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Iron Maiden’s Trooper beer a big hit with Virgin Trains’ customers

Bruce Dickinson jumps onboard a Virgin Trains Pendolino to celebrate #TrooperontheTrain – Picture courtesy of John McMurtrie Virgin Trains has partnered with Iron Maiden and Stockport-based brewery Robinsons to offer their customers one of the most unique beers around. The multiple award-winning Trooper beer, which takes its name from the…

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Edinburgh locals to get fired up on the forth for St Columba’s hospice

Local groups from across Edinburgh and the Lothians will be competing to win St Columba’s Hospice’s first ever Dragon Boat Race on Saturday 22 September at Ocean Terminal, with all proceeds raised going to the Hospice. The event, which is part of a corporate charity partnership with Ocean Terminal, will…

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Local charity provides comfort to families by funding beautiful memorial bench for every baby cemetery in West Lothian

Local baby loss charity, Sands Lothians, have devoted their time and energy to make sure all 11 baby cemeteries in West Lothian now have a bespoke memorial bench. Most West Lothian cemeteries have a designated baby area where families can have their precious baby buried for free.  Many families like…

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Law Scholarship In Memory of Top Lawyer Launched To Help Less Advantaged Students

A lawyer’s lifelong passion for helping the careers of others will be commemorated in a scholarship set up to encourage students from less advantaged backgrounds to enter the legal profession. The Kirk Murdoch Memorial Fund will offer financial support, professional mentoring, work placements and the opportunity to take up a…

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Airbnb bookings in Edinburgh jump 70% to more than 1.1 million stays, a report by Colliers International reveals

One in five tourists to Scotland’s capital uses the peer-to-peer platform rather than book a hotel or other regulated accommodation The proportion of visitors to Edinburgh using Airbnb jumped to 20% as the online platform accounted for more than 1.1 million overnight stays, according to the latest data from Colliers…

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Business Development Director Green Cross Training

Well I am now in the business of saving lives with Green Cross Training First Aid and Health and safety providers, this is a great sector to be in. Green Cross Training provide First aid aid, IOSH, Nebosh, Mental health First Aid, Fire Awareness, Moving and handling and Food Safety.…

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How to do Keyword Research in 2018 – A Quick Guide

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

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

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

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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