Scottish spending power is fuelling strong high street growth, while other UK towns and cities lag behind, according to new data on high street spending. The insights, from takepayments’ bi-annual research into high street spending have revealed how high streets across the country are continuing to navigate their Covid recovery. Interestingly, the top three places […]
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RMT members have voted to reject the latest pay offer from ScotRail, with the union’s negotiating team set to meet bosses today to seek an improved offer. A statement from the union whose members include ticket examiners, conductors and station staff on Friday says members rejected management’s offer by 60 to 40 percent in a referendum.
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Students have faced challenges since the pandemic began and this year will be the first time they’ve faced in-person exams since 2019. The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has said this year’s exams have been graded “generously” after two years of disruption. In a letter to pupils, signed by 18 business leaders, firms have committed to
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Between December and March parts of Glasgow were transformed into Gotham City as it was the location for DC’s Batgirl. In a cinematic first it was the only movie to be entirely filmed in Glasgow. Sadly it was confirmed earlier this week that Warner Bros Discovery had cancelled the movie despite already spending $70 million
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Business Connect is delighted to announce the top contenders that have been shortlisted in The Scottish SME Business Awards 2022. Voted for by the public, the awards will be hosted virtually next month and will commend creative and successful SME’s from across Scotland that have pushed the boundaries of innovation and imagination in their enterprise.
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The CEO of Scotland’s leading Esports event company is preparing to travel to Birmingham as Team Scotland takes its seat at the Commonwealth Games for the first time in history. James Hood (pictured above), who launched Dundee-based Esports Scotland five years ago, was unveiled as Team Manager for Scotland for the Commonwealth Esports Championships (CEC)
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Diversity and inclusion organisation AFBE-UK Scotland has successfully run its first senior leadership programme to help ethnic minority professionals progress into leadership roles. The virtual programme ran for 10 weeks from April to July and was delivered through a series of sessions aimed at unearthing the barriers to career progression and charting a path into
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Two young entrepreneurs have hailed Glasgow as “the perfect place” to launch a business, after experiencing a flurry of bookings since opening three months ago. Best friends Afton Ferguson, 22, and Nikki Fairful, 25, opened The Haberdashery on Sauchiehall Street in April, and have since been “welcomed with open arms” by members of the events industry and
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Dundee has been selected as the preferred site for a new factory producing batteries for the UK’s renewable energy and electric vehicle markets. AMTE Power, which develops and manufactures lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cells for specialist markets, announced the proposal to create a “megafactory” in the Scottish city after its board approved a new execution
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New data from financial mutual Scottish Friendly reveals investment activity in Scotland fell to its lowest level in nearly three years during the second quarter of 2022. The Scottish Friendly Investor Index tracks sales of adult investment ISA policies and the total value of these new policies among its UK-wide customer base, with quarterly activity
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