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February 7, 2012

Morrison Utility Services is behind much that UK citizens take for granted: its core business is the provision, replacement, repair and maintenance of utility network infrastructure; and water supply is one of its specialisations.

January 16, 2012

gategroup flies high with Virgin contract

Swiss onboard products and services provider gategroup has won a contract with Virgin Atlantic Airways to provide end-to-end catering services for the airline's long-haul operations from the UK.

The agreement, worth CHF40 million to CHF50 million per annum, is for services on Virgin’s flights from London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow. The contract will take effect from June 1 this year for three years, with an option to extend for a further two years.

November 15, 2011

North Sea contracts awarded

Talisman Energy (UK) has awarded Wood Group PSN £500 million of North Sea contracts, it has been announced.

Under the terms of a new five-year contract, which includes an option to extend for a further five years, Wood Group PSN will provide operations and maintenance services on all 11 of Talisman's UK offshore assets and at the Flotta Oil Terminal on Orkney. The contract will be worth £90 million per annum and will begin today.

August 26, 2011

Clyde Union Pumps to be sold for £750 million

Scottish entrepreneur Jim McColl is to sell Clyde Union Pumps, the business he joined as an apprentice, to American Fortune 500 company SPX Corporation.

Glasgow-headquartered Clyde Union Pumps will continue to be run as a standalone business under the leadership of the same management team.

July 19, 2011

BAA forced to sell Stansted Airport

UK airport operator BAA will be required to sell Stansted Airport, followed by Edinburgh or Glasgow Airport, the Competition Commission (CC) confirmed today.

The decision upholds the CC’s earlier provisional view, which was published in March.

The CC had been considering whether there were any material changes in circumstances since it published its final report on BAA in March 2009 that should give it cause to reconsider the implementation of the airport sales.

March 30, 2011

BAA airport ruling confirmed by Competition Commission

The Competition Commission today confirmed its ruling that BAA should sell Stansted Airport and one of either Edinburgh or Glasgow Airports.

The Competition Commission today confirmed its ruling that BAA should sell Stansted Airport and either one of Edinburgh or Glasgow Airports.

The Commission made its initial ruling two years ago in March 2009, but BAA has been fighting through the courts to retain its portfolio of airports.

After the sale of Gatwick in December 2009 to a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners, BAA currently operates six airports: Heathrow, Stansted, Southampton, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

March 25, 2011

Virgin Rail in running for West Coast franchise

Virgin Rail Group is one of the companies shortlisted to tender for the new West Coast franchise, it has been announced.

Having revealed its shortlist for the new franchise yesterday, the Department for Transport is expected to publish the invitation to tender in May, with a bid deadline of August. The new franchisee will be announced in December, with the franchise expected to start in April 2012.

The West Coast service runs between London Euston and Glasgow, connecting Scotland, north-west England and the West Midlands to London.

December 21, 2010

Aggreko wins Olympic contract

Aggreko has won a £37 million contract to supply temporary power to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London in 2012.

The Glasgow-based company has been awarded a contract by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to be the exclusive supplier of temporary energy services for the event.

Aggreko will provide about 220 megawatts of power to the games—around 60 megawatts more than it supplied at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

October 14, 2010

BAA forced to sell airports

UK airport operator BAA will have to sell two of its airports after the Court of Appeal rejected its claim of regulatory bias during an investigation by the Competition Commission.

The company will now be forced to sell off Stansted and either Glasgow or Edinburgh airports, the High Court has ruled. It is thought this will allow for greater competition, better service and a greater choice of flight destinations.

November 1, 2009

Amrut Distilleries

That’s the spirit
Bangalore-based Amrut Distilleries produces one of the finest single malt whiskies in the world, and has ambitious plans for expansion, as Rakshit Jagdale explains to Gay Sutton.
When you think of single malt whisky you tend to think of the highlands of Scotland: rugged heather covered mountains, peat bogs and incredibly fresh spring water that imparts its own unique quality. You don’t tend to think of the heat, colour and exuberance of India. Yet connoisseurs around the world are beginning to realise how wrong that impression is. Amrut single malt whiskies have been making an appearance in specialist shops all across the European Union, are now breaking into the markets of South Africa and Australia and are gaining a reputation for quality.