ScotRail adds extra seats for crunch Nations Leagues fixture

ScotRail is adding extra carriages to help the tartan army travel to Hampden Park and cheer on Scotland in their crunch UEFA Nations League fixture. The national team face Israel in their final group stage match on Tuesday 20 November at 7.45pm. ScotRail will be adding carriages to trains to…

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We should all do our bit for trustee diversity

Charities and employers both have a role to play in encouraging and supporting young trustees. A welcome aspect of this year’s Trustees’ Week on 12-17 November has been the focus on youth – in particular the ‘Young Trustee’ campaign to get 250 charities to pledge to recruit a young person…

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Virgin Trains carries more Christmas shoppers to Glasgow

-Thousands of visitors taking advantage of Virgin Trains’ reduced fares from England -Visitor numbers to Glasgow surge over festive period -The best shopping experience in the UK outside of London is just a short train ride away THOUSANDS more shoppers are crossing the border with Virgin Trains to enjoy Glasgow’s…

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Scottish shoppers beware: Scammers are looking forward to YOUR Black Friday giveaway

• Shopping scams represent three quarters (78 per cent) of all reported scam cases in the UK • One in five high value shopping scams (21 per cent) result in losses of more than £5000 • With almost half of Scots (48 per cent) planning to make a purchase this…

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Carbon strike gold again

EDINBURGH business Carbon has won the Gold Standard Award for Independent Financial Advice for a sixth successive year. They are one of just eight firms across the UK to receive the accolade this year.. Investment director Barry O’Neill and London office director Darren Lees attended the awards ceremony in the…

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BCC comments on Brexit agreement

Commenting on the announcement from the Prime Minister that the Cabinet has backed the draft Withdrawal Agreement and the political declaration on the future relationship between the UK and the EU27, Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “Businesses will recognise the huge efforts made…

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MacRoberts announces Euan Duncan as Chair

Leading Scottish law firm MacRoberts LLP announced today that Euan Duncan is the firm’s new Chair. Since 2015, Euan has been an extremely valued and effective member of MacRoberts’ Management Board. This new appointment will see Euan take on the role of Chair for the firm as part of the…

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Edinburgh College take eight-strong student team to WorldSkills UK Live finals in Birmingham

The skills of eight Edinburgh College students will be put to the ultimate test this week as they head south of the border to take part in the UK’s largest student skills competition. Three stonemasons, two roofers, one brickworker, one automotive technician and one network infrastructure technician will fly the…

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Scots Are Spending A Penny to Dodge Paying the Pounds Top excuses for bill-shy ‘shirkers’ revealed for the party season

-One in three (35 per cent) Scots say they have a bill ‘shirker’ in their friendship group, with their penny-pinching friends owing an average of £52 in the last 12 months -Nearly one in ten (7 per cent) pretend to be too merry to split the bill, and shirking is…

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Monthly House Price Index statistics for September 2018 published

The latest publication of the monthly UK HPI shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in September 2018 was £152,961 – an increase of 5.8 per cent on September in the previous year and a decrease of 0.1 per cent when compared to the previous month. This…

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