Martin Welsh and Kieran Taylor are now the proud owners of Aberdeen-based Welsh & Taylor Wealth, a partner practice of St. James’s Place, with several of their former colleagues from the oil and gas industry among their most loyal clients. Both are alumni of the St. James’s Place Financial Adviser Academy and are proving how […]
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Swurf, the innovative Scotland based app that connects remote workers with welcoming spaces and hosts, has secured significant funding from two investors. Gareth Williams, co-founder of the internationally successful Skyscanner travel search engine business, and Anna Lagerqvist Christopherson, co-founder of the award-winning Boda Bar Group have put funding into Swurf to support its ongoing growth.
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Founded by former tennis professional Collin Powers, Ellyra is a VR tennis simulator created to allow those previously excluded from tennis because of social, economic or disability reasons to enjoy training, playing, and competing in the game. Developed at Edinburgh University, tennis simulator Ellyra was recently chosen by sports company Wilson Sporting Goods to showcase its new
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As part of the Making More of the Coast project, an initiative created by the Rotary Club of Dumfries Devorgilla and Solway Firth Partnership (SFP), students from Dumfries and Galloway College (DGC) were asked to create a series of materials to raise awareness of plastic pollution on beaches on the Solway Coast. This is not the first
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The Scottish Women’s Premier League (“SWPL”) recently announced the appointments of Mary Galbraith (Pictured above) as Independent Non-Executive Chair and James Murray as Independent Non-Executive Director, respectively. Mary Galbraith is currently Programme Director for Strathclyde Business School, responsible for a range of economic policy and strategy executive education programmes, and is also an independent leadership
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The Book Nook, a small independent bookshop in Stewarton, Scotland, has been named the UK’s favourite family business. During March to June, thousands of nominations came in for small, family-run shops, pubs, bars and cafes around the UK through local shopping platform, ShopAppy. The Book Nook was up against small family businesses around the UK, but
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Award-winning tech PR agency Hot Tin Roof is marking its 20th anniversary with a series of new hires and internal promotions, indicating the Edinburgh-based business is on track for further growth. Founded in 2002 by Sarah Lee (pictured above), Hot Tin Roof has supported an estimated 200 companies over two decades, with current clients including
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L to R: Tim Kirk, country operations director for PRA Group UK; Steve Roberts, executive vice president, global operations officer for PRA Group; Kate Forbes, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy; Dr Marie Macklin CBE, founder and executive chair of The HALO Urban Regeneration Company; and Martin Sjolund, president of PRA Group Europe
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The British Youth International College (BYITC) is known for its innovative Maths, English and programming courses. Now, the online school has launched a Cyber Security programme for young people. The BYITC was founded by Dr Rashmi Mantri in 2015, after she noticed gaps in her son’s arithmetic abilities. Being an IT trainer and software developer
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L to R: Claudia Cavalluzzo, executive director at Converge; Jodie Sinclair of Theo Health; Alexandra McKenna of Sioda; Ana Stewart, partner at Eos Advisory; and Kaia Waxenberg of Agrecalc Jodie Sinclair won best pitch for Theo Health, a University of Dundee spin-out, at this year’s Converge Challenge. This is Scotland’s largest company creation programme for
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