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Wood rejects three takeover proposals from Apollo

By Mark McSherry John Wood Group, the Aberdeen-based global engineering and consulting giant, confirmed late on Wednesday afternoon that it has received three unsolicited, preliminary and…


Wood Group reports order book of $6bn

Aberdeen-based global engineering and consulting giant John Wood Group said its revenue rose 3% to $5.4 billion and its order book stood at $6 billion…


Wood Group’s Mark Collis to join Vesuvius as CFO

London-based Vesuvius plc, a molten metal flow engineering and technology firm, announced the appointment of Mark Collis of Aberdeen-based John Wood Group as Vesuvius chief financial officer. Collis…





Wood Mackenzie sold for $3.1bn to Veritas Capital

By Mark McSherry — New Jersey-based Verisk announced the sale of Wood Mackenzie, the Edinburgh-based consultancy for the energy, chemicals, metals and mining industries, to New York private equity…


Wood Mackenzie may be sold for up to £2.5bn

Wood Mackenzie, the Edinburgh-based consultancy for the energy, chemicals, metals and mining industries, could soon be sold by its New Jersey owner for up to £2.5 billion….







Wood sells consulting business for $1.9bn

Aberdeen-based global engineering and consulting giant John Wood Group said it agreed to sell its Built Environment Consulting business to Canada’s WSP Global Inc. for…





Wood shares up 13% as investigation ends

Shares of Aberdeen-based engineering giant John Wood Group plc rose about 13% on Monday after it said an external investigation into a legacy Amec Foster Wheeler…








Wood signs $1.2bn sustainable debt facility

Aberdeen-based global engineering and consulting group Wood plc announced it has signed a new $1.2 billion, five-year committed sustainable revolving credit facility (RCF) with a group…







Wood pays $177m to settle Amec bribery case

Aberdeen-based John Wood Group plc announced that “agreements have been reached” with the UK’s Serious Fraud Office, the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange…



Mattioli Woods to buy £100m Maven Capital

Leicester-based asset management firm Mattioli Woods announced the proposed acquisition of Glasgow-based private equity and alternative asset manager Maven Capital Partners for up to £100 million and…



Mattioli Woods buys Caledonia Asset Management

Leicester-based wealth and asset management business Mattioli Woods plc has announced the acquisition of Edinburgh-based Caledonia Asset Management Limited from its shareholders. The transaction is being…








Aberdeen’s Wood wins $120m China contract

Aberdeen-based global engineering group Wood plc said it has secured a contract valued at over $120 million with Sinopec Hainan Refining and Chemical Limited Company…


Wood Group extends Chile pulp mill innovation

Aberdeen-based global engineering group Wood plc has announced it is “transforming paper and textile production through innovative design and engineering” on two of the most…




Wood Group wins $84m Equinor contract

Aberdeen-based global engineering group Wood plc said it has won an $84 million contract for Equinor’s Breidablikk subsea development in Norway. Wood has been awarded…



Wood Group shares soar amid Barclays ESG boost

Shares of Aberdeen-based global engineering group Wood plc rose about 6% on Friday following a positive note from Barclays Capital analysts who reaffirmed their “overweight”…





Aberdeen’s Wood wins $200m US solar contracts

Aberdeen-based Wood plc, the global engineering and consulting company, said on Tuesday it secured two solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts from an American power…



Aberdeen’s Wood wins $100m US wind contracts

Aberdeen-based Wood plc, the global engineering and consulting company, said it secured a number of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) onshore wind contracts in the United…




Wood Group completes £250m nuclear sale

Aberdeen-based Wood plc, the global engineering and consulting company, said on Monday it completed the sale of its nuclear business to Jacobs for £250 million…


Wood Group M&A expert joins Craneware board

Edinburgh-based Craneware, a software firm that specializes in US healthcare, said on Monday it appointed David Kemp and Alistair Erskine to its board as independent non-executive…








Wood Mackenzie parent buys Genscape for $364m

New Jersey-based data analytics firm Verisk, owner of Edinburgh-based consultancy Wood Mackenzie, said it agreed to acquire Genscape, a provider of intelligence for commodity and…