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What can the EDB offer countries launching into a new market?
31st July 2019Bahrain has been on a continuous journey of transformation over the past four decades as it seeks to make the shift from a oil-based economy to a knowledge-based one. With a thriving tech ecosystem, highly-skilled workforce and sitting at the apex of the $1.5 trillion Gulf market, the Kingdom is…
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Blog/Joining the dots: Getting to grips with Twenty-first Century Crime
31st July 2019In today’s connected world, crime is going digital. CGI is working with the UK’s police forces to help them combat an increasingly complex challenge. Disruption is a fact of modern business life: technology continually re-writes the rules for how companies create value and compete. The digital revolution has transformed the…
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New information screens boost transport integration
31st July 2019Tourists and commuters in Oban are now benefitting from improved customer information following the installations of new screens at the station. The new digital customer information screens are brighter, clearer and also show timetable data for connecting transport, displaying information on four modes – train, bus, ferry and air –…
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Check-in and fly off
31st July 2019Trial will allow passengers to check-in luggage the night before their flight A new luggage pick-up service being trialled at Edinburgh Airport will allow passengers to check-in their bags the night before their flight. The month-long trial will be available free of charge to Ryanair passengers who are staying at…
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“Inclusive Islands” launches in Jakarta – sharing learning between creative social enterprises in Scotland & Indonesia
31st July 2019-Inclusive Islands was launched in July 2019 as part of British Council’s DICE (Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies) programme -The 12-month programme is a collaboration between PLUS (Platform Usaha Sosial), British Council Indonesia and the Social Enterprise Academy -It aims to boost the scale and resilience of Indonesia’s support ecosystem…
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Family focus
30th July 2019New mascot and improved family facilities as summer holidays begin. Families heading off on their summer holidays will be greeted by a new Edinburgh Airport mascot as part of improvements to the service offered to families. Edi the Pilot will help guide parents and guardians travelling with children to the…
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‘A-peeling’ 40% jump in Scotland’s food waste recycling
30th July 2019Scots are recycling more food waste than ever with the total volume and its associated carbon savings leaping by more than 40% in recent years, according to new reports published by Zero Waste Scotland. Findings from the Scottish anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas sector survey 2017, as well as the…
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Fishing for a new career
30th July 2019Edinburgh Leisure on the search for unqualified individuals to train as swim teachers Looking for a new challenge and career? Edinburgh Leisure is on the search for individuals, with a passion for swimming, to train as swim teachers. Angela McCowan, Aquatics Development Manager at Edinburgh Leisure explained: “As the…
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Shepherd and Wedderburn appointed to all six lots of new Scottish Government Legal Services Framework
30th July 2019Shepherd and Wedderburn has been appointed to all six lots of the new Scottish Government Legal Services Framework following a competitive tender process. The four-year framework will be open to Scottish Central Government public sector organisation, and is effective from 1 August 2019. Shepherd and Wedderburn joins 10 other suppliers…
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ScotRail remembers Polmont rail disaster – 35 years on
30th July 2019ScotRail has today (Tuesday 30 July) marked the 35th anniversary of the Polmont rail disaster by laying a wreath at the station in memory of those who lost their lives. Thirteen people died and dozens more were injured in the tragic event on Monday 30 July 1984, when a rush…
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