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Introducing our new 7 Hills Challenge in aide of St Columba’s Hospice Care #SummitforStColumbas
10th July 2020We are all doing our bit to ensure that important social distancing guidelines are followed so sadly, this year’s Dragon Boat Challenge, which was due to take place on 29th August, is now postponed until Spring 2021. As well as being huge fun, the Dragon Boat Challenge is an important…
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Four-way drive to help tourism bounce back
10th July 2020Edinburgh Napier University and Scottish Enterprise deliver sector-wide recovery initiative From April to June, four themed workgroups reviewed the challenges facing Scottish tourism as it reeled from the impact of Covid-19. The scale of the challenge facing the sector – one of Scotland’s largest employers – was obvious from the…
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LBTT relaxation welcome but confusion risks stalling property market
10th July 2020Rodney Whyte, Partner and residential property specialist at Pinsent Masons Scotland’s Finance Minister Kate Forbes yesterday picked up the property tax gauntlet thrown down by Chancellor Rishi Sunak and announced she was raising the threshold on Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) paid by home buyers. The Chancellor on Wednesday…
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PwC responds to Scottish Government economic update
10th July 2020Commenting on the Scottish Government’s economic update this afternoon, Stewart Wilson, head of Government and Public Sector, PwC Scotland, said: “The impact of COVID-19 on the Scottish economy is something we couldn’t have imagined just a few months ago, but the measures announced today, in addition to those taken by…
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Final properties released at Cruden Homes’ Abbey Gardens Development
9th July 2020Award winning housebuilder, Cruden Homes, has released the final seven properties at its Abbey Gardens development near Musselburgh in East Lothian. The development has proved hugely popular, with eager buyers having already placed a holding deposit on over half of the homes in the final phase ahead of prices being…
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University hosts public debate on future role of arts and culture
9th July 2020People from around the world are being invited to take part in a series of online events which will examine how the arts and creative sectors can help society recover from the effects of Covid-19. The Edinburgh Culture Conversations will bring together members of the public, artists, academics and cultural…
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The Neighbourhood Market
9th July 2020Come and Shop in Edinburgh’s NEW Open Air Market -Artist impression of the new Neighbourgood Market in Stockbridge- Edinburgh will soon welcome the city’s first ever contactless open-air market when it opens this July. The Neighbourgood Market located at The Grande Club in Stockbridge will invite food operators and restaurants from…
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Utilita Double Hibernian Sponsorship ahead of new Season
9th July 2020Hibernian FC are delighted that Utilita – the UK’s leading Smart Pay As You Go Energy supplier – has doubled its partnership investment in Hibernian Football Club for the 2020/21 season. The move follows the opening of the Utilita Energy Hub in Leith by Hibernian legend Pat Stanton in February. The…
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Welcoming Blind and partially sighted customers under social distancing measures
9th July 2020As lockdown eases many of us will be looking to take advantage of fewer restrictions on our ability to shop, socialise and dine out. In order to minimise the risk of coronavirus transmission, businesses across Scotland have been preparing social distancing measures to help keep people safe whilst out and…
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Edinburgh Napier University’s Business School Graduate Apprenticeships
9th July 2020By Dr Lyn Batchelor, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Edinburgh Napier University’s Business School Graduate Apprenticeships are an education success story. Designed to allow people to gain a degree-level qualification in the same time as any other student without leaving full-time work, they are fully funded by Skills Development Scotland.…
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