FAIR play to the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers! Not only were they farsighted enough to appoint Spinnaker to recruit their new Chief Executive a year ago, they also chose the right man for the job…
Continue readingUK PAY FAILS TO KEEP PACE
UNIONS say that salaries in the UK have not kept pace with economic growth in the last 30 years…
Continue readingPORNOGRAPHY IN THE OFFSHORE INDUSTRY
PORNOGRAPHY takes many forms. There seems plenty to go round in the offshore industry. Take a trip to Google Images and look up the “Far Solitaire”, the “Seven Viking”, the “Bourbon Orca” or even just “ship of the year”…
Continue readingABERDEEN TALENT CRISIS
ABERDEEN will lose its place as a leading oil & gas centre if it cannot recruit 120,000 skilled workers over the next 10 years, according to a report by PwC. Almost half the local relevant workforce is aged over 45, PwC says. Oil & Gas UK recently highlighted a fall in the number of 35-49 year olds working offshore in the North Sea. It will be a massive task simply replacing those who will leave in coming years…
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