ISG is to build an 85,000 sq ft headquarters in Leeds for leading healthcare IT business, The Phoenix Partnership. The Horsforth-based company has committed its future to the West Yorkshire town and will relocate its operations to the £8m purpose-built offices. The four-storey, steel-frame structure has been carefully designed by [...]

Work is taking place to reduce the risk at pedestrian crossings on the Harrogate line, Network Rail has announced. At Poppleton station a new entrance is being created for one of the platforms. Pedestrian gates which did not lock when trains passed are being removed. Similar works are also taking [...]

Aker Solutions agreed today to lease a building in Fornebu for an initial 12 years, starting in 2016, to expand its office space capacity near Oslo. The property is under construction and will contain about 32,000 square meters of office and common-area space on completion. Aker Solutions already has long-term [...]

To win the U.S. solar installation game, SolarCity continues to go vertical and thin its margin stack... so what'll be next? New Hampshire, USA -- SolarCity is acquiring Zep Solar and its rackless mounting design in a $158 million stock deal, illustrating the growing importance of improving costs and complexity [...]

The Highways Agency has awarded Amey a £200m deal to maintain and improve motorways and major A roads in parts of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The award for Area 8 is the fifth Asset Support Contract to be awarded by the agency and will go live from April 1 2014. [...]

Rail passengers will find it easier travel to and from train stations via bike now that National Rail Enquiries (NRE) has upgraded its rail planning app. The ATOC Integrated Transport team worked with NRE to offer information about different cycling facilities at stations and policies and restrictions for taking bikes [...]

Ingrid Sølvberg (43) joined the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s management team on 1 October, as director for the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea. Ingrid Sølvberg comes from the position of commercial manager in Centrica. She has previously held a number of expert and management positions in Statoil within technical facilities and [...]

Sisk has been chosen by Camden Council for a £50m contract to build 265 new homes and commercial space at Maiden Lane near King’s Cross Station. Construction will start on site later this month and is due for completion in March 2016. Sisk is believed to have beaten off competition from [...]

Network Rail is undertaking a £7.6m investment programme to improve overhead lines on the West Coast Main Line and reduce failures. OLE failures have been identified as a major cause of delay to services on the route, and engineers have recommended a series of improvements. Chris Gibb, outgoing chief operating [...]

Lundin Petroleum has appointed Mike Nicholson as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) following the decision of Geoff Turbott to step down for personal reasons following 10 years in this position. Nicholson has worked for the Company since 2005 through various roles and most recently as Managing Director in South East Asia. [...]

Prosafe, a Cyprus-based owner of offshore accommodation rigs, has announced that it has successfully completed an NOK 700 million (around $116 million) unsecured bond issue maturing in October 2018. The bond carries an interest of 3-month NIBOR plus 2.95 per cent. Settlement date is expected to be 22 October 2013. An [...]

Golden Energy Offshore has entered into a long term charter agreement with Wintershall Norge AS for one of its PSV vessels. The oil company will hire the Energy Swan platform supply vessel on a 4 year firm contract. Upon expiration of the firm part of the contract Wintershall will have four [...]