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Safety first for the Cruden Group as housebuilder prepares for ‘soft start’ across construction sites

Housebuilder and construction company, the Cruden Group, is gearing up to begin phase two of the Scottish Government backed Construction Re-start Plan on Monday 15 June.  The ‘soft start’ will see Cruden’s workforce return to construction sites where physical distancing can be maintained. The Cruden Group safely closed down construction…

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Vidatec announces John Barclay as brand ambassador for employee and wellbeing engagement app engage4

Early adopters sign up to support their workforce wellbeing, wherever they are 11 June 2020: Former Scottish Rugby Union captain John Barclay has been announced as a brand ambassador for Vidatecs’ new employee and wellbeing engagement app engage4. The appointment comes as the mobile app developer announced a total of…

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Ignore the doomsayers. The Scottish residential property market fundamentals remain strong  

By Eric Curran The last thing anybody needs at the moment is someone else banging on about fake news but if you were a house seller in Scotland at the moment listening to the mainstream media you would be reaching for the pill bottle. A combination of instinctive sensationalism, clickbait…

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We are recruiting

Have you got what it takes to unlock The Research Chamber? Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce is relatively unique in the UK Chamber network in that we have an in-house team of MRS-registered researchers, effectively operating as an independent commercial research agency. Our current projects range from directly contracted…

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Do Go Changing

As Billy Joel should have said. At the tail end of 2019 when coronavirus was a twinkle in the eye of some unfortunate creature in a Wuhan wet market, our thought-piece led on change. It was about why change is both rewarding but also all too easy to resist. It was written when…

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Wrestling with an octopus: changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Major changes are being made to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme from 1 July, including the ability for employees to return to work on a part-time basis and a tapering off of the support available to employers leading up to the scheme ending on 31 October. The changes avoid a…

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Mimi’s Bakehouse support Cyrenians through ‘pay it forward’ scheme

This week, Mimi’s Bakehouse will offer its customers a fresh way to support homelessness charity Cyrenians with its ‘pay it forward’ scheme, delivering cakes and sweet treats for at-risk communities across Edinburgh. Cyrenians, a Scottish charity tackling the causes and consequences of homelessness, has adapted many of its service as…

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Scotland outperforming rest of UK in attracting overseas commercial property investors

Glasgow, 10 June 2020 – Scotland has outperformed the rest of the UK in attracting overseas investors to commercial property, according to new analysis. The ‘Regional Revolution III, Rise of cross border investment, 2020’ presentation from Colliers International examines liquidity in the commercial property market before the global financial crash…

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Scotland’s Railway cannot guarantee physical distancing at all stages of a journey

ScotRail encourages customers to keep playing their part ScotRail is urging customers to follow its five rules for safe travel, as the train operator warns customers it can’t guarantee physical distancing at all stages of a journey. While travel remains for essential journeys only, the rail operator is preparing for…

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Getting Your Business Ready to Return

The First Minister has said that businesses should be preparing to open.  Returns to constructing, manufacturing and many other businesses are planned during June and July (with indoor hospitality coming later). But employers can’t necessarily get all employees back to work at the same time – especially with social distancing. …

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