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The Port of Tyne, one of the UK’s major deep-sea ports, has today announced that Chris Green will join its business development team as Commercial Director. Chris joins the Port of Tyne from RMS Ports where he was most recently Interim Project Director. A graduate of Cardiff University, Chris bri...

Responding to a Request for Information (RFI) and bidding for a contract can be a long and expensive process. All the effort invested makes losing an opportunity even more disappointing. It can also be difficult to understand why your bid failed. For buyers, being unsure about the level of suppli...

RWE, the world’s number two in offshore wind, has selected the international marine contractor Van Oord as the preferred supplier for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of the monopile foundations and array cables for Sofia, one of the world’s largest offshore wind...

Silence can be powerful, but it can also be destructive. Conversation within a project team should be open, no topic taboo, and nobody fearful of raising a risk that requires mitigating actions. Many people see the Project Manager (PM) or Project Sponsor (PS) as an entity to be feared, one who gi...

PD Ports is celebrating after receiving the UK Business Heroes Stamp for its role in keeping the country’s trade flowing during COVID-19 and for supporting local communities throughout this challenging time. Nominated by the North East England Chamber of Commerce, PD Ports, one of the UK’s major...

A leading commercial law firm has launched a series of Brexit podcasts that talk organisations through the various potential outcomes as the end of the transition period approaches. The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020. While we continue to follow the bloc's rules until the end of the year, that...

Collaboration aims to disrupt established practices concerning access to critical data and to re-define business models around analysis and interpretation. Aberdeen, December 9, 2020: Leading controls technology company Proserv Controls has penned an innovative strategic alliance with Intelligent...

In supporting the ever changing environment in which we all work, the COVID pandemic has allowed Elisian to bring the product experience that is in use in the public sector across local government, NHS, Police and non-profit to the energy sector in supporting the rapid testing and tracking of cre...

HGF Free IP Clinics HGF are delighted to be able to offer all NOF members free access to our Intellectual Property Clinics for confidential advice on all aspects of intellectual property.  HGF is one of the leading IP firms in Europe.  In particular, HGF’s energy team is made up of attorneys who...

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has confirmed plans to develop a world-class manufacturing site at Teesworks for offshore wind, creating 9,000 jobs, have reached a major milestone. Planning permission has been granted for the 4.5million sq ft of state-of-the-art manufacturing space on the site of t...