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OPITO, the global safety and skills body for the energy industry, has announced its support for a new development programme designed especially for women working in the energy industry to address gender inequality and ensure workforce composition which better reflects society. Fully funded by OPI...

Proposals for the first sustainable aviation fuel refinery of its kind in the North East have announced for the Tees Valley. Global aviation services group and aircraft leasing firm Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) and its subsidiary Willis Sustainable Fuels (UK) Limited are advancing plan...

Thorne & Derrick are now Official Distributors for the Vicera range of Cable Jointing Stands – the introduction of this new product range is an excellent extension to our core ranges of Cable Jointing, Pulling Equipment & Preparation Tooling and we look forward to further supporting effic...

Womenswear event staged by RS Group in response to demand from customers to help change the shape of PPE for women RS, a trading brand of RS Group plc (LSE: RS1), a global provider of product and service solutions, has held a womenswear personal protective equipment (PPE) event at its Corby headq...

Leading private equity investor LDC has made a significant investment in Boston Energy, a technical services provider to the wind energy industry, as it targets further international expansion. Based in Beverley, East Yorkshire, Boston Energy employs and trains specialist technicians to support t...

In the Autumn Statement 2022, and subsequently in the Spring Budget 2023, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced changes to R&D Tax Credits for UK businesses, affecting both SMEs and large organisations from April 2023 and April 2024. The changes to R&D Tax Credits reflect a shift in strategy f...

It's been a mainstay of the North East offshore supply chain since its inception in the early 1970s. But since a crash in oil and gas prices in 2015, SMD has been busy diversifying. Those efforts are now starting to bear fruit, chairman Mike Jones told BusinessLive. Building on a growth plan set...

The Port of Tyne – which owns and operates one of the UK’s major trust ports – has secured a £100 million refinancing package with the UK Infrastructure Bank, Pricoa Private Capital and Lloyds Bank. This 10 year financing arrangement is a national first for a British major trust port and builds u...

RWE has taken a final investment decision to build two new onshore wind farms in Italy’s Apulia region with a planned capacity of 108MW in total. Both of the projects, San Severo, located in San Severo Municipality and Mondonuovo, located in Mesagne Municipality, have already received building pe...

Assurance provider DNV has acquired Enviroguide Consulting, an environmental consultancy based in Dublin, Ireland. Enviroguide provides environmental and sustainability consultancy services covering areas including biodiversity, contaminated land, waste management & licensing, ESG, Infrastruc...