Entwistle takes helm as WJM Chairman

Scottish legal firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has appointed Liam Entwistle as its new Chairman. He has worked with the leading Scottish firm for 19 years and has previously served as Chief Executive. Entwistle – a skilled commercial fixer with considerable expertise in workplace mediation, conflict resolution, negotiation, arbitration…

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Cullen Property turns challenges into growth, increasing senior team and recording 25% uplift in customer satisfaction

Edinburgh residential property investment and lettings specialist Cullen Property is finishing a busy lettings season on a high by adding two senior property managers to its team and achieving the company’s highest ever levels of customer satisfaction. In a survey of current Cullen Property tenant clients, 85% said they would…

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Shepherd and Wedderburn reports 2% turnover growth in 2019/20

Shepherd and Wedderburn reported 2% turnover growth to £56.9 million in the year to April 30, 2020, with profits before partner distributions down 1.7% to £22.4 million. Shepherd and Wedderburn’s market-leading Clean Energy Group reported record revenues during the period in review, up 54% on the previous year. The group…

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Dentons opens in Dublin and announces further partner hires

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, has officially launched in Dublin, an economy powered by foreign investment and a priority market for the Firm’s clients. The team, which is based at Joshua Dawson House in Dublin City Centre, is led by Managing Partner Eavan Saunders who joined the firm earlier this…

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Stagecoach East Scotland awarded £1.15m by Scottish Government to upgrade 63 buses to the cleanest diesel standards 

The funding from the Bus Emissions Abatement Retrofit (BEAR) programme will help Stagecoach retrofit 63 buses and bring them up to the latest clean Euro VI standard. It will mean Stagecoach can deliver even cleaner journeys for communities in East Scotland. For several years, Stagecoach has been the biggest operator of hybrid…

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SELECT pays tribute to Lord O’Neill of Clackmannan, praising his ‘wisdom, experience and friendship’

One of Scotland’s largest and most influential trade associations has paid tribute to Lord Martin O’Neill, the long-serving MP and social justice champion who passed away last week (August 26) aged 75. Baron O’Neill of Clackmannan was the president of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group and worked closely with…

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Council extends partnership with CGI as it aims to become one of the world’s ‘smartest cities’

Edinburgh’s vision to become one of the world’s smartest capital cities has received a major boost thanks to an agreement between the City of Edinburgh Council and CGI. Building on the five-year relationship the Council has established with the global ICT services provider, Councillors have agreed that the contract with…

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IT Strategy re-boot to help business bounce back

Network ROI are introducing a new IT Director consultancy service aimed at SME’s and organisations who want to reboot their IT strategy. In a year like no other organisations have been forced to rethink and prioritise what matters most to their business. In current climate many businesses and smaller organisations…

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Dine in style with top Scottish chef at Great CHAS Dinner Party

Top Scottish chef, Dean Banks is urging fans of fine dining to sign up for a special virtual gala dinner to raise vital funds for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS). The former Masterchef: The Professionals finalist, who runs the popular Haar restaurant in St Andrews, is encouraging people to register…

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Non-domestic rates appeals backlog threatens thousands of Scottish businesses

– Colliers International welcomes Scottish Government decision to base 2023 business rates revaluation on 2022 values – – But the property investment firm calls for COVID-19 appeals to be fast-tracked –   Glasgow, 3 September 2020 – The Scottish Government’s postponement of non-domestic rates revaluation by a year to April…

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