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Barclays deal supports care home growth
6th August 2019Care home operator Renaissance Care has secured an additional £600,000 of funding from Barclays to accelerate its long-term growth plans and finance further improvements to its portfolio of 14 care homes. The deal follows on from the provision of a £4.5m funding package in 2017 to support the development of…
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Edinburgh Napier double in Teaching Excellence Awards
5th August 2019Edinburgh Napier University has scored a double success in the 2019 Teaching Excellence Awards. Dr Jacqueline Brodie from the Business School is among 54 new National Teaching Fellows across the UK. And a group led by Professor Mark Huxham is one of 15 winning Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE)…
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Burges Salmon advises Capital Dynamics on £63m wind farm loan
5th August 2019Energy sector experts from the firm’s Banking team have advised global asset management company Capital Dynamics on a £63 million loan from Aberdeen Standard Investments The Burges Salmon team, led by Banking partner Graham Soar and associate Alison Logan, advised Capital Dynamics on the legal aspects of the financing, which…
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Balfour Beatty’s Scottish MD joins Construction Scotland’s leadership group
5th August 2019BALFOUR Beatty Scotland and Ireland MD Hector MacAulay has become the latest appointee to Construction Scotland’s Industry Leadership Group (ILG). Hector MacAulay The ILG is formally recognised by the Scottish Government and its agencies as the representative voice of the construction industry north of the border. It brings together key figures to…
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Cardiac arrest survivor to Kiltwalk for cause close to his heart
5th August 2019Donald Scott will walk 24 miles to raise funds to install more defibrillators across Edinburgh Just one-year on from the day a defibrillator saved his life, an Edinburgh man has pledged to walk this year’s Kiltwalk to raise money to make the emergency devices more widely available across the city.…
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Blog/‘Non-traditional’ trade marks
2nd August 2019On 14 January 2019 the legislative framework of intellectual property law in the UK was updated, following an update to the law at EU level. This provided for the removal of the requirement for trade marks to have ‘graphical representation’, typically either a word or a logo. This may seem…
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Stagecoach appoints new commercial director for East Scotland
2nd August 2019Promotion for current Marketing Manager Sarah Elliott Bus operator Stagecoach East Scotland has confirmed the promotion of Marketing Manager Sarah Elliott to the role of Commercial Director from 1 August. Sarah takes over the role from Douglas Robertson, who was recently appointed as Managing Director. Originally from Blairgowrie, Sarah began…
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Top marks for quality for North Berwick site manager
1st August 2019Miller Homes site manager, Jim Martin (Livingston), is celebrating after receiving a Quality Award in the first round of this year’s annual NHBC Pride in the Job Awards. With over 40 years’ experience working in the construction industry, the 58-year-old site manager is currently based at Miller Homes’ Ferrygate Meadow…
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Litter mess is no laughing matter
31st July 2019Extra street cleaners have been drafted in to help keep the Capital clean during this year’s Festival. Forty additional staff will join the core team of 37 city centre street cleansing operatives in August, to help manage extra demand over the busy summer period. Crews will provide a 24-7…
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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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