http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Duncan+Freer Society Duncan Freer Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=389393&ca=Society Nigeria’s oil and gas industry provides 90% of its foreign exchange earnings every year – a huge proportion of the country’s GDP. However, the country is concerned that the benefits of this massive industry are not being shared out fairly amongst the Nigerians themselves, with much of the upstream w... Career Duncan Freer Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=335024&ca=Career Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR) has been seen as one of the most important packages of government proposals in over a decade. Included in that package were some very positive moves for renewable energy, which could equate to a big increase in ‘green-collar’ jobs – particularly... Career Duncan Freer Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=335013&ca=Career Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR) delivered recently could herald a new era of co-operation between the Government and the construction industry. The PBR announced that £3billion worth of investment that was due to be carried out in 2010-11 is... Career Duncan Freer Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=335015&ca=Career Despite the doom-laden economic picture of a worldwide economy in meltdown, our love affair with oil has not been diminished. In fact, the oil and gas industry is one of the biggest growth industries globally, and the race to find more reserves of black gold continues 24 hours a day. The price of a... Career Duncan Freer Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=335017&ca=Career Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report (PBR) caused shockwaves throughout UK PLC and has been heralded as one of the most extraordinary packages of measures presented by a Chancellor in a long time. It seems that the government really does understand just how serious things are outside the... Career Duncan Freer Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=325718&ca=Career The recent economic downturn has led to nervous times in the construction industry. Construction recruitment has been slashed as building projects are put on hold, whilst potential buyers slam the door shut on their finances and ride out the economic storm in the only way they know how – by not spen... Career Duncan Freer Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=325723&ca=Career Cut the arteries of business and they bleed oil. Anything that interrupts the flow of this precious black liquid is likely to send the world economies into freefall. So as nervous investors watched the price of oil climb to dizzying heights earlier this year, the fear that it would lead to an implos... Career Duncan Freer Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=325725&ca=Career With a Chancellor who thinks that the UK economy is in its worst crisis for 60 years, continuing news reports of recession and credit crunches galore, the job market has seen a sharp increase in the number of unemployed recently. But is it all doom and gloom? The simple answer is “no”. The public se... Career Duncan Freer Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=325727&ca=Career The winds of change are blowing through the UK economy, and they’re sending wind turbines spinning into overdrive. As beleaguered consumers face mounting energy bills, alternative energy and renewable sources are being taken far more seriously than ever before. The global financial crisis has made e... Business Duncan Freer Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=320449&ca=Business The oil and gas industry, including exploration and production, consists of about 7,000 companies who pull in a combined, estimated revenue of around £450 billon. However, the production and associated revenue are fragmented; around 10% of companies generate approximately 60% of this figure. Demand...