A Scottish energy company has become the first to be named by the U.K. customs and excise authority for breaching Russian sanctions rules. Petrofac Facilities Management Limited (PFML) paid a ยฃ569,157 ($759,148) compound settlement for breaches that occurred in 2022 and 2023.

Ruth Prickett graduated from Cambridge University with a BA hons in History and has specialized in business and finance journalism for the past 20 years. She was editor of Financial Management, the magazine...