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REACTION: Seven Scottish businesses secure a share of £2 million OWGP Innovation Grant funding

REACTION: Seven Scottish businesses secure a share of £2 million OWGP Innovation Grant funding   The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership (OWGP) has today (May 24) announced that 15 UK businesses, seven based in Scotland, have secured a share of £2 million Innovation Grant funding. The selected companies will be supported by OWGP on projects that could improve the reliability of offshore wind and help decarbonise its operations. Responding Claire, Chief Executive of Scot...

Doqaru publishes its 2nd Annual Report - “The State of Sales Skills in UK SMEs”

Doqaru publishes its 2nd Annual Report - “The State of Sales Skills in UK SMEs”   In today’s economy, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly challenged with managing costs as they try to maintain their sales teams and reach their sales targets. So, how are these SME’s identifying and nurturing the sales skills when hiring and retaining salespeople? Aberdeen-based Sales Enablement Consultancy, Doqaru Limited, has launched its 2nd annua...

Leading authorities on cybersecurity unveiled as keynote speakers for Aberdeen event

Leading authorities on cybersecurity unveiled as keynote speakers for Aberdeen event   A leading international organisation which sets the standard for automation has unveiled two of America’s leading authorities on cybersecurity as keynote speakers at an event which will take place in Aberdeen. The International Society for Automation (ISA) has unveiled plans to host its first ever in-person event in the UK on May 31 and June 1 with Aberdeen, Scotland picked as the launch ve...

Wind Turbine Inspection – Effective Decommissioning Planning

Wind Turbine Inspection – Effective Decommissioning Planning   Client: Repsol Sinopec Location: Moray Firth, Scotland Client Challenge Repsol Sinopec, a prominent energy conglomerate, enlisted ICR’s Sky-Futures™ drone inspection team to perform a thorough assessment of two wind turbines situated in the Beatrice oil field, located in Scotland’s Moray Firth. The turbine’s support structures and blades exhibited various forms of damage and irregular...

Blades International’s Paola Gasca Recognized with Emerging Leader Alumni Award by Houston Christian University

Blades International’s Paola Gasca Recognized with Emerging Leader Alumni Award by Houston Christian University   Blades International, Inc., a trade finance and cross-border broker and financial advisory firm, today announced that Vice President Paola Gasca—who oversees  the overall marketing and operations of the Blades International Foreign Exchange Rate Integrity® range of services—was awarded the Houston Christian University Emerging Leader Alumni Award...

Dales Marine Services Apprenticeship applications window is now open.

Dales Marine Services Apprenticeship applications window is now open.   Dales Marine Services are delighted to launch its 2023 apprenticeship recruitment campaign, with training opportunities across its Aberdeen, Leith, and Greenock dry dock facilities. Applications are now open and close at the end of June; interviews will be held in July, and new apprentices will commence with Dales Marine during August.   Dales Marine, a well-established ship repair and marine specia...

Decom Mission celebrates sector performance with sixth annual awards

Decom Mission celebrates sector performance with sixth annual awards   The winners of the sixth annual Decom Mission Awards (formerly Decom North Sea Awards) were announced on 16th May, at a ceremony held at in Aberdeen during the trade organisation’s Decom Week. This year the Awards, which were established by Decom Mission to celebrate excellence across a number of areas in decommissioning, premiered two new categories for 2023 - Sustainability and Decommissioning Photograph...

New Mental Health Charter Set To Be Industry Game Changer

New Mental Health Charter Set To Be Industry Game Changer   Nearly 200 representatives of leading organisations in the energy industry have joined together to develop a charter aimed at improving the mental health of North Sea workers. The sector-wide agreement, which is being driven by the North Sea Chapter of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), is being developed in recognition that more must be done after research found 40% of onshore and offshore worke...

Legasea Launch Circular Economy Apprenticeships

Legasea Launch Circular Economy Apprenticeships   Environmental energy service company, Legasea, the first subsea company built around circular economy principles, today announced the launch of its apprenticeship programme. The programme will offer two positions for Circular Economy Engineering Apprentices and one position for a Business Administration Apprentice. “We are excited to launch our apprenticeship programme and to help create the next generation of circular economy...

Process safety firm seeks web developers to help achieve an ambitious target

Process safety firm seeks web developers to help achieve an ambitious target   Following a successful product demonstration involving over 30 companies globally, Aberdeen-based, Salus Technical, is proceeding with the development of its latest product, HAZOP.AI.  However, the company seeks the involvement of ambitious web developers to finalise the innovative tool. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot’s intended use is for Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP) and...

Booth Welsh Holdings Returned to Original Ownership

Booth Welsh Holdings Returned to Original Ownership    Booth Welsh Managing Director, Martin Welsh, along with the senior leadership team, are delighted to announce the successful completion of their Management Buyout. This marks an exciting new chapter for the business. As of April 2023, the full umbrella business, Booth Welsh Holdings, is now fully owned by the senior leadership team. This returns the business to its independent roots under which they successfully operated...

ModuSpec success in MENA region

ModuSpec success in MENA region   ModuSpec has recently been awarded a series of new contracts for various clients in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, worth over £1 million. In Egypt, work covering seven rigs has commenced for two existing clients, providing continuous rig assurance and verification services for operational units both on and offshore. One project is for shared jack-up rig intake where two operators are utilising ModuSpec to provide a collaborat...

STATS Group’s manufacturing credentials to the fore in Scottish Engineering Awards

STATS Group’s manufacturing credentials to the fore in Scottish Engineering Awards   Pipeline technology specialist STATS Group (STATS) has triumphed in the Scottish Engineering Awards. The Aberdeenshire company, which celebrated 25 years in business in February, has received the Scottish Engineering - Manufacturing Excellence Award 2023. STATS are market leaders in the supply of pressurised pipeline isolation, hot tapping and plugging services to the global energy industr...

It’s official! Appetite for Business named one of Britain’s best places to work

It’s official! Appetite for Business named one of Britain’s best places to work   The team at Appetite for Business is celebrating after being named in the prestigious Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023 list alongside household names such as David Lloyd Leisure, FatFace and Pizza Express. The annual Top 100 identifies UK organisations with the highest employee engagement and wellbeing levels, which in turn helps retain and recruit employees. The award is based upon t...

INEOS Launches Novel Book To Celebrate 25th Anniversary

INEOS Launches Novel Book To Celebrate 25th Anniversary Grit, Rigour & Humour: The INEOS Story Publication date: July 13 2023 Pre-order now available   To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its founding, INEOS has invited seven leading journalists and specialists, plus Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Founder and Chairman of INEOS, to report on the business and comment on its remarkable growth which has turned it into one of the world’s leading companies in just 25 years. Gue...

BOOKINGS OPEN FOR THE 2023 PIM RUNNING FESTIVAL AT CRATHES CASTLE

BOOKINGS OPEN FOR THE 2023 PIM RUNNING FESTIVAL AT CRATHES CASTLE   The annual Half Marathon, 5k and 1.5k children’s race event sponsored by PIM will return to the beautiful Crathes Castle Estate, on Saturday 16th September. Athletes are encouraged to book their place early, with a capacity entry field expected for the now well established running fixture. The event welcomes all ages and abilities, from new runners to competitive athletes. Over 1000 runners and supporters...

EthosEnergy Keeps Telfer Site Operational During Cyclone

EthosEnergy Keeps Telfer Site Operational During Cyclone   On Thursday, April 13, the Western Australian coast witnessed Isla, a Category 5 cyclone which left the Telfer mine in its direct path. The site was predicted to receive the force of a Category 3 cyclone around midday on April 14, leaving the site owners, Newcrest, with a difficult decision to make. Newcrest decided to evacuate the Telfer mine except for essential personnel. This left a small number of crew which included...

STC INSISO secures contracts to provide risk and assurance software to water utilities in England

STC INSISO secures contracts to provide risk and assurance software to water utilities in England   Aberdeen-headquartered, STC INSISO has announced two significant software agreements with water utilities covering South West England, the Midlands and Wales. Severn Trent Water has signed an 18-month SaaS (software as a service) contract to use STC INSISO’s audit and investigation tool, COMET Investigate, and this could potentially be extended to a three-year deal.  Meanw...

Neptune Energy awarded industry-leading ESG rating

Neptune Energy awarded industry-leading ESG rating   Neptune Energy today announced it has received its best environmental, social and governance rating to date from Sustainalytics, putting it in the top 3% of all global oil and gas companies rated by the organisation. Neptune’s industry-leading rating of 21.4 was awarded in recognition of its enhanced disclosure and performance across a range of areas including greenhouse gas risk management, equality, diversity and inclusio...

Third birthday celebrated with accelerated international growth

Third birthday celebrated with accelerated international growth   Ambitious business growth consultancy 4C Global Consultancy (4C) is celebrating its third anniversary with the announcement of rapid expansion into international markets. The Aberdeen-based firm recently secured contracts worth over £250,000 with an expanding list of clients, including drilling contractors, operators, and service companies throughout the UK and abroad. These clients span the life cycle from dri...
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