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Gillespie Macandrew Appoints New Chair Frank Blin CBE

Gillespie Macandrew announces the appointment of Frank Blin CBE as its new Chair, marking a significant milestone in the firm’s journey.

The Employment Rights Bill: The End of Seasonal Working in Scotland?

Fiona Cameron outlines what the Employment Rights Bill means for Seasonal Working in Scotland.

Gillespie Macandrew announced as sponsor of RSABI’s Scone Palace Challenge

Find out more about a brand new farming fundraising challenge, The Great Scone Palace Challenge 2025, taking place 12-13th September.

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17 July 2025 | Time to read: 2 mins

Gillespie Macandrew Appoints New Chair Frank Blin CBE

By Robert Graham-Campbell

Gillespie Macandrew announces the appointment of Frank Blin CBE as its new Chair, marking a significant milestone in the firm’s journey.

10 July 2025 | Time to read: 4 mins

The Employment Rights Bill: The End of Seasonal Working in Scotland?

By Fiona Cameron

Fiona Cameron outlines what the Employment Rights Bill means for Seasonal Working in Scotland.

12 June 2025 | Time to read: 4 mins

Gillespie Macandrew announced as sponsor of RSABI’s Scone Palace Challenge

By Lois Newton

Find out more about a brand new farming fundraising challenge, The Great Scone Palace Challenge 2025, taking place 12-13th September.

05 June 2025 | Time to read: 3 mins

Sheep Worrying: Safeguarding livestock in Scotland

By John Stirling, Roberta Giusti

Learn more about the importance of responsible access in Scotland's countryside, particularly focusing on the impact of dog owners on farmers.

Successful ScotWind bids announced

Published: 18 January 2022
Time to read: 2 mins

The results of the Scottish offshore leasing round was announced yesterday, confirming the 17 projects, out of 74 applications, that have been offered option agreements to lease parts of the seabed for offshore wind projects.

This is the first Scottish offshore leasing round in over a decade and is the first to happen since offshore wind was devolved to Scotland and it represents a huge step forward in move towards net-zero. The generating capacity of the successful projects totals 25GW which far exceeds the initial 10GW assumption, highlighting the great renewable energy potential that Scotland offers.

In addition to the transformations this will bring in the production of renewable electricity in Scotland, the leasing will raise around £700m of public funds and is expected to benefit Scotland’s industry ports and supply chain at a scale much greater than has been managed until this point.   However, all the signs are that there will be potential for supply chain delays and capacity issues globally as not only Scotland, but the rest of the UK and other countries are progressing rapidly their offshore developments.  The winners will be those who manage their projects well and couple the opportunity with strategic investments in sound partnerships and advisers.

Gillespie Macandrew has already advised one of the successful bidding consortia in relation to their bid.

There is much work for the successful projects over the coming years, including securing consents, finance and planning and we are excited about the potential transformation of Scotland’s energy sector to come.

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