Welcome to the ENC Technical Search blog.
This is where we share industry insights, market intelligence and leadership perspectives from across the sectors shaping the future of industry and technology.
Drawing upon over 20 years of experience working with organisations across Chemicals, Advanced Materials, Life Sciences, Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Technology, Energy Infrastructure, Water Technologies and Data Centres, our articles explore the trends, challenges and opportunities influencing today's industrial landscape.
From executive hiring trends and leadership challenges to innovation, sustainability, digital transformation and workforce planning, our aim is to provide practical, relevant and informative content for professionals operating within technical and highly regulated industries.
Whether you are building a leadership team, planning your next career move or simply keeping abreast of developments across your sector, we hope these insights provide value.

The Future Economy Has a Water Problem: The Next Great Innovation Race Might Be About Water
The rapid growth of AI has created enormous demand for data centres. Most commentary focuses on power consumption. But increasingly, another challenge is emerging: water. As demand for digital infrastructure grows, so too does the need for cooling technologies capable of managing ever greater processing power. Recent concerns around whether the UK can support future…

The Real Technology Bottleneck Is No Longer Software
One of the more interesting contradictions in industry today is that while organisations talk constantly about talent shortages, many of the people with the skills to solve these challenges remain undervalued. Experience, particularly in manufacturing, engineering and operational leadership, is often seen as a cost rather than a competitive advantage. Yet the latest wave of…

Who is Andy Corness and why did he found ENC?
Who am I? A chemist by training, I have spent 20 years building a career within technical recruitment, leading teams, building businesses and working with some of the industry’s biggest brands across
