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News/Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home To Restart Rehoming
12th June 2020With the nation now in phase one of lockdown measures easing, and with the R-number continuing to reduce, local animal welfare charity Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home have announced that they will start rehoming dogs and cats again on Monday 15 June. The Home had to close its doors to…
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SELECT President praises trade and professional bodies for standing up for members during pandemic
12th June 2020SELECT President Kevin Griffin has praised the remarkable way in which construction trade and professional associations have stepped up to the plate to protect members’ interests during the coronavirus crisis. The head of the influential electrotechnical association said the bodies have made enormous efforts to keep members updated and focused…
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BCC responds to April GDP figures
12th June 2020Commenting on GDP statistics for April 2020, published today (12 June) by the ONS, BCC Head of Economics Suren Thiru said: “With a monthly fall in UK GDP over thirty times the average month on month decline during the global financial crisis, the economic impact of Coronavirus has been put…
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Safety first for the Cruden Group as housebuilder prepares for ‘soft start’ across construction sites
12th June 2020Housebuilder 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
11th June 2020Early 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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Blog/Ignore the doomsayers. The Scottish residential property market fundamentals remain strong
11th June 2020By 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
11th June 2020Have 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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Blog/Do Go Changing
10th June 2020As 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
10th June 2020Major 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
10th June 2020This 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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