Treasurer role available at Into Work

Into Work help disabled people and people with long term health conditions to find, build and maintain great jobs. We provide personalised employment advice for people who live in Edinburgh, East Lothian and Mid Lothian. Treasurer (volunteer position) We are looking for a Treasurer to join our Board of Directors/Trustees.…

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Riverside raises £2750 for SANDS Lothians

Children, staff and families from Riverside Cottage Nursery in Blackburn, West Lothian have been fundraising for their long-term charity partner. In January, Riverside hosted a pop-up veggie cafe, with recipes based on the nursery’s own vegetarian cookbook ‘Free Range Eats’. The event raised £100, which was added to another £150 raised through the…

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SME Digital Marketing Trends in the UK in 2019

A survey by Alba SEO We wanted to find out more about what SME’s thought of digital marketing (not just SEO) and so we launched a survey to find out. We posted the survey in a range of platforms where we thought we’d get the best response. This included LinkedIn, Twitter,…

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Top city organisations named at Edinburgh business awards

An audience of hundreds of Edinburgh’s business leaders acclaimed 16 organisations and leaders for their outstanding achievements during the past year at a glittering ceremony on Thursday (28thFebruary 2019). Finalists of the Business Awards were announced earlier this month, with 69 businesses in the running across the 16 categories. Winners…

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PwC and ICAS issue chartered accountants with digital certificates on blockchain

-PwC’s new Smart Credentials platform trialled in Scotland; could significantly reduce employers’ screening costs -Potential to expand to other identity use cases such as medical professionals, pilots and safety engineers PwC is transforming the way professionals share their credentials by using blockchain technology to issue staff with digital versions of…

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Scottish business confidence grows for second consecutive month

Bank of Scotland’ Business Barometer for February 2019 shows: -Overall confidence for firms in Scotland rose four points in the past month to five per cent -Firms’ confidence in their own business prospects was 17 per cent, compared with three per cent in January Overall business confidence in Scotland rose…

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Unicef UK and Entrepreneurial Scotland team up to showcase entrepreneurship as a force for good

Entrepreneurial Scotland (ES) the leading network and leadership development organisation and Unicef UK, have joined forces to show the power of entrepreneurism in driving meaningful solutions to some of society’s toughest challenges. The partnership highlights the organisations’ shared belief that entrepreneurial thinking is key to meeting the needs of future…

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South Side conservation area extended to include royal commonwealth pool

A group of Category ‘A’ listed buildings, with special architectural and historic importance are now part of Edinburgh’s South Side Conversation Area. In a report by the City of Edinburgh Council, which was approved by the local authority’s Planning Committee today (Wednesday, 27 February), The Royal Commonwealth Pool, the Scottish…

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Edinburgh revealed to be the UK’s happiest city for homeowners

New research looking into why homeowners and their children love and loathe property locations and where families are most happy with their homes New data from Barclays Mortgages crowns Edinburgh as the city with the happiest homeowners, with residents in Cardiff, Newcastle and Norwich coming in close behind The research…

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£9,000 awarded to community projects in Fife and Central Scotland

A number of projects across Fife and Central Scotland have been given the go-ahead thanks to almost £9,000 worth of grants from the ScotRail Foundation Cultural and Arts Fund. Gallatown Bike Hub in Kirkcaldy has been awarded £4,440 to help fund a recovery and restoration project. The programme will help…

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