Fife College is delighted to announce that it has appointed a new Principal and Chief Executive. Jim Metcalfe (pictured above), currently Chief Executive at College Development Network (CDN), will take up his new position at Fife College in Spring 2023. The appointment, following a rigorous selection process, has been made following the decision of the […]
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KPMG UK has promoted ten colleagues to director across its three Scottish offices. The new appointments, effective from 1st December, come across key capability areas for the professional services firm and reflect its continued investment in its people. Laura Wiseman (Audit) and Meredith Casey (Deal Advisory) become directors in KPMG’s Edinburgh office. Along the M8,
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From Left to Right Paul Lynch, director of TLIP; Gordon Stark, chief executive of Murgitroyd and Dr Alex Turnbull, managing director of TLIP Intellectual property protection business Murgitroyd has acquired another rival, TLIP making this the firm’s fourth acquisition inside two years. TLIP was founded in 2014 and employs 14 people – nine patent attorneys and
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A total of 42 businesses with high growth potential from across Scotland benefitted to the tune of over £1.6million, after being rewarded in the twentieth round of the Scottish EDGE Awards. This round’s guest speakers featured Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Minecraft founder Chris Van Der Kuyl, and philanthropists Sir Tom Hunter and Lord Willie
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Cruden Homes has revealed proposals to deliver 76 homes for social rent, on the site of the former Howdenburn Primary School on Lothian Road in Jedburgh. The school, which was built in 1970, was closed in 2020, with pupils transferring to Jedburgh Grammar Campus at Hartrigge Park. In addition to the new homes, the 5.57-acre
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An advert for BrewDog has been banned over a “tongue-in-cheek” claim that its fruit-flavoured beers constitute “one of your five a day”. An email, dated 20 July, featured the subject heading and advertised beers with names that included Lost in Guava, Pineapple Punch and Lost in Lychee & Lime. A recipient complained that the five-a-day
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Construction work has started at a major housing project in Dundee which is set to bring 66 specialist homes to the area. Senior figures from Blackwood including Julie McDowell, Blackwood Chair, will meet yesterday with John Alexander, SNP Leader of Dundee City Council, Dougie Herd, Joint Managing Director of Campion Homes and other key stakeholders at one of
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A fantastic redevelopment opportunity to create a rural enterprise or private home in the heart of the countryside is available for offers over £340,000 from Baird Lumsden. Baird is the rural property arm of DM Hall, one of Scotland’s largest independent firms of chartered surveyors, with the proposed sale of a former outdoor centre and
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DataVita, Scotland’s largest data centre and multi-cloud services provider has taken extra measures to safeguard the continuous operation of its DV1 facility in Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, in response to the prospect of blackouts this winter. The Tier III Uptime Institute-certified data centre has increased the amount of fuel it stores on site from three days’ to
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River Clyde Homes has secured a £117m loan facility from the Royal Bank of Scotland to help address the rising demand for sustainable, energy efficient homes in the West of Scotland. Run as a registered charity, River Clyde Homes will use the funding to raise living standards in the affordable housing market, with a focus
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