George Heriot’s pupils talk mental health with Fergus Crawley

Mental health advocate, Fergus Crawley, visited George Heriot’s School as part of the school’s initiative to encourage its young people to be open about mental health and speaking out. During his visit to the Edinburgh school, where he addressed both junior and senior school pupils, Edinburgh-born Fergus (23) talked openly…

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AAB celebrates 1 year in capital and hits £1.5m target

Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB), one of the UK’s leading independent firms of chartered accountants and business advisors, is celebrating its Edinburgh office hitting its £1.5 million revenue target in its first year. Since opening the Edinburgh office located at 1 Lochrin Square in Fountainbridge, staff numbers have grown…

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Success for DM Hall’s young professionals as they qualify as Chartered Surveyors in Falkirk, Glasgow and Edinburgh

DM Hall, one of Scotland’s leading independent firms of chartered surveyors, is celebrating the success of four of its young professionals who have qualified as members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The four, Rachel McCall in Falkirk, Ross Chinnery in Edinburgh, Claire Hutton and Grant Bremner in…

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Pinsent Masons joins the Valuable 500 campaign to promote disability inclusion

International law firm Pinsent Masons has signed up to the Valuable 500 campaign which seeks to place disability inclusion on the board agenda of 500 global businesses. The Valuable 500, which was launched at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Summit, urges global business leaders to become accountable for disability inclusion…

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Driving Edinburgh’s PRIDE for Scotland’s LGBTI Festival

The City of Edinburgh Council’s Depute Leader has joined Enterprise Car Club to mark Pride Edinburgh. In celebration of Scotland’s LGBTI Festival on Monday 17th June, Councillor Cammy Day took to the seat of a specially-wrapped Enterprise Car Club vehicle, featuring the famous Pride colours stretched right over the car’s…

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Openreach opens doors of Livingston Training School for family fun day

The site on Houston Industrial Estate is opening its doors for International Women in Engineering Day on Sunday 23 June between 12 noon and 2.30pm Openreach’s training school in Livingston is throwing open its doors to the public later this month (Sunday 23 June) to celebrate International Women in Engineering…

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Local bereavement charity seeking brave locals to join their new FireWalk event

SANDS Lothians is launching its first ever FireWalk on Saturday 19th October at Edinburgh Leisure’s Craiglockhart Tennis Centre. The FireWalk will be a chance for locals to take part in a once in a lifetime challenge, daring to be different and walking over hot coals to raise much-needed funds for…

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Extra seats for sold-out P!NK show at Hampden Park

ScotRail is adding extra carriages to help music lovers travel to see P!NK at Hampden Park this weekend. The national football stadium is hosting the sold-out Beautiful Trauma World Tour on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June. ScotRail will be adding carriages to trains to Glasgow, as well as on…

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BCC Forecast: Brexit stockpiling to hit economic growth in coming years

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has today (Monday) released its latest economic forecast, upgrading its growth expectations for the UK in 2019 to 1.3% (from 1.2%). However, the leading business group has downgraded its growth forecast for 2020 to 1.0% (from 1.3%) and to 1.2% (from 1.4%) in 2021.…

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Thriving future for Edinburgh’s parks thanks to new national fund award

Scotland’s Capital has today [17 June 2019] been announced as one of eight urban areas to share in £11 million worth of funding to secure the future of the UK’s parks and greenspaces. The new Future Parks fund is a pioneering programme designed to find sustainable ways to manage and…

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