ALDI’S commitment to reaching more Scottish customers than ever before shows no signs of slowing down in 2023, with an investment of £35 million, including a £10 million spend to open two new stores in Cumbernauld and Coatbridge to further expand its Scottish portfolio. In addition to the new stores, the supermarket has also committed
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Scotland’s first community-based energy education centre has appointed training experts Ian and Carolynn Edgeworth as it strengthens its bid to be at the forefront of the energy revolution. The husband-and-wife team will spearhead delivery of the Energy Training Academy’s comprehensive range of programmes and workshops at the purpose-built facility in Edinburgh. Ian takes up the
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Port Glasgow based McLaren Packaging, a specialist supplier to the Scotch Whisky industry, has donated boxes to Inverclyde Council/Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)’s £130,000 Warm Hand of Friendship initiative. The scheme provides care packages are being provided to 500 vulnerable Inverclyde residents to help them stay warm, and emergency food centres are also being
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Landowners who contributed to the creation of a flourishing new primary school have been given a VIP tour alongside the wider project’s principal developer. Andrew Bain took his first full tour of Letham Mains Primary School alongside Derek Lawson of Cala Homes (East), which oversaw the creation of the wider 800 home masterplan development that
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Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS), the Rosyth-based specialist flooring contractor, has taken delivery of Scotland’s first Putzmeister TransMix truck. The Fife firm has invested in its fleet as part of an ongoing £500,000 expansion which will see the delivery of its unique ENERGYSCREED, a new energy-conscious fire-resistant insulation solution. The German-manufactured 16-wheeler can pump up to
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A North Berwick campervan converter has been granted planning permission to expand its workshop next year. Jerba Campervans will increase its production capacity following a £210,000 investment which will provide new equipment as well as a bespoke spray booth for painting a variety of campervans and leisure vehicles – the first of its kind in
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Shehzad Ashaq (pictured above), corporate tax director at Accountants and Business Advisers Wylie & Bisset has won the Rising Star in Business category at the 15th Scottish Asian & Business Awards 2022. The awards which were held at the Marriot Hotel in Glasgow on the 19th of December recognise a wide range of achievements from
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For the Image from Left to Right: Ross Craig, Gary Brown and Lisa Cummings DM Hall, one of Scotland’s largest firms of independent chartered surveyors, has continued its post-pandemic growth path with an investment in three surveying professionals to its Glasgow Commercial Valuation team. Ross Craig, just qualified as a member of the Royal Institution of
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Empteezy Group, a Livingston-headquartered designer, manufacturer and distributor of industrial safety products and solutions, has been acquired in a management buy-out. While the terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed it was led by Empteezy CEO David Byrne and CFO Jon Hazlewood. The team will be further bolstered by the introduction of Warwick Ley as
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Campaigning electrical trade association SELECT has issued an urgent appeal to Deputy First Minister John Swinney, asking him to allocate additional funding for apprenticeships to prevent a shortfall in essential training. Scotland’s voice of the electrical industry is calling on Mr Swinney to use some of the £46 million of extra money announced for colleges
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