The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been accused of “horrendous treatment” of some small firms, after it allegedly wrongly classified sound businesses in a high risk category in order to boost revenue. RBS has been accused of ...
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Global drinks giant Diageo has confirmed it is considering selling most of the Whyte & Mackay (W&M) whisky distilleries it gained by taking over India’s United Spirits. Diageo is offering a deal to offset competition concerns about ...
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Old beer and wine bottles could soon be filtering Scotland’s drinking water thanks to new glass recycling plant near Bonnyrigg. Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead opened the ‘revolutionary’ Dryden Aqua plant, which ...
Arthur J Gallagher, an Illinois-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, has acquired the Giles Group of Companies (Giles) of London, for an undisclosed sum. Giles operates as an independent retail broker with ...
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Produced Water Absorbents, Inc. and its subsidiaries (PWA) have completed a $9.2 million acquisition of the operating assets of oil and gas technology company ProSep Inc. and are launching a combined portfolio of patented solutions to treat ...
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SPX Corporation (NYSE: SPW) today announced that it was awarded a contract in Q3 worth approximately $22 million for oil well production pumps. The pumps will be utilized for key artificial lift service on EnQuest's new offshore subsea ...
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Scottish oil and gas sales to the rest of Britain and international markets are estimated to be worth over 30 billion pounds (about 48 billion U.S. dollars) in 2012, the Scottish government said on Wednesday. International sales by the ...
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The Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference (AOG), has joined forces with the Australian Institute for Non-Destructive Testing (AINDT) and the Institute of Instrumentation, Control and Automation (IICA) to bring two new zones to the ...
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Carr's Milling Industries is eyeing acquisitions in the UK and overseas for all of its divisions, including its food business, which supplies flour to bakers and baked good manufacturers. Carr's Milling opened its Kirkcaldy flour mill for ...
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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 ...
It’s convention week for the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) but the only thing conventional about this two-day affair will be the members’ trucks. The 87th annual get-together at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in downtown Hogtown ...
The frequency of flights between Aberdeen and Oslo is to be increased due to demand from the oil and gas industry, according to operator bmi regional. The airline’s scheduled service providing direct access from Europe’s oil ...
A pioneering consortium aimed at helping developing and emerging nations improve the efficiency of their oil & gas and renewables’ industries was launched at a United Nations Association Scotland (UNAS) charity dinner in Edinburgh on ...
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British motor insurer Direct Line Group has reported operating profit of £131.2m for the third quarter of 2013, with an increase of 6.1% compared to £123.7m during the same period earlier year. The company said that the 6.1% ...
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Nearly one hundred and fifty years after its foundation in Scotland in 1866 as Alex Begg & Company and with a long standing reputation as one of the best weaving and cashmere companies in existence, this autumn marks the beginning of a new ...
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