Image by Murdo McLeod/The Guardian Thousands of tearful mourners came out to view Queen Elizabeth’s coffin this morning as queues remained lengthy overnight, with the people of Scotland paying their last respects at St Giles’ Cathedral. The coffin of the UK’s longest serving monarch will return to London today with the Queen’s only daughter, Princess Anne, to accompany her late
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The owners of Shawlands Arcade in Glasgow’s Southside have lodged a planning application with Glasgow City Council for a multi-million pound regeneration. The proposed development will feature a mixture of ground floor shops with new homes above. Central to the design is an expanse of new landscaping, with half of the site being planned as
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A leading Scottish male grooming business is officially a cut above the rest after being named Scotland’s Best Barbershop. Sovereign Grooming, which has salons in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow , picked up the title at the SHABA Awards, Scotland’s hair and beauty ‘Oscars’. Sovereign founder Kyle Ross (pictured above) made it a double by also
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(L) Nick Freer & (R) Vanessa Collingridge Freer Consultancy has appointed former BBC broadcaster Dr Vanessa Collingridge as an associate. She also owns and runs Monster Media Productions, has more than 25 years’ experience advising clients – ranging from start-ups to global corporations and International business schools and universities – around media relations, executive coaching,
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Left to Right: Michelle Lownie CEO & Founding Director of Eden Scott; Stuart Hendry, Senior Partner and Founder at MBM Commercial; Alan Donald, Development Manager at Angel Capital Scotland; and Neil Norman, Partner and Head of Entrepreneurial Tax at Chiene + Tait A new, in-person business event aimed at supporting the best scale-up companies in
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Image by Henry Nicholls/PA/The Guardian King Charles III, who was officially proclaimed as the King of the United Kingdom by the Accession Council over the weekend, has paid tribute to his mother at a ceremony in Parliament. The new monarch heard the formal condolences in speeches addressed by the Speakers of the Commons and Lords today
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Tech Nation, the UK’s growth platform for start-ups and scale-ups, has launched its Visa Report 2022 shining a spotlight on global tech talent in the UK. The organisation says the Edinburgh tech sector is currently valued at $6.4bn (£5.5bn), up from $5.6bn last year, and has received $187 million in VC investment in the first half
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Wylie & Bisset, Accountants and Business Advisers, has advised hospitality sector operators to plan and project to survive or exit a perfect storm of increasing energy bills just as winter approaches, higher supply and staffing costs, and a fall-off in consumer spending, squeezed by inflation. While Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced that businesses will
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Unions representing Royal Mail postal workers and rail staff said that “out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II service to the country and her family” they had chosen to cancel immediate strike action. Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Some shops have announced temporary
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(L) Barnsley Depot Manager, Daniel Johnson & (R)+ Business Development Manager, Nigel Tipper High-quality laminate panel manufacturer Nu-Style Products, part of the Glenrothes based the Donaldson Group, has opened its second distribution centre in England. Located in Barnsley, the 4,500ft2 centre is the second location to open in England in the last 12 months. The
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