Starts afresh to give engineers information (6)
I believe the answer is:
renews
'starts afresh' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'give engineers information' is the wordplay.
'give' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'engineers' becomes 'RE' (abbreviation for Royal Engineers).
'information' becomes 'news' (news is a kind of information).
're' put next to 'news' is 'RENEWS'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for renews that I've seen before include "Makes born again" , "Makes whole" , "Recommences" , "Establishes again" , "Refreshes" .)