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EAST KILBRIDE FIRM LANDS TOP AWARD

An East Kilbride business is celebrating after scooping a prestigious local government award. GavHas Services, which provides first class property management for the social housing sector in Scotland, came out on top in the Workforce Development (SME) category at the Scotland Excel Supplier Excellence Awards in Glasgow. The firm supports tenants through the Scottish Welfare […]

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STUDIO RETAIL SUFFERED MAJOR LOSSES BEFORE BEING SAVED BY FRASERS GROUP

It has been revealed that Studio Retail made a loss of more than £75m in the year it was rescued by Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group out of administration. The Accrington-headquartered online retailer collapsed in February 2022 owing over £80 million to its creditors. Frasers Group, the owner of Sports Direct and House of Fraser, bought

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CARDINAL BECOMES BIGGEST EMPLOYEE OWNED COMPANY OF ITS KIND

A logistics giant has become the “biggest employee-owned company of its kind in the world” in a move which its CEO has hailed as “transformational”. Manchester-headquartered Cardinal Partnership has been formed out of Cardinal Global Logistics and Far Logistics. The business can trace its roots back to 1998 when it was founded in Eccles with

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NET ZERO HOUSING PROJECT RECEIVES APPROVAL

Proposals to transform currently vacant land into an affordable net zero carbon housing development in Edinburgh have now been approved by city planners.  Located between Greendykes Avenue and Greendykes Road in east Edinburgh, the development named ‘Greendykes K & L’, will comprise 28 two-storey terraced houses and 112 flats in four-storey tenement style blocks.  As

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SAIC SUPPORTS 100TH AQUACULTURE PROJECT

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has announced support for a further six innovation projects valued at £2.5 million, bringing the total number of research and development initiatives it has funded to 100. The latest funding awards build on SAIC’s work to date which has seen £9.3 million of investment turned into sector-critical research with

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DENTAL CARE IN DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY SEES A MAJOR BOOST

Following a £600,000 investment, Dumfries Dental Clinic & Implant Centre has moved from 27 Castle Street to its new home 100 metres away at 195 High Street.  This relocation and investment by Scottish Dental Care will enable the clinic to more than double its patient capacity, increasing treatment rooms from 4 to 6 and building

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EDINBURGH BASED BREWERY SEES MORE INTEREST FROM SUPERMARKETS

Vault City Brewing has just reached an agreement for their new Triple Fruited Mango flavoured beer to be available at 100 Waitrose stores and 250 for Sainsbury’s outlets, and online via both supermarkets’ websites.  This modern sour beer is 6.2% ABV (Alcohol by Volume) and is sold in cans of 440ml. This comes shortly after

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NORTHERN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICE SURPASSES AMBITIOUS

Specialist property consultancy is continuing its growth trajectory with record results from its Property Management service over the last 12 months. The department services both residential and commercial property following George F. White’s high-profile merger with Johnson Tucker last year. Impressive organic growth results include the number of managed units increasing significantly, rising by almost 40 per

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TECH FIRM THAT HELPS STRUGGLING SHOPPING AREAS RAISES £1.5 MILLION

Co founders of Sticky (L) Priscilla Israel & (R) James Garner A Manchester technology company aiming to tackle “inefficient and unprofitable” shopping areas has raised £1.5m. Sticky, which was co-founded by Priscilla Israel and James Garner in 2020, has secured the seed funding in a move led by Praetura Ventures with backing from Cornerstone VC

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LAW FIRM WARNS LANDLORDS ABOUT AN INVASION OF THEIR PRIVACY

A Scottish legal firm has said that recent changes to the grounds for possession of rented properties are creating not only apparently irrational decisions but also gross invasions into the privacy and personal circumstances of private rental sector landlords. Emma King (pictured above), co-Founder of Glasgow-headquartered Complete Clarity Solicitors and Simplicity Legal cited a recent

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