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Douglas Home & Co advise businesses to find out whether they could be eligible for up to £4,000 in Brexit Support Grants
3rd March 2020One of Scotland’s leading accountancy firms, Douglas Home & Company, are encouraging businesses to consider whether they might be eligible for a Brexit Support Grant. These grants, recently introduced by the Scottish Government, have been made available to help small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) manage the impact of Brexit, and…
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David Rankine appointed IT Services Manager (West) at Workflo Solutions
3rd March 2020Livingston, West Lothian – Tuesday 3rd March 2020; Workflo Solutions, the fast-expanding outsourced managed services company, has added to its team as it gears up for further expansion of its core services across the UK. It has appointed Cloud migration specialist, David Rankine (33) as IT Services Manager (West) as…
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Infrastructure experts launch resource to help joint ventures to deliver global mega projects better
3rd March 2020International law firm Pinsent Masons has launched a resource to help the infrastructure sector to better deliver global mega infrastructure projects through Joint Ventures (JVs). The number of global mega projects, such as HS2 in the UK, is set to increase – with scale and stimulus measures likely to be…
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Gleneagles Strengthens its Group Strategy with Two Appointments in first ever Senior level ‘job share’ for the hotel
3rd March 2020Gleneagles, the iconic Perthshire property, is delighted to announce the appointment of Emma Quainton and Lucy Sikora to its senior sales team as it sets out ambitious plans to strengthen its presence in the groups market. Lucy and Emma South East-based Emma and Lucy, former colleagues and close friends, have…
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Edinburgh hotel to ban throwaway plastic toiletries
3rd March 2020-And is calling on all Scottish hotels to do the same – A leading country hotel on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club, is phasing out plastic miniature toiletries in its 215 bedrooms, which it estimates will save over 175,000 30ml plastic bottles – enough to fill…
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Edinburgh’s e-bike scheme goes live
3rd March 2020A new fleet of rentable e-bikes has been launched in Edinburgh today (Monday 2 March) which will see the Scottish capital create the UK’s largest fleet of docked electrically powered bicycles. The new fleet of 168 e-bikes was officially launched by Transport for Edinburgh and the scheme’s operator, Serco. Edinburgh’s…
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Cruden homes strengthens team in the east of scotland
3rd March 2020Cruden Homes, part of the Cruden Group, has appointed Rory Stephens as Senior Land & Development Manager in the East of Scotland. Rory, a Chartered Surveyor, will be focusing on sourcing new opportunities across the Group’s core areas of bespoke private residential development, mixed tenure regeneration and affordable housing. Rory…
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Sharktower headquarters in Edinburgh and aims to be a global leader in AI-driven project management software after launch of new business
3rd March 2020After five years of development, testing and proving of Sharktower’s project management software as part of Mudano Limited’s consulting business, within numerous Tier 1 FS client projects and enterprise change portfolios; the product has launched as a separate standalone SaaS business, Sharktower AI Limited on 24th February. Now headquartered in…
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High hedges – Property in Scotland
3rd March 2020You may have seen press reports recently about a dispute between the owners of two properties in Inverness. The local authority used statutory powers to require one party to significantly reduce the height of a number of Leylandii trees which were a barrier to light and adversely affected the enjoyment…
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What is sustainable investing? Can it be an alternative to ethical investing?
3rd March 2020As individuals, it may seem that our own savings each year can’t make much of a positive difference to our environment or society. However, if you consider that in the tax year 2017/18, £28.2bn was contributed to personal pensions in UK[1], then all together they definitely could! We all have…
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