• BT Group reveals Edinburgh as one of first locations as part of biggest UK workplace improvement programme

    5th June 2019

    Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Ipswich (Adastral Park), London and Manchester to be key locations for the group BT’s workplace improvement and consolidation programme is the biggest of its type ever undertaken in the UK and is expected to complete by 2023 More than 300 BT office locations across the…

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  • Award-winning actress Ms. Yong Mei named as Official Chinese Ambassador of Tourism in Edinburgh

    5th June 2019

    Edinburgh Tourism Action Group (ETAG) appointed actress Ms. Yong Mei ‘Official Chinese Ambassador of Tourism in Edinburgh’ during a ceremony at the City Chambers on Tuesday (4 June). Yong Mei is a successful Chinese actress with a television and film career spanning over 20 years. In 2019, she won the…

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  • Real-time train running information for Scotland’s rural railway

    5th June 2019

    Rural railway stations across Scotland have been fitted with new customer information screens (CIS), as part of a £675,000 investment. Easy-to-read LED display screens have been installed at 36 rural railway stations, meaning every station in Scotland – except for Dunrobin Castle – now has real-time, visual, train information. The…

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  • How to embed innovation and creativity skills in a business

    5th June 2019

    Matthew Syed’s book “Bounce” is a remarkable read. It talks about the sustained application of Purposeful Practice to become great at a particular skill. There is no short cut. You need to fail, learn and then repeat the cycle again and again. The faster you fail the faster you learn,…

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  • Zero Waste Scotland launches toolkit to maximise £3bn circular economy business opportunity while responding to the climate emergency

    5th June 2019

    Ways the country’s businesses can maximise opportunities in the potentially lucrative circular economy and respond to the climate emergency are laid out across a new website launched today (3 June 2019) by Zero Waste Scotland. The Circular Economy Accelerator will support the further development and implementation of circular economy business…

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  • Rising volume of residential property sales in Scotland

    4th June 2019

    The latest quarterly house price statistics from the Registers of Scotland (ROS), covering the period from 1st January to 31st March 2019, revealed the average selling price in Scotland was £174,317, a 0.3% decrease on the same period last year. Sales volume was up 3.7% year-on-year, and the total value…

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  • Waverley Care are shaking things up!

    4th June 2019

    Today Waverley Care – Scotland’s HIV & Hepatitis C Charity – launch a new apprentice-style corporate team challenge, The Big Corporate Shake-up. The event challenges teams from companies across Edinburgh to compete against each other to raise funds during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Teams will shake buckets and collect donations…

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  • ScotRail adds more seats for Spice Girls show  

    3rd June 2019

    ScotRail is adding more seats to trains for the hotly anticipated Spice Girls concert at BT Murrayfield in Edinburgh on Saturday 8 June. Extra carriages will be added to dozens of trains to and from Haymarket – the closest station to the stadium – in addition to every train between…

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  • Later after life planning

    3rd June 2019

    This is a rare opportunity for you to come along and listen to experts from St. James’s Place Wealth Management and Mattac Legal, who will give you an overview of all you will need for financial security and peace of mind in later life. The session is most beneficial to…

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  • Shepherd and Wedderburn appoints Head of Diversity, Development and Inclusion

    3rd June 2019

    Shepherd and Wedderburn, the leading independent, Scottish-headquartered UK law firm, has appointed a Head of Diversity, Development and Inclusion. Yvonne Brady, a senior partner, is responsible for all of Shepherd and Wedderburn’s diversity and inclusion initiatives, and maximising their impact for the benefit of colleagues and clients. This includes overseeing…

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