Home Bargains has invested approximately £1 million in its new store in Hamilton, which will be officially opened at 8.00am on 12 March. As one of the UK’s largest family-run retailers, Home Bargains is creating 44 new jobs in the local community with its store in Palace Grounds Retail Park. In total, the store will employ […]
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Scotland’s leading company creation and enterprise programme for the university sector Converge has launched a month of female focused workshops including two ‘Conversations for the Curious’ events in partnership with Women in Enterprise Scotland (WES). The online events, starting next week, have been specifically designed to encourage Scotland’s future and current female entrepreneurs to develop
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Scottish businesses are behind targets for 2022, with many citing inflation and supply chain pressures as the greatest challenges for the year ahead. However, more than half of mid-sized businesses in Scotland think they will return to pre-Covid revenues in less than 12 months. Accountancy firm BDO’s bi-monthly survey of 500 medium-sized businesses revealed that
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AND Digital has announced the start of a long term engagement with the UK Cabinet Office to design and build a Grants Applicant Portal. The deal will see AND Digital develop a single online access point for all available UK Government grant opportunities with the aim of improving accessibility, transparency and uptake across the civil
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An award-winning investment advisory firm has adopted employee ownership following the wishes of its late founder, Alan Steel (pictured above). After setting up Alan Steel Asset Management [ASAM] in his hometown of Linlithgow in 1975, Alan began looking at a succession plan which coexisted with his values and the culture of his company. Despite being
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Scottish organisations and employees are embracing hybrid work more than anywhere else in the UK, according to a Virgin Media O2 Business study with the Centre for Economics and Business Research. On average, Scottish employees want to work 2.8 days a week from home, a rise of 254% compared with before the pandemic. The UK
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A Scots fintech firm has racked up an impressive list of first year successes with its software that bridges data black holes. Eureka Solutions is already a £4.5m-a-year firm thanks to its expertise in rolling out and customising some of the world’s biggest accountancy and business management software tools. Now it is on the brink
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Over the last two years the pandemic robbed us of a number of small luxuries like the opportunity to go out and have your hair done. Now that more businesses are opening up those in the hair and beauty sector are working hard to The salons in this list were provided by the 2021 Scottish
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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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