This has been a big news month for the oil and gas industry. First the Scottish Government revealed a permanent ban on fracking, extending a moratorium that’s been in place since 2015. Then it unveiled plans to set up a publicly-owned, not-for-profit energy company, which will sell power to customers as close to cost price […]
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The natural resources may have been hidden in the ground below leagues of salt water for many thousands of years but you’re fresh out of the box to oil and gas . . . and so you need to know where and how to kickstart your career. Well, let’s begin with the basics. Crude oil,
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Six degrees of separation. This is the notion that all living things in the world are a maximum of just six steps away from each other. Or as Davey would have explained it: “So my pal Jim went to school with Bob, whose Aunt Macey was once in a band with a guy called Snitchy,
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Like a garden trampoline caught in the grip of Hurricane Ophelia, the world of HR can spin upside down in a day and move faster than any other jobs sector. When it’s not exciting, it’s downright hair-raising! So how do you hop onto this thrill ride? Well, if your dream has always been to reach
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We’ve all seen the TV shows where a celebrity comes in, shouts the odds and a restaurant is miraculously rescued from being an eatery with all the charm of a collapsed soufflé. In real life, of course, running a successful restaurant as a thriving business is a little more complicated than swearing at the out-of-date
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Once upon a time it was easier to win the Euromillions rollover than get a cup of tea and a scone in the so-called ‘off season’. In fact, the chances of finding anywhere open in rural Scotland to stay, drink or dine in the depths of winter were nigh impossible. Thankfully, today’s hospitality sector –
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What do you make of this recruitment idea? The top executive of an American marketing company has introduced a “snowflake test” designed to weed out overly sensitive job applicants who are judged too easily offended. The questionnaire’s creator Kyle Reyes has defended his personality test by pointing out: “A snowflake is somebody who is going
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Prime Minister Theresa May’s conference speech didn’t quite go to plan, alas. First there was the P45-waving interloper, then the malfunctioning backdrop and, just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse, a coughing fit. Of course, none of these mishaps was Mrs May’s fault. But while it’s almost impossible to protect ourselves from every
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There’s a bit of a rule breaker in all of us. Yes, even Granny Ina’s been known to queue jump at the Tuesday lunch club. But rules and regulations in the workplace are a different matter. In the production and manufacturing sector they’re key to productivity and keeping employees safe. But there’s so many to keep
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Scotland has a richly deserved reputation for being a past master at producing crops, harvesting fish, manufacturing electronics, distilling whisky and much, much more. We’re not too shabby either at processing all of these goodies and creating efficient supply chains to make sure they get to where they need to be. It’s heartening then to
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