Douglas Fraser
Business and Economy Editor, BBC Scotland at BBC
Business and Economy Editor, BBC Scotland. Your comments may be used for quality and training purposes.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Douglas Fraser
The Great Energy Transition is under way, and may come to define this era, but it's not going smoothly. For the oil and gas sector, a further sign of its decline - both long-term and cyclical - is in 250 onshore Aberdeen jobs being axed by Harbour Energy, now one of the biggest operators.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Douglas Fraser
Drones threat to offshore energy installationsDouglas FraserBusiness/economy editor, ScotlandPA MediaThere's a pincer movement on offshore energy installations around Scotland's coast - on one side from the rapid development of drones, from the other, their growing use in hostilities. As Ukrainians know well, the threat comes from the air. But it can also be afloat, with underwater sabotage a major new theatre of low-level warfare. The threat comes primarily from Russia, according to experts.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Douglas Fraser
Aerospace jobs at Prestwick saved in short-termDouglas FraserBusiness and Economy Editor, ScotlandGetty ImagesSpirit Aerosystems employs 50 people at its Prestwick siteThe future of a major aerospace manufacturing plant in South Ayrshire has been secured - but only in the short-term while its new owner looks for a longer-term solution. Airbus is taking over most of the operations of the Spirit AeroSystems site next to Prestwick Airport, which employs 50 people.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Douglas Fraser
Future funding warning from Edinburgh University headDouglas FraserBusiness/economy editor, ScotlandKaty McCloskeyBBCSir Peter Mathieson is principal and vice-chancellor of Edinburgh University A radical shift in the way Scottish higher education students are funded must be found by Holyrood politicians, according to the principal of Edinburgh University.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Douglas Fraser
Douglas FraserBusiness/economy editor, ScotlandWood was a global engineering giant built from girders. It grew out of a fishing boat repair yard after Sir Ian Wood, the son of the owner, went on a visit to Texas early in the 1970s and realised how big Aberdeen's offshore industry was about to become. Under Sir Ian, it grew by winning contracts and buying companies, reaching a stock market valuation above £5bn ($6.5bn).
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More money needed, from government or better off students or graduates - pols have to choose: @EdinburghUni principal says it’s not enough to be against tuition fees, warning other universities could face the same battle for survival as Dundee: https://t.co/AeugWSmu7t
Where Lobsters Dare: what is Russia up to on the seabed, why, and how to detect and deter it? on @BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds #implausibledeniability https://t.co/UmMmO5826H
As Sir Keir Starmer boosts UK defence spending, how far is Britain from battle-readiness? What’s needed? How to procure it? More collabs with EU allies? What to learn from Ukraine and Russia? I made ‘Re-arming the UK’, for @BBCRadio4, now on @BBCSounds https://t.co/ysyygIYof4
