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Barclays dials up support for telecoms business

Telecoms technology business Calnex Solutions plc has secured £3m of funding from Barclays to drive acquisitions and organic growth. The revolving credit facility will give the Linlithgow-based company access to capital to fund growth opportunities as well supporting R&D work. In early October, Calnex became the first Scottish IPO in…

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Circular innovation that gives you a warm feeling

If you’re concerned about the environment and ethical business, then Midlothian-based Sisaltech should certainly give you a warm feeling… The company is breaking new ground in creating a natural, environmentally-friendly insulation material to keep homes warmer (and quieter) in a way that does not add to the production and use…

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Scots back UK farming with greener shopping habits

Barclays research reveals 66 per cent of those in Scotland look to buy more home-grown produce as a result of pandemic and Brexit Nearly half (49 per cent) of Scottish consumers look to purchase seasonal produce, helping the farming sector in becoming carbon neutral Barclays teams up with Nigel Owens…

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activpayroll and e-days partner to strengthen global offering

activpayroll, the global payroll and employee mobility specialist headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland has partnered with global absence management provider, e-days to form a comprehensive winning formula. Together, e-days and activpayroll noticed the grey area between absence management and global payroll, two processes so reliant on each other yet often managed…

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BetterMe – Sign For Success : Support system for the hard of hearing to be piloted in Ayrshire

It was one of those moments… ‘I didn’t realise.’ ‘What? You never knew?’ ‘No, but wait, that has given me an idea!’   A plan was hatched, developed, discussed, talked about. The fat chewed over into the wee, wee hours. A name, Sign For Success, designed around the concept created……

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AA joins World EV Day as Founding Partner

The UK’s number one breakdown provider, the AA, has signed up as Founding Partner for World EV Day, being launched by ABB and Green.TV on 9th September 2020. Current and prospective drivers of electric vehicles, alongside local transport authorities and fleet operators, will be encouraged to recognise the crucial role…

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BCC and Drax: Breaking down climate barriers for businesses

As part of the Race to Zero, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), in collaboration with energy company Drax Group, is calling on the government to use the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement to work in partnership with businesses to achieve the UK’s climate goals, as many firms continue to manage the impact of Coronavirus.…

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Copy House to Boost Awareness for Klarna’s Open Banking Services

Copy House has partnered up with global payment solutions provider Klarna to promote their new Open Banking service with thought-leadership content. Klarna was founded in 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden, and now provides payment solutions for 85 million consumers, working with over 200,000 merchants in 17 countries. Their recently completed equity…

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Record number of Edinburgh parks win Green Flag awards

Thirty-four parks in Edinburgh have now been awarded the status Two new parks in Edinburgh have received Green Flags Edinburgh has received almost half of the 77 Green Flags issued in Scotland Thirty-four of Edinburgh’s parks have achieved Green Flags in the 2020 national competition, which recognises high quality green…

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The Long Road to Recovery

By day Stuart Gunn works for Network ROI as a technical dispatcher, but Stuart has another passion, fast bikes. Back on the 12th of March 2002, the day of his accident, Stuart’s life was changed forever. Stuart was on his way to a hospital appointment, riding his beloved motorbike (a…

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