ONE, SDI to help supply chain expand overseas
Opportunity North East (One) and Scottish Development International (SDI) are joining forces to help oil, gas and energy supply chain companies expand overseas.
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Oil tycoon shares vision for land of adventure
Oil and gas tycoon Sir Ian Wood has revealed ambitions to transform the north-east as a global adventure destination - and give a boost to key industries such as fishing and hospitality.
We have made a difference in a short time
Achieving the regional economic renaissance is the challenge that is now uniting us across north-east Scotland.
RGU launches new Fit4Energy programme
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is launching a unique programme to support businesses within the energy sector to accelerate their growth.
RGU launches new Fit4Energy programme
Robert Gordon University (RGU) is launching a unique programme to support businesses within the energy sector to accelerate their growth.
£20m investment to reduce reliance on oil industry
A multi-million pound investment project is expected to double the number of life sciences companies in the north-east as part of a wider plan to diversify the local economy away from oil and gas.
Experts to be hired in key markets to drive Scotland’s energy exports
The Scottish Government is to hire a series of experts to drive energy exports in five key markets such as the Middle East and the Gulf of Mexico.
ONE to help Shell, Conoco answer decommissioning problems
Two economic development bodies will join forces in the crusade to anchor the oil and gas supply chain in the north-east.
Aberdeen battles back to become top five city
Europe’s beleaguered capital of oil and gas has powered its way into the top five in a league table of the UK’s fastest-growing city economies.
Investment to pull north east economy away from ‘cliff edge’
Investment in Opportunity North East (One) is to be doubled to £62million over the next 10 years in an attempt to pull the region’s economy away from a “cliff edge”.
One chief says oil sector ‘vision’ goes hand-in-hand with economic renaissance
The head of a north-east economic development body said yesterday that a strong oil and gas industry would bolster efforts to create an “economic renaissance” in the region after the downturn.
North Sea supply chain’s diversification drive to get £1m-plus boost
Two Scottish economic development bodies will invest a combined £1million-plus to help smaller oil service firms break the reliance on their core markets.
Sir Ian Wood calls for ‘meaningful’ economic development
Sir Ian Wood has called on the public and private sectors to work together to deliver “meaningful” regional economic development around Scotland by copying the north-east model.
Sir Ian Wood launches new digital growth initiative
A north-east Scotland business development body is investing £4million in the regions's digital growth.
Marine power windfall of £76bn up for grabs for supply chain, ONE says
The oil and gas supply chain has a golden opportunity to capitalise on the growing marine power sector, which is forecast to be worth up to £76billion globally by 2050.
‘We all win if we get oil sector recovery right,’ ONE boss says
A renaissance for the north-east can only be achieved if new life is breathed into the oil industry, an economic development agency’s boss has said.
Sir Ian Wood: No place for ‘bad habits’ in a recovering North Sea industry
Green shoots of recovery in the North Sea must be nurtured without any return to the “bad habits” of not so long ago, industry doyen Sir Ian Wood warned yesterday.
Oil tycoon urges Aberdeen to “stay awake” to maintain economic strengths
Aberdeen has scored above average on a number of economic indicators relative to Europe and has the highest productivity of any city in Scotland, a new report has found.
Key posts filled at £180m Oil and Gas Technology Centre
The chief executive of the new £180million Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) in Aberdeen yesterday revealed she had already filled a number of keys posts.
If not oil and gas, then what for Aberdeen?
If not the oil and gas industry, then what?
Multi-million pound initiative launched to secure Aberdeen’s post-oil future
Leaders in business, education and the public sector have teamed up to secure the north-east’s post-oil future, backed by a £50million funding pot.