UK business leaders are calling for the Government to prioritise initiatives that help foster a skilled workforce as nearly two thirds of UK CEOs (65%) say a lack of key skills is hampering their growth prospects. A global PwC survey of over 1,300 CEOs reveals UK business leaders are more...
Aberdeen Asset Management has taken the title of Scottish plc of the year at the Scotland plc Awards 2013. Held at Glasgow’s Hilton Hotel, it was the 15th year of the awards which are held jointly by Scottish Business Insider and leading accountant, PwC. Fund management group Aberdeen Asset Management...
Conditions are ripe for fresh tie ups between oil majors in 2013 according to a new report from PwC’s oil and gas team. The last six months of 2012 saw the highest number of global oil and gas deals since 2008, with 524 recorded, and totalling $240.3 billion, the highest...
US firm, Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD), has acquired Aberdeen-based International Tubular Services Limited and Affiliates (ITS), a subsidiary of ITS Tubular Services (Holdings) Limited, in a $125 million deal that will significantly expand Parker Drilling’s customer base in growing international markets. The acquisition follows the appointment of Bruce Cartwright,...
Today’s new generation of young employees aren’t convinced that excessive work demands are worth the sacrifices to their personal life, according to a workplace survey from advisors, PwC. Researchers compared the attitudes of the so-called Millennial generation or Generation Y - those born between 1980 and 1995 and currently under...
