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Blog/Exception reporting: when is it unnecessary to provide a Home Report?
15th October 2019Home Reports, now a wholly accepted part of Scotland’s residential property landscape, celebrated their tenth anniversary late last year. But, remarkably enough, there remains a significant degree of ignorance of the fine detail surrounding their required use. Home Reports replaced a system in which every buyer who was seriously interested…
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Turner & Townsend: Productivity is construction’s Achilles heel
15th October 2019UK Market Intelligence Report highlights third successive quarterly fall in confidence in the UK construction industry Collapsing levels of new orders and rising insolvencies obscure the longer-term threat of productivity Productivity remains the Achilles heel of construction, with industry still not prioritising solutions Confidence amongst UK contractors has reached historic…
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Give the gift of good taste this Christmas
15th October 2019Give the gift of good taste by slipping one of Harvey Nichols’ Christmas Hampers under the tree. Presented in elegant black wicker baskets and boxes, choose from their expertly curated wine hampers, as well as hampers packed with festive foods and stocking fillers in a host of warming seasonal flavours.…
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Engineering 110 Years of History
15th October 2019This year, Balfour Beatty celebrates its 110th birthday. When George Balfour, an Engineer, and Andrew Beatty, an Accountant, first established Balfour Beatty in Scotland in 1909, they aimed to create the essential infrastructure that underpins daily life. Scotland has remained to be a location of strategic importance for the company…
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Full fibre diet for Scotland
15th October 2019Scottish politicians quizzed engineers from Openreach about Scotland’s digital future during a recent drop-in session at the Scottish Parliament. They heard about the work being done to upgrade the country’s broadband network and how politicians can help industry investors to speed up the build. According to thinkbroadband, the UK’s largest…
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John McIntyre Conference Centre – 10 Year Anniversary
15th October 2019Edinburgh First’s purpose-built conference centre, John McIntyre Conference Centre (JMCC) is celebrating being 10 years old this year! To honour this birthday we are hosting a party at the venue as well as offering some discounts throughout the year for those who are booking JMCC conferences or events up to…
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BCC comments on the Queen’s Speech
14th October 2019Commenting on the Queen’s Speech opening a new session of Parliament, Dr Adam Marshall, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce said: “Our message to government is simple: put the economy at the forefront of your agenda. These are unnerving times for businesses facing Brexit uncertainty, global headwinds and…
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Stagecoach shortlisted for top industry awards
14th October 2019Two Stagecoach East Scotland Depots shortlisted for ‘Top National Depot’ Stagecoach East Scotland nominated for ‘Top Shire Operator’ Express City Connect network in the running for ‘Sustained Marketing Excellence’ once again Stagecoach East Scotland are finalists at the UK Bus Awards 2019 within three award categories. The company has once…
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Minister to deliver keynote at Industry 4.0 conference
14th October 2019A MAJOR conference will turn the spotlight on the skills needed to drive economic growth in the 21st century. Business Minister Jamie Hepburn MSP will deliver the keynote address at the event at Edinburgh Napier University’s Business School on Wednesday October 23. A series of expert speakers will also focus…
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Desirable Residential Property with an Established Income
14th October 2019A most attractive former dairy farm in a Lanarkshire market town has been put up for sale at offers over £445,000. With grounds extending to more than 1.1 acres, the grazing land surrounding Wee Westlinbank Farm in Strathaven was historically used for cattle, but has more recently been used for…
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