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The round is the first offshore wind auction to cover acreage off Scotland for a decade. When it was launched in June last year Crown Estate Scotland held out the prospect it could make a major contribution to the effort to meet the country’s net zero targets while supporting a green recovery. The organisation said around 10 windfarms could be developed on the acreage concerned. It suggested this could pave the way to as much as £8 billion investment. There has been disappointment in Scotland that windfarm developments off the country have not yet provided the boost to the supply c...

bp and partner EnBW submit transformational bid for ScotWind lease Bid for 2.9GW offshorewind lease in UK North Sea Significant investment beyond wind development to include EV network, green hydrogen, shipbuilding and re-skilling Scotland would become bp's global centre of excellence for offshore wind, supporting growth of energy transitionjobs and supply chain bp and EnBW submitted their bid for offshorewind acreage in the ScotWind leasing round. The consortium has applied for a lease area off the east coast of Scotland that could support offshore wind projects with 2.9 gigawatts (GW) gene...

Fears UK Government could decide where Scottish Freeports go without Holyrood involvement The UK Government risks "undermining devolution" if it was to choose which Scottish sites are granted freeport status — including in Dundee — without the backing of Holyrood, it has been warned. Work ongoing at the Port of Dundee The UK Government risks “undermining devolution” if it was to choose which Scottish sites are granted freeport status — including in Dundee — without the backing of Holyrood, it has been warned. We exclusively revealed earlier this year discussions between Holyrood a...

And it proposes “significantly increasing car club provision”. Forth Ports is applying for permission to create a “Go Green” hub, including an educational centre that will “encourage residents to join the green revolution, persuade car users to adopt other, greener forms of transport [and] facilitate E-cycle hire”. READ MORE: Ian McConnell:Brexit could have taken many forms. Cheshire Cat Boris Johnson chose this one The ports company envisages that the Western Harbour development will ultimately comprise a total of around 2,000 homes. The 938-home development is the first p...

New Dickson Minto partners Craig Roberts and Nicola Mitchell with finance director Alex Smith (centre) LAW firm Dickson Minto has appointed two new partners and a finance director amid buoyant activity levels in the key mergers and acquisitions market. Nicola Mitchell and Craig Roberts have been promoted to partner at Dickson Minto, having joined the firm initially as trainees. Ms Mitchell has won promotion after establishing and developing the employment law offering at Dickson Minto, which has offices in Edinburgh and London. The announcement of her appointment noted that Ms Mitchel...