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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Pilots returning to work “following extended periods without flying could be at risk of performing below their normal standard during their first few flights”, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch says. A report suggests that a rapid descent made by a passenger plane may be linked to pilots being grounded during the pandemic, investigators have said.
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A team of scientists, coordinated by Professor Stephen Euston at Heriot-Watt University, is tackling sustainability issues by using natural ingredients produced by marine microbes as alternatives to the chemical agents currently used. Their work is focused on everyday items like foods, pharmaceuticals, and beauty products.The huge market demand for surfactants and emulsifiers is currently met
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Businesses signing up for fixed contracts with Perth-based SSE will now receive all their electricity from renewable sources operated by the company.This announcement comes as the group makes it easier for its customers to hit their climate change targets by bringing together its services under a single SSE Energy Solutions brand.SSE, which is the biggest
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SUSTAINABLE investing has “come of age” thanks to the pandemic, with recruitment experts across Scotland’s financial sector urging those within it to upskill in order to thrive in a changed landscape – or risk becoming obsolete. Edinburgh-based Core-Asset Consulting is warning of a growing knowledge gap as funds are increasingly held to account and placed
SCOTLAND FACES ETHICAL INVESTMENT CHALLENGE WARNS LEADING RECRUITMENT SPECIALIST Read More »
Perth-based housebuilder Stephen has once again been voted a ‘Five Star’ builder by its customers. The family firm, which dates back to 1935, has earned the rating following a rigorous, externally verified customer satisfaction survey backed by industry body Homes for Scotland. The survey is designed to provide buyers with information that will help guide
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Food firm Baxters could close its restaurant and retail outlet in Moray with the loss of up to 30 jobs. The Fochabers-based business – famed for its soups and preserves – has a Highland Village visitors centre in the town. Baxters said the coronavirus pandemic had “exacerbated the already challenging trading conditions”. It has begun
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Plans to open a railway station in a Borders village which last saw passenger services more than 50 years ago have been given the go-ahead. Network Rail wants to build the two-platform structure with 70 parking spaces at Reston in Berwickshire. A station opened in the village in 1846 but the last passenger services stopped
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