Scottish Sea Farms’ Assistant Farm Manager, Derek Ferguson (pictured above), has been recognised with not one but two prestigious accolades at the Lantra Scotland Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (ALBAS) 2022. Ferguson, 34, was named winner of the Higher Education SCQF Level 9+ category for completing a Technical Apprenticeship in Aquaculture Management at Shetland […]
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Businesses in Scotland are being urged to withdraw from trading with Russia, following its invasion of Ukraine. Finance and Economy Secretary Kate Forbes (pictured above) has asked companies to take “economic action” by reviewing operations for links and connections to Russia and severing them. In an open letter to the business community, Ms Forbes has
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A Glasgow based door supervisor and retail guard has been urging more women to join the largely male profession in the build up to International Women’s Day. Lorna Macallum (pictured above), 34, honed her people and team skills as a head chef in pressurised professional kitchens before swapping careers for the variety and adrenalin rush
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A Glasgow life science company is aiming to become a R&D hub for digital medical technologies after receiving early-stage support from Scottish Enterprise. IDCP Scotland will explore developing a suite of new ophthalmology products to support clinicians and patients alike after receiving a SMART grant of £85,000 from Scotland’s national economic development agency. A collaboration
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Chartered Accountant Wylie & Bisset has partnered with pharmacist-led training provider Pharmacy in Practice to provide a range of support services to Scottish pharmacy owners, pharmacists, and their teams. The partnership agreement will see the accountancy firm work alongside the training provider to develop a suite of community pharmacy-specific business skills training packages. These will
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To celebrate the start of the new university year and a much-anticipated return to full in-person learning for students around the UK, Italian-American restaurant brand Frankie & Benny’s recently completed phase one of a country wide free vegan hotdog giveaway to students. When looking at how the brand could provide students with a tasty treat
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L-R: Lindsay Lauder (Wheatley Group Director of Development and Regeneration), Lawrence Fitzpatrick (Leader of West Lothian Council), Alice Smith and mum Margaret Smith (WLHP tenants), Martin Armstrong (Wheatley Group Chief Executive) and Fiona Drysdale (Wheatley Group Development Co-ordinator) at Almondvale Court in Livingston. WLHP, part of Wheatley, Scotland’s leading housing, care and property management group,
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Leading real estate advisor CBRE has announced it has made a key appointment for its retail agency team in Scotland. Lewis Sadowski (pictured above) has joined the team as a Senior Surveyor and will be based in the Glasgow office. He joins from CBRE’s Property Management team where he has worked for the last five
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Aberdeen is one of the cities that were least transparent when displaying salaries for job vacancies with only 51%. This was followed by Derry (56%) and Belfast at (57%). This comes from new data by Meetingo who analysed 100,000 UK jobs advertised on the job site Indeed.com, in order to ascertain the transparency of the
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Heriot-Watt University has today announced the appointment of Jen Henderson as Head of Talent Partnerships, a significant strategic new role which will drive further business engagement and industry partnerships to reduce the skills gap in key growth sectors of the Scottish economy. Announced ahead of Scottish Apprenticeship Week next week the role will support Heriot-Watt
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