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Chemicals resilient in tough economic times

4 May 2022

The Business survey results from one of Britain’s biggest manufacturers have yet again demonstrated the resilience of the UK chemical sector, as it reported it...

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Reaction to the Government's Energy Intensive Industries (EII) compensation scheme

29 Apr 2022

The Government have announced today that they will be boosting support for high energy usage businesses - which includes chemical manufacturers - amid spiralling ele...

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Bold ambition but action needed now to allow UK to compete fairly

7 Apr 2022

The chemical industry welcomes the bold ambitions set out in the Government’s new Energy Security Strategy, which aims to produce clean and affordable energy i...

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Spring Statement 2022 - Huge problem still not tackled

23 Mar 2022

The chemical industry has been left somewhat disappointed by today's Spring Statement, delivered by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Whilst we welcome some measures such ...

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Rising costs behind a slowdown in growth for key UK industry

3 Feb 2022

One of Britain’s biggest manufacturing exporters – the chemical industry – has seen a fall in activity but is still achieving growth. Publishing th...

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Chemical industry reaction to announcement on UK REACH

6 Dec 2021

In response to the deadline for UK REACH to be extended, the Chemical Industries Association has said the following: We are pleased that the impact of duplicating th...

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COP26 in review: Work must continue to tackle climate change

15 Nov 2021

Britain’s biggest manufacturing exporter has welcomed the new climate deal from the COP26 Summit. The chemical industry which manufactures the processes and te...

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CIA and ITN Productions Industry News launch new programme “The Chemical Industry: Our Route to Net Zero”

1 Nov 2021

The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) has partnered with ITN Productions Industry News to produce a news-style programme The Chemical Industry: Our Route to Net...

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UK chemical industry accelerates in race to net zero

31 Oct 2021

Member companies of the Chemical Industries Association have come together in stating their collective ambition to halve CO2 emissions by 2034 and further reduce the...

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Autumn Budget 2021: Key manufacturing industry says Chancellor could and should have done more

27 Oct 2021

The Chemical Industries Association reaction to the Chancellor's Budget and Spending Review: Today’s announcements mapped the recovery beyond the pandemic ...

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UK manufacturing holds key to unlocking Government’s domestic and global ambitions

20 Oct 2021

The success of the UK’s manufacturing sector will be central to Government’s ability to deliver on its national ambitions to level up the whole count...