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
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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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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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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.
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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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Dumfries and Galloway College has celebrated a successful partnership with the Young Enterprise Scotland Bridge 2 Business Programme as they seek to develop an entrepreneurial campus infrastructure as part of Scotland’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET). By working together, the two organisations have delivered a series of student workshops, productive staff meetings, and a
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The Scottish video games industry needs a UK-wide network in order to thrive, according to a report from Gordon Brown’s think tank. The Our Scottish Future paper warns the sector in Scotland of the risks of being left behind in a market dominated by large international developers. The Grand Theft Auto franchise was created by
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A purpose-led non-profit, connecting employers with employee volunteering opportunities, has increased its workforce from two to 10, as more businesses see the value in giving back to their communities. As Volunteers Week (1-7 June 2022) approaches, Social Good Connect is marking its own second anniversary by making a heartfelt plea to businesses to share the
EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERING PLATFORM URGES BUSINESSES TO KEEP HELPING THEIR COMMUNITIES Read More »
