A study by A-Plan Insurance has discovered the safest areas and most common type of crime in each local authority in Scotland. The study analysed Gov.Scot data on the number and type of crimes committed between 2020 and 2021. Orkney Islands have the lowest rate of crimes over the past year of 143.8 per 10,000 people,
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Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen are among the cities that offer residents the most expensive night out in the UK while Dundee takes the top spot for being the cheapest city. The research by IndeJuice analysed data on the most populated areas in the UK on Expatistan to find where people can enjoy a night out at
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New research has revealed that Glasgow is the place in Scotland’s most exposed to online shopping scams. The study by leading chargeback firm and online scam specialists Payback Ltd analysed ONS data on how much different age groups shop online, and the age of the population in all 32 Scottish councils to pinpoint the area
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Scotland’s leading company creation and enterprise programme for the university sector Converge has launched a month of female focused workshops including two ‘Conversations for the Curious’ events in partnership with Women in Enterprise Scotland (WES). The online events, starting next week, have been specifically designed to encourage Scotland’s future and current female entrepreneurs to develop
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Scottish organisations and employees are embracing hybrid work more than anywhere else in the UK, according to a Virgin Media O2 Business study with the Centre for Economics and Business Research. On average, Scottish employees want to work 2.8 days a week from home, a rise of 254% compared with before the pandemic. The UK
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Businesses in Scotland are being urged to withdraw from trading with Russia, following its invasion of Ukraine. Finance and Economy Secretary Kate Forbes (pictured above) has asked companies to take “economic action” by reviewing operations for links and connections to Russia and severing them. In an open letter to the business community, Ms Forbes has
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Aberdeen is one of the cities that were least transparent when displaying salaries for job vacancies with only 51%. This was followed by Derry (56%) and Belfast at (57%). This comes from new data by Meetingo who analysed 100,000 UK jobs advertised on the job site Indeed.com, in order to ascertain the transparency of the
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Ahead of Scottish Apprenticeship Week next week (7-11 March), new research from Grant Thornton UK LLP shows that Scotland’s mid-market is increasingly making use of apprenticeships as a means of up skilling their people at all levels. With job vacancies and resignations at record highs, Grant Thornton’s latest Business Outlook Tracker survey shows that there’s an
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A major event was held in Glasgow last week to bring focus to investment opportunities in the Caribbean island of Barbados. The gathering follows a highly successful mission to Barbados in November of last year, when several Scottish companies visited the island to further their investment intention. The event was organised by the Renfrewshire Business Network in
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A study has discovered the most common type of crime in each local authority in Scotland. The study analysed Gov.Scot data on the number and type of crimes committed between May 2020 and March 2021. Dundee City has the most recorded crimes of 688 per 10,000 people, compared to the rest of Scotland. It has
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