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News & Blog
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    How to do Keyword Research in 2018 – A Quick Guide

    1st August 2018

    SEO’s regularly emphasise the importance of keyword research, and for good reasons. Keyword research is quite possibly the most important stage in SEO, and I’ll explain why. On the Internet, people do not just magically stumble across your content, products or website. Instead, there is a much more logical reason as to…

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  • Musselburgh Races Ahead With Bright End To Summer Flat Season

    31st July 2018

    Musselburgh Racecourse enters it busiest summer month with four race days throughout August, starting with Friday Night at the Races on Friday. (3 August). More than £210,000 in prize money is on offer at the quartet of meetings at the East Lothian course with the £30,000 Archerfield Cup on Friday…

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  • Sleepover case could save employers millions

    31st July 2018

    But you won’t hear many champagne corks popping, writes Ben Doherty, Partner and Head of Lindsays’ Employment team A recent court case has been described as a watershed for social care charities, freeing them from the threat of £400 million worth of legal claims. But while social care employers are…

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  • ScotRail Alliance – more services and extra carriages for Edinburgh Festivals

    31st July 2018

    Extra late night services and more carriages to get people to and from the Festivals Customers encouraged to plan ahead The ScotRail Alliance will be running more services, late-night trains, and extra carriages to get people to and from the Edinburgh Festivals this August. With hundreds of thousands due to…

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  • Green light for all Vegware cups and lids in open windrow composting

    31st July 2018

    Garden waste composting facilities across the UK are now officially allowed to process certified compostable hot and cold cups and lids. They qualify if milk or cream fit for human consumption is the only animal by-product present, and the packaging holds a valid compostability certificate from an independent certification body.…

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  • New thinking will be required to buck the hard facts about Scotland’s housing market

    31st July 2018

    Recent media commentary from usually well-informed sources have raised the so far unresolved but familiar concerns about the supply of affordable property in Scotland, especially in our major cities, for first time buyers. Typical are the complaints that home ownership is increasingly out of reach, with young people expected to…

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  • Scottish tech startup Appointedd makes new senior hire from Skyscanner to manage global expansion

    31st July 2018

    Edinburgh-based online booking specialist Appointedd makes significant new management hire with the appointment of Sarah Freestone, previously of travel giant Skyscanner, as new Operations Director. Following on from the company’s focus on driving international expansion at the start of the year, Appointedd has secured a range of new clients including…

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    Marking Your Territory: the expansion of EU trade mark law

    30th July 2018

    Cover photo by Instagram user @J11LFU Companies like Apple, Nike and Nestle heavily rely on their logo and products to differentiate themselves from their competitors within the market. These logos and brands are a type of intellectual property known as trademarks which offer certain protections to the owners of the…

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  • Viridor set to collect an extra 500 tonnes of glass during Edinburgh Fringe Festival

    30th July 2018

    Scotland’s leading recycling company, Viridor, will collect an extra 500 tonnes of glass during Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival, which starts this week, when the population of Scotland’s capital doubles from 500,000 to one million. Generally, however, recycling during the festival drops by 30 tonnes with a corresponding 90-tonne increase in general…

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  • Aberdein Considine boosts Financial Services team with appointment of Mortgage Operations Director

    30th July 2018

    Aberdein Considine has strengthened its national financial services team with the appointment of Kevin Gardiner as Mortgage Operations Director. Kevin, who brings over 20 years’ experience in financial services, joins Aberdein Considine from First Mortgage. He will be based at the firm’s new Edinburgh flagship office in Multrees Walk and his…

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