This week we’re taking an overview of how the industry’s been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, most of it is what you’d expect but as we all know, no crisis should go to waste so we’ll see what opportunities are arising from this.   While the energy sector is an essential service and as…

  As lockdown moves into transition we grabbed five minutes with Precise boss Pete to assess how the firm’s evolved during the crisis and the impact on clients and contractors. Read now to find out!   1. How has Precise been impacted by the COVID19 crisis? The biggest impact has come from travel restrictions, project delays,…

So this is the new normal. How are you adjusting? For many of us, we kind of got used to being isolated in one way or another. Weeks offshore, away from family, missing friends’ weddings, and the like. But this is totally different. Personally, I have not spent this much time at home since I…

The controversial reforms to IR35 rules have been postponed by the Government as it deals with the COVID-19 challenge. IR35 – for those who had yet to get a handle on it – is a piece of legislation which assess whether someone is a genuine contractor or a disguised employee – and if it’s the…

Moves to unlock the full potential of Japan’s offshore wind industry are underway with the announcement of a task force set up to accelerate the sector’s development. Ambitions are to see the country’s renewables share increase from 16% to 24% by 2030 through a mixture of methods – hydropower being the most sizeable at 9.2%…

On March the 8th, it was International Women’s Day – a day where countries around the globe celebrate women’s social, economic, cultural and political achievements while calling for more gender equality. This International Women’s Day, we spoke with two of our freelancers, Ana Klanšek (Surveyor) and Sarah Newnes (Geophysicist). Read PART 2 now to find…

On March the 8th, it was International Women’s Day – a day where countries around the globe celebrate women’s social, economic, cultural and political achievements while calling for more gender equality. This International Women’s Day, we spoke with two of our freelancers, Ana Klanšek (Surveyor) and Sarah Newnes (Geophysicist). Read PART 1 now to find…

Have you been affected by coronavirus? With major energy companies introducing travel bans to protect employees as major outbreaks of the virus are detected across the world, it’s hard to see how things won’t continue to be impacted. While the debate over whether this is truly a pandemic continues with the World Health Organisation arguing…

Remember Spot the dog from your childhood books? Well, ‘he’ is about to be involved in a ground-breaking series of tests exploring the use of robots and drones on offshore oil and gas installations. And yes – it sort of looks like Spot because it’s yellow and has four legs and walks much like a…

Who doesn’t want to hear forecasts of a jobs boom? Almost 9,000 more people are expected to be recruited into the UK’s underwater engineering industry over the next three years, according to a new report. The figures come from the latest Business Activity Review by Subsea UK, which says the industry has ‘weathered the storm’…