Discounted entry for Chamber members to debate and networking evening 23rd October

ecoConnect CIC is asking businesses and individuals to debate and contribute to the discussions around how Scotland is going to decarbonise its heat – a key challenge in meeting the Government’s climate targets & a key challenge for companies trying to achieve cost savings. Combined heat and power (CHP) technology…

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Homeless World Cup Set for Santiago in 2014

Founded by Mel Young from Scotland and Harald Schmied from Austria, The Homeless World Cup uses the power of football to energise homeless people, enabling them to change their own lives. The Homeless World Cup is an Edinburgh based charity that supports grass-roots football programmes and social enterprise development via…

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A9 Rebrand And The Polar Academy

The iconic Falkirk Wheel hosted the rebranded launch of local accountancy and business advisory firm, A9 Partnership. The evening’s highlight, alongside the Wheel being floodlit in the corporate blue, was an inspirational talk by Craig Mathieson, Scotland’s Greatest Living Explorer who was recently appointed “Explorer in Residence” by The Royal…

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Property 2014 – Scotland’s Premier Conference For Property Industry Professionals Is Back!

Property 2014, hosted by Shepherd and Wedderburn takes place on 4th November at the EICC, Edinburgh and includes a stellar line up of speakers who will share their unique insights and experience with you. They will provide an account of how they themselves have weathered the changing regulatory landscape, offering…

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Marking The Boxes!

Boxes. There seems to be a plethora of boxes everywhere, particularly when it comes to health. Fill in this form, tick these boxes, oh and those boxes, and in order for us to really understand your condition, best you tick the boxes that best describe you…!!! Go to http://www.whitetreechiro.co.uk/boxes/ for the full…

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Resilient Scotland Conference 2014

The Scottish Continuity Resilient Scotland Conference is widely regarded as Scotland’s leading conference that brings Business Continuity and Resilience practitioners together providing an opportunity to gain valuable education, training and best practice to assist, organise, prepare, respond and recover from emergencies and disasters. Tickets available at: http://www.scottishcontinuity.com/2014_resilient_community_registration  

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IntoWork Looking To Recruit New Directors

We are currently looking to appoint up to 4 new Directors to the Into Work board.  The posts are voluntary. Into Work is an Edinburgh based supported employment agency, delivering a range of services to disabled jobseekers across the Lothians.  Into Work is a registered charity and a company limited…

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Help Chamber member MY Adventure do great things in the great outdoors

Chamber members have a unique opportunity to get some Christmas shopping done right now – and help one of Edinburgh’s worthiest social enterprises, dedicated to providing great activities in the great outdoors. MY Adventure, a new Chamber member, is asking for your support to help renovate the Towford Outdoor Centre,…

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IE-CHP join CHPA & Green Investment Bank on CHP & Energy Efficiency expert panel at the ecoConnect Forum

Combined heat and power (CHP) technology is a recognised tool for energy efficiency across a multiplicity of commercial and industrial end-users: by integrating & combining the production of usable heat & electricity, reductions in carbon emissions of up to 30% can be achieved compared to the separate means of conventional…

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Fed treading carefully

This week has been filled with activity on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States the September Federal Reserve meeting and a new set of employment statistics clarified little and seemed to set fixed income investors’ teeth on edge. Activity in Europe was more intense, with the French…

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