Ex-Wood board member Howson among bosses summoned for Carillion inquiry
A string of top bosses at collapsed construction giant Carillion are to be questioned by MPs next month.
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Wood to invest £20k in Stem, boss Watson says
The boss of one of Scotland’s biggest companies delivered the 2018 Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) annual lecture just a few miles from the firm’s home city last night.
Former Carillion boss resigns from Wood board
A former chief executive of bankrupt engineering firm Carillion has resigned as a non-executive director Aberdeen oil service giant Wood.
Replacing wood burning energy for coal will worsen climate, claim MIT
Researchers from MIT Sloan School of Management have found that wood pellets burned in European and UK power plants, such as the Drax facility in North Yorkshire - which has transitioned some of its coal power generation capacity to wood pellets with the support of UK government subsidies - actually emit more CO2 per kilowatt hour than that generated by coal.
Former Wood boss Keiller to mentor Virgin StartUp winners
Former Wood Group chief executive Bob Keiller is among the judges for Virgin Group’s competition for Scottish start-ups.
Wood takes on a brace of new Woodside contracts down under
Engineering and tech firm, Wood, has secured two new contracts with Woodside to deliver engineering and rig modification services in offshore Australia.
Wood in company secretary change
Wood today confirmed William Setter will step down from his role as company secretary.
Wood shrinks debt pile to £1.8bn, targets full year EBITA
The newly formed Wood has shrunk its debt pile to £1.8billion in the wake of the Amec Foster Wheeler takeover, its pre-closing statement revealed today.
Wood wins Hinkley point deal, creates 35 new jobs
Wood has landed a $16million deal for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
Wood backing efforts to diversify Saudi economy
Aberdeen company Wood said yesterday it was backing efforts to strengthen and diversify the economy of Saudi Arabia and remained committed to “creating and accelerating” employment opportunities in the kingdom.
Wood cements commitment to Saudi workforce
Oil service giant Wood said today that it had firmed up its commitment to training and creating opportunities for Saudi workers.
Wood awarded framework agreement for nuclear decom at Dounreay
A framework agreement by Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) has been secured by Wood to provide industrial services for the nuclear decommissioning site in Thurso.
Wood moves to cut workforce at Fife’s Mossmorran gas plant
A number of workers at a major Fife gas processing plant are facing a bleak Christmas after being placed on notice of redundancy.
Apache offloads assets in £100m-plus deal
Oil firm Apache has completed the sale of key UK North Sea infrastucture in a £100million-plus deal.
AFW’s North Sea – final piece in the WorleyParsons puzzle
Energy Voice broke the news that WorleyParsons of Australia is acquiring the UK business of Amec Foster Wheeler in a deal worth £182million.
Wood sells former Amec FW nuclear unit for £6m
Oil service giant Wood said today that it has agreed to sell its North American nuclear business to a Canadian engineering firm for about £6million.
New Wood wins first deal
The newly formed Wood has won its first deal, after its £2.2billion takeover completed.
Who’s on the executive team of the new Wood?
Wood Group has today completed its £2.2billion takeover of Amec Foster Wheeler.
Exclusive Interview: Wood Group completes £2.2bn takeover, talks jobs and debuts new name
Wood Group has today completed its £2.2billion takeover of Amec Foster Wheeler.
Opinion:The cold, hard light of a grim day
Sir Ian Wood wrote an interesting article recently in which he discussed the window of opportunity for Aberdeen to take advantage of its oil capital status in order to make radical improvements to the city centre. To those of us who are occasional visitors to the city, it has long been an enigma that there is so much wealth in and around Aberdeen yet this is so inconsistently reflected in the face it shows to visitors, at least on first acquaintance.