Scotland’s leading independent living specialist has appointed a new chief executive following a rigorous recruitment process led by external advisors. Simon Fitzpatrick (pictured above) will be promoted internally to lead Blackwood Housing and Care, which has 600 staff and operates more than 1500 properties across 28 local authorities. Blackwood is renowned for championing the use […]
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A fast growing Scottish tech company has notched up its 100th Oracle NetSuite client, thanks to a delighted finance boss. The century of projects is a major milestone for Eureka Solutions, which works with growing enterprises to tailor and deploy the business management software, which transforms company fortunes. Its newest client is Trinity Grain, one
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Hardies Property & Construction Consultants has appointed Gareth Cordiner its new North Division Managing Partner and Douglas Smith its new Dundee Partner. Promoted to Partner three years ago having joined Hardies three years previously as an Associate within its Aberdeen office, Mr Cordiner is a Chartered Building Surveyor specialising in dilapidations, expert witness reports, and
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A planning application for a development of high-quality purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Edinburgh’s Canongate has been given the green light following an appeal by property developers to the Scottish Government. Summix (CGE) Developments and S Harrison have been granted permission for the partial demolition of existing buildings and the delivery of PBSA on the
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Scottish Enterprise’s support is forecast to generate £709.74m of Scottish innovation expenditure. The agency approved £120m in grant funding and equity investment for innovation activities in the 2021-22 financial year, which is now calculated to deliver a further £502m innovation investment from the private sector as well as £86m from public sector partners. A total
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Hisham Hamid (Education, Employability and Skills Advisor People and Culture at bp); Ollie Folayan (Chair of AFBE-UK Scotland); Dushyant Sharma (Vice President Transformation) and Doris Reiter (Senior Vice President North Sea at bp). AFBE-UK Scotland, a social enterprise that encourages greater diversity and inclusion in the energy and engineering sectors, has agreed a partnership with BP. AFBE-UK supports
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Adla Toal (Senior Travel Consultant); Sophie King (Travel Consultant); Jonathan Munro (Head of Longhaul); Jacqueline Dobson (President of Barrhead Travel) and Natalie MacIntyre (Senior Travel Consultant) Following continued high demand for holidays, Barrhead Travel has announced the launch of a new flagship store in Glasgow city centre, located on Gordon Street. The move to one
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(L) Richard Hart and (R) Aimee Gibbons Leading full-service Scottish law firm Thorntons has expanded its Glasgow practice with the appointment of a new senior solicitor and legal director to its commercial real estate team. Richard Hart has joined the firm as a legal director with over 25 years’ experience in the real estate sector
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Research and development (R&D) tax firm, ForrestBrown is extending the range of services it offers under its FB Consulting arm. The R&D tax specialist already offers end-to-end claim preparation for clients accessing the SME and RDEC tax incentives. FB Consulting builds on experience developed supporting R&D claims since ForrestBrown was founded in 2013. Led by
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Well known clothing retailer M&Co has announced that it is going into administration just two weeks before Christmas. Founded in Paisley in 1834 as a pawnbrokers the business then known as Mackays moved to selling clothes in 1951. They rebranded the brand as M&Co in 2005. Administrators were called in on Friday before statements confirming
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