Edinburgh Airport named UK Airport of the Year

Success at National Transport Awards. Edinburgh Airport has been named Airport of the Year at the National Transport Awards in London. Scotland’s busiest airport saw off competition from five other airports to win the award at the awards ceremony which is in its 18th year. It comes after Edinburgh Airport…

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Yellow Warning: Storm Callum

SP Energy Networks is responsible for the network, which delivers electricity to around 3.3 million homes and businesses across Central & Southern Scotland, Cheshire, Merseyside, North Wales & North Shropshire. The Met office has issued weather warnings for wind and rain for Friday 12th and Saturday 13th October. The weather…

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New café bar opens at Virgin Trains’ Stoke Station

A new café bar has opened at Stoke-on-Trent station, transforming the former First Class Lounge into a facility for both rail passengers and the wider community alike. It will be the second Titanic bod bar, a new concept from the Burslem based brewery, and will be open from early morning…

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Stagecoach shortlisted for top industry awards

-Two Stagecoach employees reach the final in the Unsung Heroes award -Three award categories recognise work at St Andrews depot -Stagecoach East Scotland nominated for Top Shire Operator -Express City Connect network in the running for Sustained Marketing Excellence Stagecoach East Scotland are finalists at the UK Bus Awards 2018…

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Dentons to support two women’s awards in Scotland

Dentons has announced the sponsorship of two upcoming awards in Scotland with a focus on women and their achievements. The firm is a headline sponsor for the forthcoming Business Women Scotland and Women’s Enterprise Scotland Awards 2018 and will also be sponsoring an award category at the Scottish Women in…

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ScotRail’s first upgraded Inter7City high-speed train ready for service

ScotRail will next week reach another important milestone in its plan to build the best railway Scotland has ever had, with the first Inter7City high-speed train entering service for customers. The Inter7City train, which will run initially between Aberdeen and Edinburgh from Monday (15 October), is the first of the iconic…

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All aboard! ‘The Rookies’ are rolling into stations this holiday

Virgin Trains launches its half-term ‘Rookies Academy’, giving train fans aged 5-11 the chance to go behind the scenes of the railway Keeping the children busy during the school holidays can be hard work, and a blow to the bank balance to boot. This half term, Virgin Trains has just…

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Green Cross Training Continues to go from Strength to Strength in 2018

A training company launched by Scots entrepreneur Gio Benedetti has secured a series of lucrative contracts during a frenetic six month burst of activity. Hamilton-based Green Cross training operates throughout the UK and has won several high-profile deals to provide first aid and health and safety training. A major success…

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Traveleads appoints new UK Head of Sales

After witnessing 20%+ sales growth in the last FY, Traveleads has appointed Sally Cassidy, currently Sales Director for West of Scotland/Aberdeen, to the position of Head of Sales to run the UK sales operation. Sally will be tasked with building a larger sales force and developing a dynamic sales strategy…

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Blockchain can give us faith in our food

Digitising workflows will bring transparency to the supply chain  Edinburgh Napier has joined forces with Eyecademy to use blockchain technology to develop verifiable records for the supply journey of ethically-sourced food. The collaboration with the Glasgow-based leading data and analytics provider will be among the first projects undertaken at the university’s new Blockpass Identity…

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