Happy 24th Birthday Merlin! For nearly a quarter of a century we have provided quality consulting to our clients and have grown and adapted substantially over this time, now covering geoscience, data management and, most recently, geochemistry and carbon sequestration services. We look forward to many more years supporting companies and have lots more exciting developments to come - watch this space.
DEVEX 2022 is taking place Tuesday 10th - Wednesday 11th May 2022, and Merlin will be there! Come along to our stand and have a chat to Bill Wilks, Paul Taylor and Sandy Smith about all your geoscience, geochemistry and data management needs. We are looking forward to seeing you there.
Last month Merlin said good-bye to Gerald, a stalwart member of the Datawise team for the last 12 years, who took the big step into retirement to seek adventures new. Continue reading to find out more about Gerald's time with Merlin and what he plans to do with his retirement!
Last October, Dr Philip Copestake gave two presentations at the FORCE webinar. The abstracts and presentations given are now available for download from the NPD website. Continue reading to find out more..
The latest Triassic to earliest Jurassic interval is one of the ‘Big-Five’ extinction events of the Phanerozoic. The most recent issue of the Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association (PGA) (volume 136, part 2) comprises a thematic set of papers focused on this interval in Northern Ireland. Merlin’s resident stratigrapher, Dr Phil Copestake, co-authored four of the papers through his research collaborations with Dr Ian Boomer (Geosciences Research Group, University of Birmingham). Continue reading to learn more..
Merlin are proud of their employee owned status and the ethos that it brings to the working environment. We were therefore very happy to be asked to be part of a panel session for the EOA’s course on “How to be an Effective Employee Director or Employee Trustee”. Continue reading to find out more..
During his semi-retirement, John Donato has been using some of his spare time to work with the academic ‘Beneath Britain Group’, formed as a joint initiative between UKOGL (UK Onshore Geophysical Library) and the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University. He has recently published a third paper on the Beneath Britain website, this time authored jointly with Chris Pullan (CP Exploration). Continue reading to get a flavour of this new publication entitled 'The Eastern Extension of Southwest England under the Mesozoic Southern England Basin and its Variscan Dextral Translation'.
A giant ichthyosaur fossil was discovered early last year in the Rutland Water reservoir, Leicestershire and it soon became apparent that it was of major importance for UK palaeontology. Here at Merlin, any new geological discovery is always of interest, especially when so close to home. However this time we have even more reason to shout about it as our very own stratigrapher, Dr Phil Copestake, was involved in dating the skeleton using associated microfauna. Continue reading to find out more about the ichthyosaur and its excavation...
Merlin Datawise is a digital and physical data management consultancy based in Colwall, near Great Malvern. We are looking for a reliable, trustworthy person with a ‘can do‘ attitude to fill the role of Part Time Data Assistant. Continue reading to find out more about the job role and how to apply.
At Merlin, we have recently been thinking about our past travels, in particular our favourite geological localities. Some are closer to home, whilst others are more far-flung. Take a look at where we have picked. Have you been to any before or are they on your list of places to visit in the future? Continue reading to find out..
PETEX 2021 gave Merlin the chance to catch up with the latest news from the industry and meet up with industry colleagues face to face for the first time in too long.
