Scotland’s leading electrical bodies have warned that training must remain on a national level and insist it is essential to take a “one nation” approach to ensure skills; standards and safety are consistent everywhere across Scotland and the UK Localised training has been suggested as a ‘quick fix’ for teaching would-be electricians new skills, but […]
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Yorkshire based independent charity Simon on the Streets has announced a series of flagship events in October to shine a spotlight on homelessness in Leeds. Founded in 1999, the charity works with local people who are affected by homelessness and rough sleeping in Leeds and Bradford. The team offers street-based emotional and practical support at
Independent music retailer Rough Trade has announced its partnership with Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) in support of suicide prevention and mental health. Founded in 2006, CALM is dedicated to ‘offering life-saving services, provoking national conversation and bringing people together to reject living miserably.’ CALM operates a helpline and web chat that is open 365
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In encouraging news for law students hit by the uncertainties of the recent years of their studies, Glasgow-based firm Complete Clarity Solicitors and Simplicity Legal have announced that they are embarking on an ambitious trainee recruitment drive. The firm, which has made it a central plank of its policy that colleague wellbeing is a primary
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FDM Group, a leading talent solutions provider, is set to join the Future Tech Workforce event series to attract more young people into the tech sector. The event includes a session for school leavers, businesses leaders and graduates to learn more about FDM’s programmes and participate in a networking lunch. This comes following the news that A-Level computing
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People should not assume a positive outcome from the artificial intelligence boom, the UK’s competition watchdog has warned, citing risks including a proliferation of false information, fraud and fake reviews as well as high prices for using the technology. The Competition and Markets Authority said people and businesses could benefit from a new generation of
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The headline NatWest Wales Business Activity Index, a seasonally adjusted index that measures the month-on-month change in the combined output of the region’s manufacturing and service sectors, registered 50.5 in August, up from 49.5 in July, to signal a renewed rise in output at Welsh private sector firms. The increase in activity was the first
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A recent survey by the Scottish Hospitality Group has found that more than two thirds of operators in Glasgow have seen footfall drop. Around 63% of those surveyed blamed this drop on the introduction of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) and poor public transport. Wylie & Bisset, Accountants and Business Advisers, is urging bar and restaurant
One of the North-east’s leading insolvency experts, Michael Reid, of Meston Reid & Co, has been appointed liquidator for a once-thriving historic social club. Huntly and District Ex-Servicemen’s Club closed its doors at the end of March this year. The venue had been in operation since it was registered in November 1920; established between the
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Eight new online games to help children learn maths and English have been launched by Glasgow-based British Youth International College (BYITC). The College specialises in teaching maths using a counting tool that has been used for millennia – the abacus – and has launched the games under its flagship Supermaths brand. Supermaths is BYITC’s most popular
