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March 2024

Edinburgh’s 30 Semple Street secures Hymans Robertson for first pre-let

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30 Semple Street, Edinburgh’s newest and one of the city’s greenest office developments has secured its first pre-letting. Six months prior to completion of building works, Hymans Robertson is the first tenant to sign up to 30 Semple Street, the class-leading office development being undertaken by Corran Properties Limited on behalf of CBRE Investment Management […]

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Chairman of north-east food firm steps down

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After 17 years as chairman, Alastair Macphie (pictured above), great nephew of the company’s founder, is stepping down from the role, but will continue as a non-executive director where his intimate knowledge of the business will add value to the long-term capital investment decisions. Alastair Macphie joined the business in 1987, taking over from his

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Decade of IBioIC support boosts Scotland’s bioeconomy with £35 million of innovation investment

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The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has supported the growth of Scotland’s industrial biotechnology sector by helping it to attract £35 million of additional funding for research and development, according to new figures revealed to mark its tenth anniversary. IBioIC has supported more than 260 start-ups, small businesses, and established companies to bring bio-based processes

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Cinema lovers enjoy a guilt free evening at the avenue

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More than 50 guests from all over Northern Ireland enjoyed a ‘guilt-free’ afternoon at The Avenue Cinema in Belfast, courtesy of zero alcohol wine brand Not Guilty. The cinema-goers were winners in a competition organised by Craigavon-based United Wines, the company that distributes Not Guilty in Northern Ireland, to win a trip to The Avenue in CastleCourt Shopping Centre for an

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Scottish firms given massive opportunity to tackle housing targets

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A wide range of businesses have secured a place on a major nine-figure framework that will enable the modernisation and improvement of Scotland’s public sector and social housing buildings. It follows a competitive process after the Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) invited businesses throughout Scotland to tender for works, as part of its Refurbishment and Modernisation

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All-electric vans from Europcar will help motorists and businesses take important steps to go green

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Committed to helping motorists and businesses move to electric mobility, Europcar Vans & Trucks has added the Mercedes-Benz eVito to its fleet. Available from key locations around the UK where the ULEZ and Clean Air Zones are in operation, hiring the all-electric model makes sense for private motorists who want to reduce their impact on

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Construction begins on Blackford’s first affordable homes in 60 years

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Work is underway on the first new social rent affordable homes to be built within Blackford in over 60 years. Cala Homes (East) started the process of building 12 energy efficient apartments that it will hand over to Wheatley Group on completion. Forming a key part of Cala’s new development at the former St Crispin’s

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Chancellor to announce £100 million investment in Britain’s AI industry

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is preparing to provide a budget boost to Britain’s growing artificial intelligence sector through a doubling of funding, for the Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national body for data science and artificial intelligence. Despite being restricted in his scope for pre-election giveaways by the weakness of the public finances, the chancellor is

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Premium strength brand PRIMAL records milestone peak trading period

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Strength and fitness brand PRIMAL has recorded its most successful peak trading quarter from November 2023 to January 2024 for both new sales orders (up 11%) and invoiced sales revenue (up 5%) compared with the same period last year. This is a 20% increase over the past twelve months. The business specialises in the manufacture

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