Glass packaging provider Allied Glass has designed a new bottle for Blackwoods’ new spirit range. Blackwoods, which is owned by Hi-Spirits, is claimed to be the world’s first vintage gin, made with harvested Shetland ...
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SHETLAND Islands Council announced it will retrofit 3,900 streetlights, external lighting on public buildings, leisure centers, ferry terminals and piers. Five years ago, six LED lanterns were installed in Lerwick’s Bank Lane and ...
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French pipe producer Vallourec has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Technip Umbilicals Systems (TUS) for the Edradour gas project operated by global oil giant TOTAL in the West of Shetland area in northern UK. Under the ...
Total announces that it has acquired a 40% interest in two shale gas exploration licences in the United Kingdom. The interests are in Petroleum Exploration & Development Licences 139 and 140 in the Gainsborough Trough area of the East ...
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Unions will seek urgent talks with the main contractor to impress the need to put forward an offer to resolve this long running dispute says GMB Scotland An overwhelming majority of GMB members employed on a new gas plant project in ...
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In the 27th Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round, RWE Dea UK received the operatorship in a further three licences in the Southern North Sea In addition to the two 27th Round licences awarded earlier this year, P2018 West of Shetland and ...
RWE Dea has signed an agreement to farm-in to Licences P1932 and P2074, which will allow the company to participate in the drilling of the Mustard prospect in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), West of Shetland. The well is planned to spud in ...
Malaysia-based international offshore oilfield services provider, Bumi Armada Berhad announced today that EnQuest Heather Limited together with EnQuest ENS Limited, First Oil and Gas Limited, Nautical Petroleum Limited and Nautical ...
To celebrate the final weekend of the UK's Wool Week, a flock of Australian/English Bowmont Merino sheep made a special appearance in the Royal Academy's courtyard over the weekend. Wool Week is the Campaign for Wool's annual UK festival to ...
The Wool Lab from Woolmark has released seven inspirational themes for Autumn/Winter 2014/15. One of which is Highlands The mood was inspired by two trends becoming more and more evident: the coming back of the jacket and of tweed or ...
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Austrian oil and gas company OMV announced Monday a 2.65-billion-U.S. dollar acquisition of North Sea interests from Norwegian company Statoil, making it the largest industrial investment in Austrian history. In the deal expected to be ...
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The UK's oil producers group Oil & Gas UK cut Wednesday its forecasts for oil and gas production this year amid signs that declining output from mature fields and outages in the North Sea continue to outpace the impact of new projects and ...
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Several shellfish harvesting sites in Scotland have been closed following the detection of unusually high levels of toxins, according to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA). Shellfish toxins are produced by naturally occurring marine ...
The Woolmark Company is proud to present the Autumn Winter 2014/15 edition of The Wool Lab at the June edition of Pitti Immagine Uomo, in Florence. In addition to this, The Woolmark Company has also teamed up with Lanificio F.lli Cerruti ...
A SHETLAND recycling project hopes to increase its capacity by 500 per cent thanks to two £70,000 grants from Highlands and Islands Enterprise and LEADER. Enviroglass, operated by Shetland Amenity Trust, is the only glass recycling ...
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