Ferret Underground: Open house

Hi ,

Did you know that The Ferret has its own community newsroom in Glasgow's Govanhill?

We share a space with Greater Govanhill magazine, and anyone can pop by to chat with our caffeine-addled journalists when the doors are open.

However, we are hosting a special drop-in session called the Open House, this Friday between 9.30 and 11am. This is a special opportunity for people to come and suggest ideas and leads for future Ferret stories.

We only have limited space and the (free) tickets are now sold out, but if you're interested in coming along, drop us a message at contact@theferret.scot and we will try to squeeze you in.

The event will be taking place monthly from now on, so stay tuned to our socials and emails for details.

Remember, our AGM will take place in Glasgow on 9 March. You can sign up and participate in the event, either in-person or virtually, by following this link.

Two Scottish banks helped a North Sea oil firm with links to Israel’s West Bank settlements raise half a billion pounds, The Ferret has found.

Edinburgh-headquartered Natwest and Lloyds were both underwriters on a £500m bond issuance by North Sea oil firm Ithaca Energy in July 2021.

The previous year, Ithaca’s parent company, Tel-Aviv-based Delek Group, was named on a UN list of 112 companies whose activities in the West Bank “raised particular human rights concerns”.

The list was compiled after a UN fact finding mission to investigate the impact of the settlements – considered illegal under international law – on Palestinians.