Tag: Sector
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GMG Energy set to operate in Scotland-wide construction sector
HIGHLAND timber specialists GMG Energy is set to play a bigger role in Scotland’s construction sector as it secures new stress test wood credentials. The Halladale-based business has seen three of its senior employees, including Director Malcolm Morrison, secure visual softwood structural grading credentials. This qualifies the company to supply builders and joinery businesses with…
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Exhibition captures the pride within Scotland’s fishing sector
Individuals from across the industry profiled in major visual project THE MOVING accounts and portraits of 12 passionate workers within Scotland’s fishing industry take centre-stage as part of an ambitious new exhibition titled “Pride in the Seas”. A celebration of the passion, heritage, and commitment to sustainability of today’s fishing communities, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation…
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Inflexible Visa Rules “Causing Waves” for Offshore Wind Sector
A SCOTS lawfirm has spoken out to warn that strict new immigration requirements are deterring vital skilled workers and threatening major disruption for UK offshore wind projects. Maria Gravelle, an immigration specialist at Pinsent Masons, claims that axing the Offshore Wind Worker Concession (OWWC) has left companies facing “extremely complex” rules ill-suited to the sector’s…