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Business Fives breaks £100,000 charity milestone

Launching 3 years ago the corporate sports events with a charitable impact set out with a clear mission to create a positive impact on society. Through encouraging corporate social responsibility amongst clients as well as creating a fun and relaxed atmosphere where professionals make connections with like-minded people, the events…

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Circular economy on the menu at Cyrenians

One Edinburgh charity which tackles the causes and consequences of homelessness believes working in a circular economy is a natural progression for an organisation which puts people at the heart of all it does… Cyrenians maintain their person-centred approach leads naturally towards working in collaboration with other organisations, being involved…

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Companies Shake Things Up for HIV & Hep C Charity

Five teams of staff from Edinburgh based companies have raised over £8,600 for Scotland’s HIV and hepatitis C charity, Waverley Care, by taking part in a new corporate challenge event at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Big Corporate Shake-up saw teams from The Scottish Qualifications Authority, Wood Mackenzie, Mercer, RBS…

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Intelligent Mobile – Messing with reality

Google is rolling out a tool for Android users that enables them to superimpose realistic-looking and sounding computer generated images of bears, sharks, penguins, cheetahs, snakes – you name it – on to the real world as viewed through the phone’s camera. You may think this is just another augmented…

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Pinsent Masons Award First Kirk Murdoch Scholarship

The first recipient of a scholarship which commemorates the life and work of leading Scottish lawyer Kirk Murdoch has been named. Demi Scorfield, 20, a law student at the University of Edinburgh, will be supported throughout her third and fourth year undergraduate course and will be offered summer internships at…

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Edinburgh Curling Club Sponsorship Opportunity

Edinburgh Curling Club is located at the Murrayfield Curling Hall. It is a seven sheet curling facility located in the heart of Scotland’s capital city of Edinburgh – the only curling facility in the Capital. Their ice is primarily used by 1,800 members for club curling but they strive to…

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Heart of Midlothian’s Ninety Minutes Business Support

Heart of Midlothian’s Ninety Minutes Business Support series will inspire new start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs to build solid foundations to succeed in business. These sessions are free to attend. The next session is on Contracts and Disputes. Contracts and disputes – don’t get caught offside. Not having a contract in…

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Could we be facing yet another state pension age rise?

According to a new report from a Conservative supporting think tank, the state pension age should rise to 75 within the next 16 years.  Such a rise in state pension age would help boost the British economy, according to the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), who is proposing the increase.…

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BCC: Simplifying planning rules would go a long way to boost rural coverage

Commenting on the government announcement on proposals to simplify planning rules to improve rural mobile coverage, Mike Spicer, Director of Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: “We’ve been calling on the new government to prioritise the introduction of sympathetic reforms to the UK planning system to support…

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Save the date – ‘Wear it Pink’ is back!

Wear it pink takes place across the Lothians on Friday 18 October, raising funds for vital breast cancer research and support Wear it pink is back! This October, Breast Cancer Now is encouraging everyone in Lothian to wear it pink and help make life-saving breast cancer research and life-changing support…

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