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Queen Margaret University launches world’s first masters degree for professional complaint handlers

The Consumer Insight Centre at Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh, has launched the world’s first postgraduate degree for professional complaint handlers. The new MSc Dispute Resolution is an accredited qualification for professionals in the workplace who deal with disputes between consumers and businesses and between citizens and the state. Complaints…

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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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Queen Margaret University students benefit from first ever Ryder Cup Bursary Scheme

Five students from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, are amongst the first in the world to receive financial support linked to the 2014 Ryder Cup in Scotland. The group of students, who study on the BA (Hons) International Hospitality and Tourism and the BA (Hons) Events Management, each received a one-off…

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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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Edinburgh Airport to open M&S Simply Food store

Passengers will soon be able to stock up on the essentials before and after their journey with a brand new M&S Simply Food opening at Edinburgh Airport on 01 October. The store is the first to open in the airport’s new terminal extension and is part of a completely new…

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Capital Document Solutions to exhibit at Procurex Scotland

A flagship event for the Scottish public sector will see Capital Document Solutions offer expert advice on a wide range of office equipment and print solutions. Procurex Scotland Live 2014 is a major, annual exhibition for buyers and suppliers in the public sector. The established event will be held at…

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