(L) Lesley Skene, Farms and Personnel Administrator and(R) Mac Mackie Executive Chairman Scottish ice cream brand Mackie’s of Scotland has honoured three of its longest-serving employees, who hold a combined 93 years of experience at the family-run business. Bill Thain, Heather Bowie and Lesley Skene have been acknowledged for their years of hard work and […]
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Barrhead Travel, one of the UK’s largest retail travel agencies, has opened its new flagship store on Gordon Street. The store has opened following a record-breaking start to the year for holiday bookings, as the travel group reports bookings remain higher than pre-pandemic levels. The new 4,000sqft store is split across two levels with
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Trade body for the plumbing industry encouraged by the small but increasing number of women apprentices who are changing the face of plumbing but more still needs to be done. Outdated stereotypes and poor career advice are seen as the main barriers for women considering a career in the plumbing and heating industry, according
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Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that 15 new positions have been created at its Livingston facility in Scotland as part of a £2.6 million investment. The investment is a result of a request made to Merck’s Livingston facility to tender for the design, development and commercialisation of a novel diagnostic quality
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Left to Right: Calum Crighton, Lesley McKnight and Richard Shepherd Gilson Gray, the full-service legal firm, has acquired The Law Practice in a move which will see the business expand its offering in Aberdeen. Owner of The Law Practice, Lesley McKnight, and her team will join Gilson Gray at its Blenheim Place offices, bringing further
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Scotland’s training providers have backed a call by Scottish Government Minister Jamie Hepburn to unlock the potential of the nation’s young people and create a highly-skilled workforce to ensure a successful transition to net zero. The Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) and Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) have both welcomed the minister’s enthusiasm for
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Stack & Still, the UK’s largest chain of pancake houses, has dished up a £10,000 donation to children’s charity Cash for Kids after generous diners at its six participating Scottish branches added an extra £2 topping when paying their bills on Pancake Day. The Glasgow-based Pancake Pioneers, who serve over a million pancakes every year
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Aurum Biosciences, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company based in Scotland has been awarded an Innovation Passport for its breakthrough stroke technology. A 2015 spinout company of InnoScot Health, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and the University of Glasgow, Aurum Biosciences develops therapeutics and diagnostics in areas of unmet clinical need. Aurum Biosciences’ lead product ABL-101
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The residential property letting market in Glasgow and its surrounds remains remarkably healthy, with continuing strong demand for accommodation, property professional Riccardo Giovanacci (pictured above) has revealed on an influential investment podcast. Despite fears of UK-wide recession and concerns over tax disparities in Scotland compared to England, confidence is high and the city is an
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Aberdeen-based diversity and inclusion organisation AFBE-UK Scotland is calling on black and minority ethnic (BME) leaders to join the next cohort of its Transcend programme. Transcend is designed for BME professionals with more than 10 years’ experience in senior to lead engineering and technical roles to help them progress to high-level management and executive
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