Daily routines will come to a halt for many people in Scotland as the Queen’s state funeral is held on Monday. A UK bank holiday was approved by King Charles III for the day of the funeral of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, at Westminster Abbey in London. In Scotland, schools, colleges and universities will
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A successful Scottish recruitment drive has helped Dubai businessman Calum White (pictured above) establish his estate agency as one of the emirate’s most successful brokerages. The Edinburgh-born entrepreneur set up White & Co. Real Estate in January 2021, seven years after first moving to the UAE after becoming disillusioned with life in the UK. Keen
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Image By WPA/Getty Images Her Majesty The Queen’s coffin left Buckingham Palace for the last time on Wednesday, 14 September and is now open for to the public to pay their last respects at the Westminster Hall. The Queen’s lying in state will continue for the next four days with tens of thousands of people
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Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (Hial) has said it intends to scale back its air traffic modernisation plans because of funding challenges. The state-owned regional airports operator had already abandoned a previous proposal to centralise the service for some of its airports. It had been working on a new modernisation plan, but said there was
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Image by James Veysey, the Guardian The Queen’s coffin has been welcomed by crowds of mourners as it arrived at Buckingham Palace. Officials have set out the formal plans for a queue up to five miles long for people to pay respects to the Queen lying in state, a complex logistical exercise including toilets, first aid and round-the-clock refreshments
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Scotland’s unemployment rate has fallen to a record low, official figures show. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) found that the unemployment rate for those aged 16 and over was 3.1% between May and July. This was down on the period between April and June this year when the rate was 3.2%, and is the
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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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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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