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Tag Archives: Northern Isles
Scottish Secretary announces partnership with oil industry to provide second ETV for northern waters
Early in the ongoing round of major cuts to the Coastguard Service, Continue reading
Transport Select Committee takes the pants off Dad’s Army coastguard modernisation plans
This is something of an ‘Are you sitting comfortably?’ moment. What is to follow is a parliamentary select Continue reading
Ferry operator David MacBrayne Group 2011-12 Annual Report published
In a performance that bucked the trend, the David MacBrayne Group, Scotland’s principal operator Continue reading
New Guardian exposure of Serco performance in NHS contracts
A Guardian article published online yesterday suggests that the Scottish Government, Continue reading
Developers target Scottish Government as easiest route to large windfarm consents
We have information that developers now see Scotland as the most profitable area for subsidy picking Continue reading
RMT off target in ballotting west coast ferry workers on strike action
Scotland has already seen discordant change in contractual rearrangements for ferry service provision Continue reading
Court of Session decision sees Serco awarded 6 year NorthLink ferries contract
A decision at a hearing of Edinburgh Court of Session on 29th May was worth Continue reading
Streamline challenge on Northern Ferries tender underlines paralysis of MacBrayne group
It’s a very short time since the revelation that the Scottish Government Continue reading
