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How Businesses can Take Back Control of their Outgoings

National restrictions continue to significantly affect businesses across the country.  While non-essential retail, hospitality and leisure businesses have had to temporarily close during lockdown, those businesses which are still operating will also have been heavily affected by the pandemic. As such, there is an enormous pressure on businesses’ financial situation. …

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Standard Life Aberdeen join Pawprint Pioneer program to take action on ‘at home’ carbon footprint

With the ongoing pandemic, how people currently work and live has changed dramatically and therefore so has their carbon footprint. Whilst the emissions from offices and, more importantly, business travel have reduced, the majority of people are now working from home and creating emissions from increased energy use there. Standard…

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Heriot-Watt to play pivotal role in Government plans to improve the sustainability of the UK chemical industry

Female graduate and male in safety clothing (including orange suit, yellow gloves, yellow hard hat, ear protectors and safety goggles), working at BP plant in Grangemouth. Heriot-Watt University has been announced today as the Scottish partner in a £4.3m project to help transform the green credentials of the UK chemistry…

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Self Assessment customers warned about scammers posing as HMRC

Self Assessment customers should be alert to criminals claiming to be from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). As the department issues thousands of SMS messages and emails as part of its annual Self Assessment tax return push, HMRC is warning customers completing their returns to take care to avoid being…

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SCC respond to the second review of the Covid-19 Strategic Framework

On the First Minister’s speech today outlining the outcomes of the second review of the Covid-19 Strategic Framework, Dr Liz Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce, said: “The economy has been dealt another blow today. Returning to lockdown makes Christmas an increasingly bleak prospect, particularly for those…

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Cherished Chimneys Restored at Winton Castle

Events Venue Invests in its Crowning Glory & Future, Despite Pandemic If you build 20 chimneys the height of an African elephant out of sandstone and stick them on top of a Scottish castle when Charles I still had his head on, you would expect they would need some maintenance…

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Providing you with the tools to adapt to an ever-changing world

Sustrans Scotland and Way to Work Scotland are delighted to host another free online interactive event to support workers, whether from home or otherwise, during this unpredictable era. Following the success of her first webinar in our initial Working It Out series back in June, we are overjoyed to welcome…

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Fight to restore millions of native oysters across Europe hits scientific milestone

Landmark publication is the largest compendium of research on Oyster Reef Restoration This week, extensive knowledge on how to restore native European oyster habitats will be published in a landmark Special Issue of Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. The ground-breaking compendium of articles detail, more than any publication before,…

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The Final Flourish in Edinburgh’s New Skyline

St James Quarter celebrates a milestone moment in Edinburgh history as construction workers secure the final flourish on the highest point of the W Edinburgh – the new centrepiece of the £1bn city centre development. The topping out of the 1.7 million sq ft development in the heart of the…

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Home design, style studios and a beauty concierge – John Lewis Edinburgh reveals its plan for the future with £24m investment makeover

Home design, style studios and a beauty concierge service are among the new range of services and experiences that John Lewis Edinburgh has revealed today (14th October) as it confirms plans for the final phase of its £24m refurbishment. The overhaul and reconfiguration of the entire 160,000sq ft shop will…

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