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EDUCATION INNOVATOR WINS BEST ENTREPRENEUR AT PRESTIGIOUS EVENT

Dr Rashmi Mantri (pictured above) was honoured at the recent IIW She Inspire Awards as she took home the Best Entrepreneur award. Born in India and settled in Glasgow, Rashmi is a multi-business manager, IT specialist and educator with a PhD in computer science – as well as the founder of the world’s first online […]

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NEW FUND TO BOOST SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL IN SCOTLAND OPENS

A multi million pound grant fund has opened to support people across Scotland to travel in more active and sustainable ways. Community, public and third sector organisations can now apply to the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Open Fund which has £5 million worth of grants available this year alone – double the amount available previously.

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SHADOW MINISTER SEES STIRLING UNIVERSITY’S SUCCESS WITH SUPPORTING UPSKILLING

The University of Stirling’s success in supporting upskilling and employability has been highlighted to a senior parliamentarian, during a visit to campus last Friday. Michael Marra MSP (pictured above), Scottish Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, visited the University to hear more about how Stirling is supporting the upskilling of the Scottish workforce,

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LAW FIRMS IN SCOTLAND BEHIND ON TECH & DIVERSITY

Scottish legal firms are behind the curve in the transition to cloud-based and mobile technologies and have some way to go before achieving paperless status. While the sector adapted well to working from home during COVID lockdowns and embraced digital technology in deal-making and transactions, more needs done to embrace customer relationship management systems and

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RISE IN ROYAL THEMED BUSINESS IN WAKE OF JUBILEE

To mark the Platinum Jubilee this past weekend, small business insurance provider, Simply Business, has revealed a staggering 70% increase in small businesses with royal-themed names over the past three years.  The additional holiday came at a pivotal moment for small business owners, providing a much-needed economic boost to hospitality, retail and leisure, after a couple

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SOFTWARE FIRM APPOINTS LONG SERVING INTO NEW DIRECTOR POSITION

Cloud software specialist Eureka Solutions has promoted one of its longest serving members of staff to a newly created strategic role. Alyson McMenemy, who joined the company from university 18 years ago, has been appointed as Customer Success Director. Based in East Kilbride, Eureka Solutions is one of the UK’s foremost experts in Oracle NetSuite and Sage

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QUEEN MARKS PLATINUM HONOURING AYRSHIRE CANCER SUPPORT

The Queen has awarded her highest possible Royal honour for volunteer groups to a leading Scottish cancer support charity as part of her platinum jubilee celebrations. Ayrshire Cancer Support has been granted the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of its vital work across the community. It is hoped the endorsement will boost

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SCOTLAND REMAINS A MAGNET FOR GLOBAL COMPANIES

The publication of EY’s latest annual attractiveness survey confirms that Scotland has once again been named the most attractive location for inward investment in the UK outside of London. In a quite outstanding year, Scotland secured 14% more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in 2021 (122) compared with 2020 (107).  In comparison, there was a

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