Businesses set to benefit from Virgin Trains and Eurostar collaboration

Businesses are set to benefit from a new collaboration between Virgin Trains and Eurostar which creates an end to end rail booking service between major routes and mainland Europe. In the first partnership of its kind between Eurostar and a UK train operating company, the initiative offers a “one-stop shop”…

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Ryden names new Managing Partner

Commercial property consultant Ryden has named Dr Mark Robertson as the firm’s new Managing Partner. Dr Robertson will take over from Bill Duguid who is moving to the role of Chairman after six years as leader of the firm. Ryden recently reported a strong financial year with turnover up 19%.The…

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Riddle and Coghill tee up a big win for MND Scotland

Edinburgh based interior design firm, Riddle and Coghill scooped £2,604 for MND Scotland a cause close to the hearts of directors Gus Riddle and Ian Coghill. The firm became Scotland’s national business golf champions in 2018 and won the lump sum for MND Scotland in the process having qualified as…

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Business Fives is back for the winter with two events in Edinburgh

Business Fives kicks off in Edinburgh this week with the first of 2 events in the city this winter supported by the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce. The summer season of Business Fives raised over £20,500 for charities across Scotland and the winter season aims to match this amount and help…

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The best Christmas for generations” Crieff Christmas celebrates 150 years with ice skating and Christmas Market.

Celebrating 150 years of the biggest and best house parties in Scotland, Crieff Hydro are gearing up for the best Christmas for generations in 2018. At the Hydro, Christmas officially starts in December and lasts the whole month.  On Saturday 1st December we’ll be kicking off our festivities with a…

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GCHQ and National Cyber Security Centre certify university course

EDINBURGH Napier’s work to train the next generation of cybersecurity experts has been endorsed by the Government organisation aiming to make Britain the safest place to work and do business online. The university’s BEng (Hons) in Cybersecurity and Forensics has become the first undergraduate course in the UK to be…

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Dovecot Studio to unveil 10-year anniversary tapestry

Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh is inviting art and textile lovers to watch the cutting off of Water Surface 2018, its newest tapestry, and celebrate its 10 years in the In firmary Street studio. Water Surface 2018 is almost four metres square and has been hand-woven over the past six months by…

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Winter is coming: roadshows to keep customers informed

As the temperature continues to drop, ScotRail Alliance ‘winter readiness’ teams will be at key stations meeting customers and helping them prepare for travel this winter. Over the next two weeks, a series of winter roadshows will take place at busy stations across the country, including Glasgow Central and Queen…

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Success for Stagecoach at 2018 UK bus awards

Stagecoach East Scotland received multiple accolades at the 2018 UK Bus Awards. The company was recognised in categories covering people, operations, marketing and the community at the 23rd annual awards ceremony held in London last week (Tuesday 20 November). One of the highlights of the night for the company was…

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Scottish housing hotspots all break £250,000 barrier as Aberdeen sees first signs of economic growth

The tough economic conditions which have engulfed Aberdeen for the last four years may be coming to an end with new figures indicating tentative signs of a recovery in the local property market. Three areas across Scotland also continued to show heavy demand, with Edinburgh, East Renfrewshire and East Dunbartonshire…

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