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CHAS launches ‘One Stop Christmas Shop’ to raise funds and support local businesses

CHAS is launching its first ever ‘One Stop Christmas Shop’ to raise vital funds for vulnerable children and families over the festive season and help local businesses at the same time. The exciting online retail event will go live at 4pm on Monday 16 November and will run right up…

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Full fibre diet key to COVID recovery

The shape of our post-Covid economy may not yet be fully formed – but it could arrive at the speed of light. The pandemic has decimated our economy and changed forever how we will work, but we will recover. Traditionally we would look at manufacturing, the oil and gas sector,…

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Don’t be green on climate change advertising compliance

Gill Dennis, Senior Practice Development Lawyer at Pinsent Masons Businesses which fail to ensure that any ‘green’ claims made in advertising can be substantiated are likely to breach UK advertising regulations and could result in reputational damage. Using green credentials as a marketing tool is entirely legitimate, provided those credentials…

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Citizen survey to help Council prioritise spending post-Covid

Edinburgh residents are being asked for their views on how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected Council services in a new survey launched online today. Since the global outbreak flared up in late March of this year, thousands of staff across the Council – and its partners – have pulled together…

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Leading Scottish hotel transforms bedrooms into workspaces

Business people in the Edinburgh area can now book a hotel bedroom to use as their replacement home office, in a novel new offering from one of Scotland’s leading conference and events hotels, Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club. The majority of our country’s office workers are currently working from home,…

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Friday 13th is the least popular date to move house

Superstitious people avoid moving house on Friday 13th, a new report from Registers of Scotland has suggested. Friday is the most popular day of the week for people to get the keys to their new home, but numbers plummet on what some regard as the unluckiest day of the year.…

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Colleges recommend further action to deal with impact of Coronavirus

A collaboration between colleges in east central Scotland has published their proposals on how best to deliver skills and opportunities in Scotland to support the economic recovery. The East Central Scotland Colleges Collaboration, consisting of Edinburgh College, Fife College, Forth Valley College and West Lothian College, worked to produce a…

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Waitrose and John Lewis Christmas advertising campaign celebrates kindness as nation encouraged to ‘give a little love’

Two new joint ads to encourage the nation to spread kindness and help raise £4m for two charities – Home-Start and FareShare Further £1m will be donated  by Waitrose and John Lewis branches to local charities supporting families in need Campaign is inspired by kindness of British public during the…

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The UK’s top five business groups have joined forces as part of their goal to create a net-zero free UK by 2050

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), Make UK, the Institute of Directors (IoD) and the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) say businesses and workers must play a role in the shift to a carbon neutral economy. As part of this commitment, they have written…

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Alcohol ban introduced on Scotland’s Railway

People travelling on Scotland’s Railway will not be allowed to consume alcohol either on trains or at stations, ScotRail has announced. With effect from Monday, 16 November, the restrictions on alcohol will be applied across the country, as the train operator continues to support the public health measures put in…

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