An innovative organisation in Glasgow which has transformed empty homes in the city and housed 1,000 people on low incomes into high-quality homes has won a prestigious Gold World Habitat Award. Homes For Good is a letting agency with a difference – it buys neglected homes and renovates them to a high standard, then lets […]
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Broadband boss Brendan Dick (pictured above) has been awarded the OBE for services to Telecommunications and to Business in Scotland in King Charles’ first Honours list. The Edinburgh-based business veteran was director of BT in Scotland from 2006-18 and chaired the Openreach Scotland Board from 2018-21, following the digital network’s legal separation from its parent BT Group.
SCOTTISH BUSINESS LEADER AMONG NEW YEAR HONOURS LIST Read More »
The British Business Bank is on course to launch a £150 million investment fund this summer, aimed at driving the growth of small and medium-sized businesses in Scotland. The Investment Fund for Scotland is one of a series of Nations and Regions Investment Funds being launched by the British Business Bank which will deliver a
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Leading Scottish care provider, Meallmore Ltd, has announced its new senior team, as Cillian Hennessey (pictured above) takes over as managing director. Cillian takes over the top job from Gerry Hennessey, who has retired from his role after 35 years. Gerry and his brother Aidan were founding directors when Meallmore was established in 1987. The
SECOND GENERATION DIRECTOR TAKES THE REINS AT CARE PROVIDER Read More »
An intensive proactive telecare trial by one of Scotland’s top housing and care providers has revealed astonishing results about the impact of proactive intervention for older adults. Bield Housing and Care’s digital alarm monitoring team, Bield Response 24 (BR24), revealed a 75% decrease in ambulance calls and a 68% reduction in A&E visits as a
TELECARE PILOT LEADS TO REDUCTION IN AMBULANCE REQUESTS Read More »
ALDI’S commitment to reaching more Scottish customers than ever before shows no signs of slowing down in 2023, with an investment of £35 million, including a £10 million spend to open two new stores in Cumbernauld and Coatbridge to further expand its Scottish portfolio. In addition to the new stores, the supermarket has also committed
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Scotland’s first community-based energy education centre has appointed training experts Ian and Carolynn Edgeworth as it strengthens its bid to be at the forefront of the energy revolution. The husband-and-wife team will spearhead delivery of the Energy Training Academy’s comprehensive range of programmes and workshops at the purpose-built facility in Edinburgh. Ian takes up the
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Port Glasgow based McLaren Packaging, a specialist supplier to the Scotch Whisky industry, has donated boxes to Inverclyde Council/Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP)’s £130,000 Warm Hand of Friendship initiative. The scheme provides care packages are being provided to 500 vulnerable Inverclyde residents to help them stay warm, and emergency food centres are also being
PACKAGING FIRM GETS INVOLVED IN FRIENDSHIP INITIATIVE Read More »
Landowners who contributed to the creation of a flourishing new primary school have been given a VIP tour alongside the wider project’s principal developer. Andrew Bain took his first full tour of Letham Mains Primary School alongside Derek Lawson of Cala Homes (East), which oversaw the creation of the wider 800 home masterplan development that
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Advanced Traditional Screeding (ATS), the Rosyth-based specialist flooring contractor, has taken delivery of Scotland’s first Putzmeister TransMix truck. The Fife firm has invested in its fleet as part of an ongoing £500,000 expansion which will see the delivery of its unique ENERGYSCREED, a new energy-conscious fire-resistant insulation solution. The German-manufactured 16-wheeler can pump up to
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