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Changes at the top as Orkney-based Aquatera restructures Aquatera, the Orkney environmental services and consultancy firm, has restructured its business with a new addition to the top team. Updated: 30/04/2021, 12:54 pm © Aquatera Gareth Davies (L) and new MD of the consultancy business, Gavin Barr. Register here for the Energy Voice daily newsletter, bringing you key news and insight from across the global energy landscape. Thank you for signing up to our newsletter. Something went wrong - pl...

OIC development and infrastructure director to leave for new role April 29, 2021 at 2:08 pm Gavin Barr is to depart Orkney Islands Council after 14 years. The executive director of Orkney Islands Council’s (OIC) development and infrastructure department, Gavin Barr, is to leave the authority after 14 years. Mr Barr has been announced as the new managing director of Orkney-based consultancy firm Aquatera Ltd. He will begin his new role in August and leaves OIC after over 14 years, the last nin...

February 15, 2021 at 2:35 pm Following a weekend of treacherous road conditions that saw the Orkney community come out to assist those caught in the snow, Orkney Islands Council interim chief executive, John Mundell, and chairman of the development and infrastructure committee Councillor Graham Sinclair, have released a joint statement of thanks to “Team Orkney.” The statement reads: “Orkney’s communities have weathered the most recent storm by working together and demonstrating a comme...