A record-breaking number of visitors experience the Country’s Best at a shining Royal Highland Show

23 June 2019 – Edinburgh – A record-breaking 195,400 visitors made their way to the Royal Highland Show at Ingliston, in Edinburgh, over the last four days to experience rural life at its most vibrant. Delivering an estimated £65 million in economic benefit to Scotland, the four-day event attracted not…

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20/20 Productions E Awards 2019 Winners

20/20 Productions, the award-winning communications, digital, film and event production agency, continues its winning streak by taking home the Best Corporate Event trophy at this years’ E Awards, the country’s leading event and festivals industry awards. Edinburgh, San Francisco and Dubai based 20/20 Productions were delighted with their win at…

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Improvement plan delivering for customers

Customers are benefiting from more trains running on time, fewer cancellations to services, and more seats throughout the country as ScotRail successfully delivers its performance improvement plan. The train operator committed to a range of improvements in March of this year after reaching a remedial agreement with Transport Scotland. Completion…

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Come what May

Busiest May on record ahead of summer schedule. A total of 1,381,187 passengers travelled through Edinburgh Airport last month making it the busiest May on record. Numbers were 4.3% up on the same month last year with new route growth over the past year and increased capacity on existing routes…

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Scottish pupils receive national social enterprise award from Deputy First Minister, John Swinney MSP

-The 12th annual Social Enterprise in Education Awards, sponsored by Kibble and Big Issue Invest, took place today (19 June 2019) at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh -Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, John Swinney MSP, presented 40 schools from the central belt with their awards…

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The Vesta Gin Takeover

We’ve invited 10 unique gin brands to takeover Vesta and together, we’ve serving up masterclasses, sampling, drinks promotions & more! Each Gin brand will visit Vesta for two weeks each, with G&T and cocktail offers, running Monday to Friday EVERY week. As well as this EVERY Friday 5-7pm, there will…

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Chef Takeover

From Michelin stars to multi-award winning chefs, we are welcoming Scotland’s top talent to our kitchen at Vesta this year. We’re joining forces to celebrate Scottish food and drink and support our partners, Social Bite, in their mission to end homelessness in Scotland. Each night, you’ll be treated to a…

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Virgin Trains wheels out ANPR at Oxenholme station

-Virgin Trains introduces new Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology at Oxenholme station for customers travelling to the station by car Virgin Trains has introduced Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) at Oxenholme station, making it the first station managed by Virgin on the West Coast Main Line to adopt the technology.…

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Year two of the GDPR marks the end of basic compliance

Year two of the GDPR marks the end of basic compliance  Nimarta Cheema, Corporate lawyer with Lindsays, warns Scottish SMEs that lack of knowledge of GDPR could pose risks now that more stringent enforcement by the ICO is starting. Following the first anniversary of the General Date Protection Regulations coming…

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Thomson Cooper merges with specialist payroll bureau

Thomson Cooper Accountants are delighted to announce a recent merger with The Computer Bureau ( Fife ) Limited, a payroll bureau based in Glenrothes. The move is part of a planned expansion of their successful Business Support Services department which provides payroll, bookkeeping and VAT services to SMEs across Scotland.…

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