Aberdeen’s First Integrated Solutions picks up lift equipment business
The acquisitive Aberdeen equipment rental is on the look out for more deals.
Ian Suttie
Jobs boom as First Tech eyes ‘best ever year’
Dozens of employees have been added to energy services group First Tech as the firm targets its “best ever year” for turnover.
First Tech back in the black and heading green
Diversifying into renewables, as well as keeping a steady hand on oil and gas, is expected to bring “continued growth” in 2022 for energy services group First Tech.
First Subsea marks ‘next stage’ in transition with opening of new facility
First Subsea is forging ahead with its transition with the opening of a new production facility in England.
First Marine Solutions bolsters survey and positioning service with six-figure investment
Offshore moorings firm First Marine Solutions (FMS) has made a six-figure investment to strengthen the firm’s survey and positioning service.
First Tech director predicts busy future
A boss at First Tech said the Aberdeen-headquartered energy service group had “a lot to look forward to” in the coming years as its growth and diversification continue.
First Marine strengthens North Sea offering with new director
First Marine Solutions (FMS) has appointed a new director to strengthen its position in the North Sea and global oil and gas markets.
Suttie’s First Tech in the red but tycoon’s investment sets up group for bright future
Aberdeen millionaire Ian Suttie’s First Tech was the red in 2018-19, but efforts to bolster the firm’s balance sheet and an influx of contracts have set the group up for a “bright future”.
Exciting 2020 beckons for First Tech after contracts bonanza
A group of energy service firms owned by north-east tycoon Ian Suttie has brought a sense of “excitement” into 2020 after clinching deals worth around £20 million in the last six months.
‘Disappointing’ trading masks change at Suttie’s First Integrated
Controversial north-east entrepreneur Ian Suttie has said a poor trading performance masked “significant change” at one of his businesses, just months after saying its accounts were a mess.
Tycoon Suttie’s employment practices branded ‘appalling’
Oil tycoon Ian Suttie has been told his employment practices are “appalling” after his former right-hand man claimed he was sacked for asking for paternity leave.
Tribunal: ‘I asked for baby leave and oil tycoon fired me’
The former right-hand man of a global energy firm boss has claimed he was sacked after he asked for paternity leave.
Suttie faces challenge as Mearns leaves top job at First Integrated Solutions
First Integrated Solutions (FIS) boss Steven Mearns has left the Aberdeen-based energy services company under a cloud.
Atlantic to sell Orlando stake in return for revenue share
North Sea independent Decipher Energy has struck a deal to buy a 25% stake in the Orlando oil field north-east of Shetland.
Downturn in energy sector strikes at oil magnate’s investments
Holding companies controlled by multimillionaire Aberdeen businessman Ian Suttie had mixed fortunes during the year to April 30, 2016.
Gallery: 10 oil firms who fell victim to the downturn in 2016
Scores of oil and gas firms have gone to the wall since crude prices collapsed in the second half of 2014. This gallery looks at 10 companies who did not make it to the end of 2016.
Zennor has cash for more after First Oil deal
Zennor Petroleum is on the hunt for more UK North Sea bargains after snapping up assets that were owned by north-east businessman Ian Suttie and his First Oil group.
First Oil administrators begin sell off as Cairn and EnQuest step in
Administrators have begun the task of securing what they can following the demise of Aberdeen oil company First Oil.
Suttie businesses makes £405
Two business controlled by multimillionaire Aberdeen businessman Ian Suttie have reported plummeting profits amid the global oil and gas downturn.
Suttie’s First Oil for sale as oil continues to slide
Ian Suttie has reportedly placed his flagship First Oil up for sale as declining oil prices batter the sector’s financial books.