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Scottish Businesses to benefit from global expert insight on tackling Modern Slavery

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Scotland Against Modern Slavery (SAMS), which focuses on the elimination of modern slavery and human trafficking has announced an accelerator series of webinars designed to help Scottish businesses tackle the issue in their supply chains. The first one took place this week on Wednesday the 29th of May covering Identifying modern slavery risk in your supply […]

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Shepherd and Hardies to put best foot forward in aid of CFINE

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On June 2nd an eleven-strong team from the Aberdeen office of Shepherd and Hardies will undertake the Aberdeen Kiltwalk in aid of CFINE (Community Foods Initiative North East), a local charity and social enterprise whose generous work to supply emergency food to those in need at a time when the cost of living crisis is at

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Scottish procurement body endorses new cladding safety measures

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The country’s leading procurement body has backed the decision to allow Scottish ministers new powers to tackle unsafe cladding. The Scottish Procurement Alliance (SPA) has endorsed the new government regulations which are expected to positively transform the standards of cladding on public buildings and make it easier for organisations to identify credible providers. Scottish ministers

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Tech titans trades the cloud for coastal restoration

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The UK’s leading finance software implementation specialists have taken to the beach to help a conservation charity restore an historic Scottish coastline. A team of 30 employees from Eureka Solutions descended upon the Cramond Foreshore and assisted The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) charity in restoring the coastal habitats and dune systems in the area. The team’s

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Ex-offenders “neglected” in the workplace due to lack of digital skills, warns Digital Poverty Alliance

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Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) has warned that with current reoffending rates on the rise, prison leavers are facing neglect when seeking to reintegrate into society due to insufficient digital skills. Government statistics reveal that the criminal reoffending rate is currently at 26 per cent, and has increased since 2021. The DPA believes that schemes like Tech4PrisonLeavers would

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One-third of execs prepared to quit over return to office mandates

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One in three senior executives would leave their roles if they were obliged to comply with return-to-office mandates, according to Gartner. While 19% of non-executives also claimed they would leave their organisation due to a return-to-office mandate. The survey of 3,500 employees highlighted the disagreement over mandatory office days between employers and employees after the

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£14 million ‘levelling up’ funding to support Glasgow manufacturers to become greener and more productive

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Ambitious manufacturing businesses across Glasgow City Region are set to benefit from £14 million ‘levelling up’ funding for three research and development (R&D) projects aiming to upskill the workforce, boost sustainability and productivity and accelerate local economic growth.  The projects are led by the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), which is operated by the University

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Start-up aims to make a splash with water sensor for developing nations

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A new, low-cost Internet of Things (IoT) sensor system being developed with Scottish expertise could support communities in developing countries in the fight against the effects of climate change by enabling them to detect, monitor, and manage water quality in real time. Aqsen Innovations has partnered with CENSIS, Scotland’s innovation centre for sensing, imaging, and

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New partnership boosts mobility in sports for disabled Scots

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Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) and the Motability Scheme have teamed up to make sport more accessible and fun for everyone in Scotland, especially for people with disabilities.  This partnership will help showcase the range of disability sports available across the country, providing opportunities for disabled people to access them alongside their family members. It will

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Over 55s are being overlooked and locked out of workplace skills training opportunities

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One in three UK employees in the UK are over the age of 50, but a large proportion of this generation are being overlooked for workplace skills training opportunities and are being locked out of opportunities to upskill and re-skill in today’s rapidly evolving workplaces. Over half of over 55s haven’t received any management or

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