the Order of the British Empire for her services to the Energy Industry.

Jean is a prominent figure on the nuclear skills agenda and is well respected and held in high esteem throughout the sector and government, so much so, that last year she became only the second person to be awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Nuclear Institute, and was the first female recipient. Read it all..

THE UK NUCLEAR INDUSTRY has given a clear signal on the need for new nuclear power in the UK in the wake of Germany’s decision to phase-out its nuclear power stations by 2022. Read it all..

THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION (NIA) announced that Lord Hutton will take over as Chairman of the organisation.

The former Secretary of State for Energy will take over in mid-June following the end of Lord O’Neill’s three-year tenure at the head of the UK’s nuclear trade association. Read it all..

Sellafield Ltd has awarded four-year Decommissioning Framework Agreements to supply a range of services to support decommissioning to the following:

• Astrel (Aker Solutions E&C Ltd., Hertel Ltd., Studsvik UK Ltd.)
• Cumbria Nuclear Solutions Ltd (James Fisher Nuclear Ltd., React Engineering Ltd., Shepley Engineers Ltd., Stobbarts Ltd., WYG Engineering Ltd., along with the international engineering organisation Westinghouse Electric Co UK Ltd.)
• DEV Nuclear (Doosan Power Systems Ltd., Energy Solutions EU Ltd. and Babcock Nuclear Ltd.)
• Nuvia Ltd. Read it all..

Cogent, the UK skills council for the science-using industries, has today announced further funding to support the training and development of 355 female employees across the UK Sector through its Women and Work programme.

Cogent’s successful bid into the Employer Investment Fund (EIF) which is managed by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) will mean enhanced career development for those who take part. Read it all..