Shetland Islands Broadcasting Company

The German energy group E.ON is advancing plans to combine with energy firm Ovo. Ovo is still the dominant electricity supplier in Shetland since it took over Scottish Hydro Electric in January 2020. This in turn goes back to the days of the North of Scotland Hydro Electric Board.

Two sailing boats are arrivals in Lerwick harbour today.

There are reports that wooden, not plastic, political placards with “hope is green” and SNP signage, have been removed from areas of Lerwick such as the South Road and Gilbertson Road. The “Hope is green” signage is a reminder of the 1997 UK general election in Orkney and Shetland, when “Hope was Conservative”.

Alistair Carmichael, chair of the House of Commons environment, food and rural affairs committee, has commented that the fishing and coastal growth fund stands a chance of doing real, lasting, good in fishing communities where, after successive governments, morale and trust is as low as the sea floor.

After a few days in Manger Fjord, north of Bergen, the floating production storage and off-loading vessel Petrojarl Rosebank is berthed alongside in Ågotnes in the island of Sotra.

A day after EnQuest, operator of the Sullom Voe Terminal, announced a £500 million bond issue, as part of refinancing to reduce interest payments and to extend debt until 2031, Serica Energy, the new owner of the Shetland Gas Plant, has announced that it is to hold investor meetings ahead of a potential five-year senior unsecured bond issue.

Those in Shetland, who are part almost half a million volunteers included in UK Biobank health information database, have been advised not to be concerned over the suspected data breach surfacing in China. This is because the data sets do not contain any personally identifying information.