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Wood Group H1 profit and revenue slide; wins $700m Kazakhstan contract

(ShareCast News) - Wood Group posted a drop in profit and revenue for the first half amid "challenging" conditions in the oil and gas market but reaffirmed its outlook for the full year. In the six months to the end of June, profit slumped 63.2% to $44.6m as revenue declined 16.6% to $2.56bn. Chief

Death tally from Maryland blast rises to 3, some still missing

Aug 13 (Reuters) - A third body has been found in the rubble from an explosion and fire this week in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland, and others remained missing as authorities continued to investigate on Saturday, according to police statements. An explosion and a fire rip

UPDATE 1-Wood Group, trade unions suspend strikes on Shell's North Sea platforms

(Adds Shell spokesman comment) Aug 11 (Reuters) - Wood Group and trade unions Unite and RMT have agreed to suspend strikes announced on Tuesday and restart the process to resolve a dispute over pay cuts and working conditions for Wood Group workers employed on Shell's North Sea oil and gas

CORRECTED-Wood Group, trade unions suspend strikes on Shell's North Sea platforms

(Corrects to Brent Bravo instead of Brent Braco in paragraph 2) Aug 11 (Reuters) - Wood Group and trade unions Unite and RMT have agreed to suspend strikes announced this Tuesday and restart the process to resolve a dispute over pay cuts and working conditions for Wood Group workers employe

Wood Group, trade unions suspend strikes on Shell's North Sea platforms

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Wood Group and trade unions Unite and RMT have agreed to suspend strikes announced this Tuesday and restart the process to resolve a dispute over pay cuts and working conditions for Wood Group workers employed on Shell's North Sea oil and gas platforms. The trade unions s

BUZZ-UK North Sea oil platform workers plan more strikes starting Aug. 15

** Unite and RMT trade unions plan further strikes by Wood Group workers employed on Shell North Sea platforms ** Wood Group workers on Curlew platform to go on 24-hour strikes on Aug. 15, 22, 29 ** 24-hour strikes planned on Brent Alpha and Brent Bravo on Aug. 16, 23, 30 ** 24-hour strikes plan

UK North Sea oil platform workers plan more strikes starting Aug. 15

Aug 9 (Reuters) - ** Unite and RMT trade unions plan further strikes by Wood Group workers employed on Shell North Sea platforms ** Wood Group workers on Curlew platform to go on 24-hour strikes on Aug. 15, 22, 29 ** 24-hour strikes planned on Brent Alpha and Brent Bravo on Aug. 16, 23, 30 ** 24

No production, maintenance impact from North Sea strikes - Shell

LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Hundreds of maintenance workers employed by Wood Group on Shell's North Sea platforms started a 48-hour strike on Thursday over a pay dispute but field production or maintenance schedules were not affected, Shell said. Two of the affected Shell oil and gas platform

Union calls Thursday strike action in Shell North Sea dispute

Aug 3 (Reuters) - Britain's RMT union said on Wednesday that industrial action over proposed cuts and changes to working conditions for maintenance workers on Shell's North Sea oil and gas platforms would go ahead on Thursday. "Following a continuing failure by the Wood Group to come up wit

UPDATE 1-No production impact from North Sea strikes scheduled for Tuesday - Shell

* 24-hour strike to start at 0530 GMT * First strike in 28 years for Unite oil workers * Workers to stage 3-hour strikes in following weeks * Shell expects to production impact from 3-hour strikes (Adds details, background) LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - A planned walkout b

No production impact from North Sea strikes scheduled for Tuesday - Shell

LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) - Production from Shell's North Sea platforms will not be affected by planned strikes on Tuesday, a spokesman said. Maintenance workers employed by Wood Group on Shell's North Sea platforms will stop work for 24 hours in protest against pay cuts and tougher workin

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LONDON BRIEFING: Market Awaits First UK Jobs Figures Since Brexit

Tuesday newspaper round-up: ARM, Trident, North Sea strike, Ofwat

(ShareCast News) - One of the country's best-known entrepreneurs has raised fears that Britain's largest technology company will be milked for its cash after it is sold to SoftBank, of Japan, for £24.3 billion. Hermann Hauser, founder of Acorn Computers, the parent of Arm Holdings, has declared that

UPDATE 1-North Sea workers' strike to disrupt Shell operations - union

* 24-hour strike on seven Shell platforms set for July 26 * To be followed by three-hour strikes in coming weeks * Maintenance workers strike may not impact production * Shell making contingency plans to ensure safety - source (Updates throughout) By Karolin Schaps <p