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BASKETBALL CLUB SCORES CRYPTOCURRENCY PARTNER

Scotland’s professional Basketball club, the Caledonia Gladiators have announced a multi- season sponsorship agreement with the organisation behind Scotcoin, Scotland’s first and only cryptocurrency. The Scotcoin Project Community Interest Company (CIC) will have a strong presence around the gamedays and will be visible on the jerseys of the Gladiators British Basketball League (BBL) and Women’s […]

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ATS CEMENTS DEAL WITH GIACOMINI

For the image: (L) Gavin Welsman, Giacomini Sales Director UK & Ireland & (R) ATS Sales Director David Crosby Fife-based specialist flooring contractor Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS) has agreed a landmark partnership with Giacomini, the global specialist producer of underfloor, ceiling heating, cooling systems and hydronic components for the HVAC industry. The Rosyth firm is

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BARRHEAD TRAVEL REPORTS RECORD BREAKING JANUARY

As January ends, Barrhead Travel, one of the UK’s largest retail travel agencies, says it has its best-ever start to the year with a record-breaking January for holiday bookings, with bookings up 25 percent from the previous record. The travel group has reported a record booking month as holidaymakers flocked to travel agents to take

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CONSTRUCTION BEGINS FOR HIGH STREET CHAIN IN ELGIN

Morgan Sindall Construction’s Scotland team has been awarded a contract worth £2.86m to reconstruct the prominent Poundland building, located at 161-163 High Street, in the heart of Elgin, north Scotland. Work has already started on the Category B listed building and is taking place across three storeys, with the store situated on the ground floor

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WHISKY SOCIETY CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY

Having been dismissed by industry experts in 1983 as an idea that would never work, a whisky club started ‘for a lark’ by a maverick whisky enthusiast in Edinburgh is this year  celebrating its 40th-anniversary and approaching 40,000 members around the world. For four decades, The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) has specialised in releasing

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CONSTRUCTION FIRM LEADS ON SUSTAINABLE HOUSING PROJECTS

Construction firm Morris & Spottiswood has announced its goal to achieve Net Zero by 2045 as the business continues to take steps to make significant sustainable improvements. A key part of this strategy is to deliver a more sustainable service offering via its housing division. Founded in Glasgow in 1925, Morris & Spottiswood operates across

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MAJOR SCOTTISH SEAFOOD PRODUCERS JOIN SAIC BOARD

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has bolstered its board with a trio of new appointments representing three of Scotland’s major salmon producers. Joining the innovation centre’s board are Anne Anderson (pictured above), head of sustainability and development at Scottish Sea Farms; Su Cox, communications and business development director at Bakkafrost Scotland; and Hervé Migaud,

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BUSINESS ADVISORS APPOINT INTERIM LIQUIDATOR

Donald McNaught (pictured above), restructuring partner at accountancy and business advisory firm Johnston Carmichael, has been appointed as interim liquidator of Staels Design Limited, trading as WheelAir. The Glasgow-based disability equipment supplier has developed a range of innovative products to regulate the temperature and moisture levels of wheelchair users, who are at higher risk of

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SCOTTISH TEACKAE MANUFACTURER PURCHASED BY BAKERY GROUP

English bakery manufacturer Finsbury Food Group has acquired 100% of the share capital of Lees Foods, a producer of meringues, teacakes and snowballs. Established in 1931, Lees employs more than 200 staff at its site in Coatbridge and was purchased for £5.7 million. Lees main products are the macaroon bar and snowball and currently runs

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STUDENT DEVELOPMENT APPROVED ON FORMER HIGH SCHOOL SITE

A Scottish Government Reporter has granted planning permission for a planning application by S1 Developments for an exciting new student residential development at Edinburgh’s former Tynecastle High School site. In addition to 468 bedspaces, the original school hall will be repurposed as a central amenity hub, sitting within a collegiate-style courtyard space and providing high

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