21 Mar, 2023 Scottish Government proposes LBTT relief incentive for Green Freeport investment By Chris Kerr New proposals drawn up by the Scottish Government aim to incentivise business investment in Scotland’s new Forth and Cromarty Firth Green...
16 Mar, 2023 Report calls for £4bn Scottish ports investment By Chris Kerr Amidst the noise of yesterday’s Budget was an interesting announcement calling for £4bn to transform up to five Scottish ports into...
20 Jan, 2023 Economic prosperity in Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles targeted by new £100m "Islands Growth Deal" By Marc Penman In a joint funding commitment between the UK and Scottish governments, the Islands Growth Deal, the latest in a series of Region and City...
30 Nov, 2022 More than £13m in grant funding awarded as the Marine Fund Scotland is now fully committed for the year 2022-23 By Marc Penman With the Marine Fund Scotland (MFS) fully committed for 2022-23 and taking no further applications for the period, around £13m in grant...
02 Sep, 2022 Is a rise in "reshoring" for UK manufacturing on the horizon? By Marc Penman According to a recent survey, around 40% of the 750 UK brands asked, said they had an intention to explore "reshoring" - domestic...
10 Aug, 2022 Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) offshore wind leasing round formally launched By Marc Penman Crown Estate Scotland (CES) has today (10 August), officially opened a two-week registration window ahead of the upcoming INTOG North Sea...
01 Jul, 2022 Further support for Scotland's coastal communities By Marc Penman Launched in May 2022, the Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund (SMEEF) has been established to fund projects that are primarily...
16 Jun, 2022 Hiring for the future in the renewables sector By Ashley Fleming With the cost of living crisis and rising fuel costs, growing the renewable energy sector in the UK is a key component of the country’s...
16 Jun, 2022 Join us at SHREC to discuss the opportunities for Scotland's ports and harbours By Chris Kerr A recent report by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) suggests the number of people working in Scotland's offshore wind industry...
23 May, 2022 Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme (FLOWMIS) - Request for Information Launched By Marc Penman On 20 May 2022, the UK Government published the "Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme (FLOWMIS) - Request for...
09 May, 2022 Join us to celebrate the opportunities in our marine economy By Chris Kerr Following the COP26 gathering in Glasgow last year, the world was buoyed by a global intention to work harder towards achieving...
06 May, 2022 Continued increase in job recruitment in Scotland By Andrew Maxwell Statistics from the Royal Bank of Scotland have shown that job recruitment in Scotland has continued to increase in March 2022 at the...