Forth Bridge to become World Heritage Site? FirstGroup, the current operator of ScotRail, is expected to face strong competition for the new franchise that is to be let by Transport Scotland on behalf of the Scottish Government. Rival bidders are understood to be keen to try and win the contract [...]

Highways firm EnterpriseMouchel today changed its name to EM Highway Services. The company will still be referred to as EM in short but the new name reflects the change in ownership following a switch from joint venture ownership with Mouchel. Dave Wright, managing director, said: “This change of name provides [...]

From Day One the Domestic Fuel Solutions Group (DFSG) has been advocating for reasonable RFS reform.  Congress is taking notice. At the end of two days of recent House Energy & Commerce Committee hearings on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Sub-Committee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), [...]

Lundin Petroleum AB has completed the drilling of wildcat well 16/4-7. The well was drilled on PL544 about 14 km northeast of the Sleipner Øst field in the middle part of the Norwegian North Sea. The exploration well 16/4-7, operated by Lundin Norway, was targeting the Biotitt prospect. The well [...]

The Campaign for Borders Rail (CBR) is calling for an 18-mile extension to the Borders railway upgrade, to Hawick. Transport Scotland said the completion of the Borders project would cut journey times for people living in the town. Bus services currently take over two hours from Hawick to Edinburgh. Work [...]

Transport Scotland has confirmed the Scottish Roads Partnership consortium of Ferrovial Agroman (Amey) and Lagan as preferred bidder for the £415m bundled M8, M73 and M74 Motorway Improvements. The news will be a bitter blow to the losing Connect Roads consortium of Balfour Beatty, Morrison and Carillion. The project will [...]

Premier Oil has executed a sale and purchase agreement to sell its 20 per cent equity interest in PL378 and PL378B to Capricorn Norge, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cairn Energy plc, for an upfront cash consideration of $16 million. PL378 and PL378B are located in the Norwegian North Sea and [...]

Work is to begin on a prototype battery-powered train to use on lines which have not yet been electrified, Network Rail has announced. Funding from Network Rail, the EIT and the DfT will see two different forms of battery tested to identify how an Independently Powered Electric Multiple Unit (IPEMU) [...]

The bid race has begun for the £39m contract to build a new V&A museum in Dundee. Dundee City Council has now published an OJEU notice for the high-profile deal to build Japanese architect Kengo Kuma’s design on the city’s waterfront. The 28 month contract is listed as worth between [...]

Wood Group, an international energy services company, has announced its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2013. The Company reports good growth in EBITA in the first half and is confident of achieving full year performance in line with expectations. Revenue from continuing operations was $3,447.1m [...]

New interactive maps have been published to visualise the impact of HS2 by ITO World and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). Using open data, the maps show how the project will affect the surrounding environment and people. Construction, engineering and noise data from HS2 Ltd has been included, as well [...]

Persimmon plans to ramp up house building activity to meet soaring demand for new homes across all its regional businesses. Chairman Nicholas Wrigley revealed plans to step up production as the firm posted a 40% rise in underlying pre-tax profits for the first half of the year to £135m this [...]