Create Awards at Inverness College

Fusion recently attended the Create! awards at Inverness College. The evening started with a speech from Alastair Kennedy of Global Energy who gave everyone an update on plans for Nigg. Firstly though he gave a bit of a feel of what it was like to work for Roy MacGregor - a man clearly passionate about his business as Alastair described him as "living and breathing it". Roy it seems is someone who looks for the right people and then finds a job to fit rather than the other way round, job descriptions are flexible and he expects commitment from every member of his team. His unorthodox approach seems to have worked extremely well ad Global now has a turnover of £250 million and employs 5,000 people.

Alastair then gave an update on plans for the Nigg yard. About £10 million of investment is required to get Nigg up to standard so Global have an interim plan to try and attract rigs into the base for longer term repairs and refits of £5-£10 million in value in the next couple of years whilst they work on the yard and try to source a windfarm company to be based at Nigg. He advised that a training academy with modern apprenticeships is planned for the future.

How lucky we are to have Nigg locally - it is the largest dry dock in Europe and it has the biggest fabrication buildings in the UK.

We look forward to hearing much more about Global and the developments at Nigg in the coming months.