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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Scotland has become the first part of the UK to implement a ban on many of the most problematic single-use plastics, as legislation came into force on the 1st of June. The ban means it will be an offence for businesses in Scotland to provide the items – which include plastic cutlery, plates and stirrers.
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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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On the 8th of July 2020, Rishi Sunak announced the £2 billion ‘Kickstart Scheme’, which aimed to create more jobs for young people aged between 16 and 24 years old. Anyone who was in this age bracket, claiming Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment could apply. The government covered all the Kickstarter’s wages
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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
SOFTWARE FIRM APPOINTS LONG SERVING INTO NEW DIRECTOR POSITION Read More »
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
QUEEN MARKS PLATINUM HONOURING AYRSHIRE CANCER SUPPORT Read More »
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
SCOTLAND REMAINS A MAGNET FOR GLOBAL COMPANIES Read More »
A significant majority of businesses (68%) expect to be promoting a more regular return to the office by the middle of this year, according to property advisor CBRE. Of those surveyed 23% said the process is already underway, with 45% focusing on the remainder of the first half of the year as the return period.
MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES ARE EXPECTING A RETURN TO OFFICE WORK SOON Read More »
Industry collaboration body the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) has taken a major step towards greater openness, transparency and information exchange in the construction industry in Scotland with the launch of a revolutionary new data dashboard. Available via its own website, the dashboard will benefit the sector, companies and individuals by collecting and disseminating data
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Paul Heat Recovery Scotland Director Stefan Huber (In the centre) with two of the employee trustees New research commissioned by Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS), part of Scottish Enterprise, has given the clearest picture yet of Scotland’s employee-owned businesses* (EOBs) and their economic contributions Conducted by academics from the University of Leeds, University of New South
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