As a nation, Japan has one of the longest life expectancies in the world. The remarkable health of its people is due in part to high standards of culturally imposed nutrition, hydration and in part because of an excellent national healthcare focused on disease prevention.
So what do they do that we don’t? For one thing – they drink much healthier water.
Enagic, Japanese medically certified manufactuer of electrolytic water generators, is the industry leader with its growing presence in Europe since 2008, individually recognised by the Japanese Association of Preventative Medicine for Adult Diseases, a renowned medical association. For the past 40 years Enagic’s compact devices have been extensively used in the Japanese healthcare system including veterinary clinics, as well as hospitality markets, fitness centers, beauty salons and personal households.
The seminar will take place at the Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor, Grosvenor Street, Haymarket, EH12 5EF, Edinburgh
On a monthly basis from Wednesday 11th March 2015 at 7:30pm to Wednesday 8th July 2015 at 7:30pm.
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A top creative expert for the Universal Orlando Resort in Florida, Rick Spencer, is to make his first public appearance in Scotland on 19th March, when he will present a special public lecture at Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh.
The theme of the lecture is ‘New Markets and Creativity…a Universal tradition!’, which will reveal how Rick and the team at Universal build and develop new markets by employing creativity, innovation and new media.
Hosted by QMU’s Division of Business, Enterprise and Management, the event aims to attract an audience of over 200 people from across Scotland, including those in business, education or with an interest in creativity.
The audience will also get the opportunity to ask the Universal manager direct questions.
Rick Spencer recently provided scripting and show direction for the grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Despicable Me – the Minion Mayhem and the all new Legendary Truth – The Collective and Alternate Reality Game for Halloween Horror Nights 2014.
As well as being Creative Manager for the Universal Orlando Resort, Rick is author of five novels: Icebound – The Viking Cipher, All that Glitters, The Moneymaster, Terror Merchants and The Devil’s Mirror. His private clients includePaul McCartney’s MPL Communications, Time Warner and National Public Radio.
Commenting on the event, Richard Bent, Senior Lecturer in Business Enterprise and Management at QMU, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for QMU, businesses and individuals to hear from a creative manager working with one of the world’s leading entertainment and media companies.
“The recent opening of the extension to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando and the phenomenal growth of the Halloween Horror Nights show how a team at the top of its game can push the theme park sector to new levels. This will be a rare opportunity to hear and ask questions about these creative processes.”
The lecture begins at 6pm in the Halle Lecture Theatre at QMU. The event is free but ticketed. Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. To book your place, E: univ@qmu.ac.uk or call Shereen Fazeli on T: 0131 474 0000.
We are delighted to announce that Carbon Financial Partners has won the Professional Adviser Firm of the Year Award for Scotland and Northern Ireland (2015), beating seven other shortlisted firms to the prize, and to top that, went on to win Adviser Firm of the Year (UK).
Carbon’s Investment Director Barry O’Neill collected the awards at a packed presentation ceremony last night, at the Brewery in London. Commenting on the awards he said:
“This is a great start to 2015 and a terrific accolade. The awards
Entry to the competition required shortlisted firms to select one of three scenarios and then outline what advice they would give to a client in that situation.
The judges praised Carbon on its success, explaining that it was achieved through its demonstration of robust and repeatable process.
Members on the judging panel included Mark Polson, founder and principal of The Lang Cat, Professional Adviser editor Scott Sinclair, Incisive Media editorial director Lawrence Gosling, Partnership director Phil Billingham, Rennison Consulting director Roderic Rennison, and Baillie Gifford marketing director James Budden.
Carbon’s Managing Director Gordon Wilson added today at the news of Carbon’s two awards:
“I am thrilled. I really do think that we have an exceptional team here. Our advisers are highly-qualified, talented, and, I think, deliver some of the best advice in the
Gordon Wilson can be contact at gordon.wilson@carbonfinancial.co.uk or on 0131 220 0000
Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh, has launched a new degree in nutrition and food science, as part of the institution’s Food & Drink Strategy.
QMU’s Food & Drink Strategy has been developed through extensive consultation with the food and drink sector to support the commercial application of nutritional science.
The BSc (Hons) Nutrition and Food Science is the latest boost to QMU’s ongoing commitment to enhancing Scotland’s position as a leader in food and drink innovation in Europe and supporting access to the global market for healthy and functional food.
The new degree focuses on human nutrition and food science with an emphasis on health and the prevention of dietary related disease. Nutrition is becoming more important to the food industry, with consumers demanding more information about the content of the products they choose to eat. QMU’s food scientists are involved in the development of new food products and food production processes, as well as microbiological and chemical testing.
The aim of the new programme is to produce graduates who have the transferable knowledge, skills and attributes to add value to the UK and global food industry. The food industry is the single largest manufacturing industry in the UK, employing around 500,000 people. Scotland has 12,000 small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in the food and drink sector which are seeking to exploit the growing market for healthy food and drink products, estimated to be worth £20bn in the UK and more than £300bn globally.
Michael Clapham, Senior Lecturer Public Health Nutrition at QMU, said: “The new nutrition and food science degree has been designed to put health and the prevention of dietary related disease at the heart of our students’ learning experience. The programme also supports the skills investment plan for the food and drink sector, whilst up-skilling and promoting the enhanced employability of our graduates.
“The degree is also helping to reinforce QMU’s reputation as Scotland’s leading academic centre for food development and innovation. In order to meet the future demands of the food and drink industry, QMU is continuing to develop a competitive and sustainable infrastructure, which underpins knowledge exchange in nutritional science.”
The BSc (Hons) Nutrition and Food Science provides additional depth and a specific industry focus to the existing portfolio of programmes currently taught by QMU’s specialists in Dietetics, Nutrition and Biological Sciences. The dynamic and research-active team offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the fields of diet, human biology and health. The University’s team has particular expertise in public health, knowledge exchange and clinical nutrition and metabolism.
Dr Fiona Coutts, Dean of Health Sciences at Queen Margaret University, said: “The development of this course comes at a time when QMU is further strengthening its specialism in food and drink. In December 2014, we launched the Scottish Centre for Food Development and Innovation, which is supporting Scottish food and drink businesses to innovate, develop new healthy products and processes, and grow their businesses.
“The creation of this new course also pays tribute to QMU’s history in food and nutrition. In 1875, the institution was established to help address the dietary issues of the urban poor, confirming our commitment to improving quality of life.”
For more information visit: www.qmu.ac.uk or email Admissions at Queen Margaret University E: admissions@qmu.ac.uk
There’s good news for passengers planning their summer getaways this year with the addition of almost 70,000 extra seats on 19 easyJet routes to and from Edinburgh Airport.
Between 22 May and 21 July, the airline will offer 68,500 extra seats on routes including Paris Charles De Gaulle, Madrid, Nice, Amsterdam and Naples. This will mean that Scottish passengers now have more direct flights to choose from with prices as low as £26.99 to Hamburg, £34.99 to Berlin, and £28.99 to Nice.
Tickets are available to buy now from easyjet.com.
John Watson, Chief Commercial Officer at Edinburgh Airport, said: “This is great news for our passengers and means we can now offer even more choice in our already extensive easyJet route network.
“It’s getting to the point in the year when people are starting to think about their summer holidays so there is no better time to travel from Edinburgh with easyJet to some of Europe’s most popular destinations.
“We have a great relationship with our colleagues at easyJet and look forward to a busy summer schedule in 2015.”
Ali Gayward, easyJet’s Head of Scotland commented: “easyJet is Scotland’s largest airline and since our very first easyJet flight nineteen years ago, it has been a key market for easyJet.
“easyJet now has an unrivalled network of over 50 routes served from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness and we are pleased to further strengthen our network from Edinburgh with the addition of these extra seats on some of the most popular routes.
“For business passengers these extra seats mean that we have more connections to key cities across Europe including Berlin, Copenhagen and Paris Charles de Gaulle. Additionally, easyJet’s unique
Scotland Flex offer means that passengers can fly back early from any London Airport to any Scottish airport.”
easyJet launched two new routes from Edinburgh in 2014 to Heraklion and Bodrum and started a new service to Funchal in Madeira in February 2015.
More information from:
For Edinburgh Airport:
Stuart Young, Communications Officer, Edinburgh Airport
07730 148022 or stuart_young@edinburghairport.com
For easyJet:
Katie Francis, PR Manager
01582 525252 or press.office@easyjet.com About Edinburgh Airport:
Edinburgh Airport is Scotland’s busiest airport. More than 40 airlines serve 100-plus destinations and over 10 million passengers passed through the airport in 2014 – the busiest year ever for a Scottish airport.
July 2014 was the airport’s busiest month ever with over 1.1 million passengers travelling through its terminal.
It is the 6th largest in the UK, in terms of passenger numbers, and employs over 5000 people, contributing hundreds of millions of pounds to Scotland’s economy.
Edinburgh Airport was named best in Britain, and top three in Europe, for passenger satisfaction, at the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards for 2012 and ‘Best European Airport (5-10m passengers)’ at the ACI EUROPE Best Airport Awards for 2012. It has also won Scottish Airport of the Year at the Scottish Transport Awards in 2013 and 2014.
edinburghairport.com
About easyJet:
easyJet operates Europe’s No. 1 air transport network with a leading presence on Europe’s top 100 routes and at Europe’s 50 largest airports.
easyJet carries over 64 million passengers annually, of which more than 12 million are travelling on business. easyJet flies over 200 aircraft with more than 700 routes on sale across 32 countries and over 130 airports. More than 300 million Europeans live within one hour’s drive of an easyJet airport, more than any other airline.
The airline takes sustainability seriously. easyJet invests in the latest technology, operates efficiently and fills most of its seats which means that an easyJet passenger’s carbon footprint is 22% less than a passenger on a traditional airline, flying the same aircraft on the same route.
easyJet.com
Hutchinson Networks is proud to announce the opening of its 24-hour Network Operations Centre (NOC), offering network monitoring and support for its customers’ networks and devices – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Network downtime can have a significant impact on a business, including increased costs, loss of income, loss of reputation or even regulatory problems. IT infrastructure issues come in a variety of forms, and all pose risks to an organisation. If these problems occur out of hours, the issue may go unresolved for several hours or even days, often leaving organisations with an unidentified single point of failure. Health monitoring can help to resolve all of these problems.
With Hutchinson Networks’ 24-hour NOC, businesses can mitigate these risks by identifying and resolving network issues as soon as they arise. Our Network Monitoring service is operational 24/7, manned by certified IT engineers round-the-clock. Any issue on a network or device immediately registers an alert so that irregularities can be resolved as soon as possible, minimising downtime and diminished productivity.
One of the most important benefits of network monitoring is that it can be done 24/7 and send an alert any time of the day so that irregularities in the network can be resolved immediately. Common irregularities and errors include: high ping average, high temperatures, flapping switch ports, down ports and service errors. When an issue arises, our system sends an alert so that IT administrators are able to take immediate and necessary measures to ensure that the issue does not result in diminished productivity and downtime. Without monitoring, any issue might go unnoticed for weeks, until such time as it impacts on the system’s operations.
Hutchinson Networks can provide 24/7 monitoring and support of your networks.
- Based at the Hutchinson Networks’ IC (Integration Centre) in Edinburgh.
- Manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Provides immediate issue identification and expert resolution.
- Continuously displays health-monitoring information for all customer devices.
- Service desk phone number and web portal allows customers to raise incidents or ‘Business As Usual’ requests.
- Incident management procedures for handling customer outages.
About Hutchinson Networks:
With its headquarters in Edinburgh, Scotland, Hutchinson Networks has quickly built a worldwide reputation for providing IT solutions that deliver for their customers – at any stage of their network’s lifecycle. This award-winning organization boasts an extensive range of products and professional services and prides itself on offering impartial, multi-vendor, customer-driven solutions. Now looking to advance their capabilities in the US and beyond, Hutchinson Networks has made these strategic appointments to further expand their expertise and ability to engage with its customers.
That’s the question being asked by Royal Blind as part of its annual fundraising campaign, Royal Blind Week, which starts today 23 February and runs until 1 March 2015.
The week-long event encourages individuals, businesses and community groups to engage with the charity and take part in activities that will help to raise funds and increase awareness of the work Royal Blind does to help visually impaired children and adults across Scotland.
Davina Shiell, Marketing Manager for Royal Blind, said: “A very simple way to get involved in Royal Blind Week is through our text to donate social media campaign. We’re asking people to take a photograph of someone or something that they would miss seeing if they lost their sight, and share those images on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
It could be a picture of a loved one, a pet or a favourite place to visit. We would like to encourage everyone to take a photo and share it with us, then text BLIND£3 to 70660 to donate £3.”
As Scotland’s largest visual impairment organisation, Royal Blind operates five distinct services, one of which is the Royal Blind School based in Morningside in Edinburgh.
Please visit royalblind.org/royal-blind-week for more details on Royal Blind Week and the different fundraising activities you can get involved in.
If you have an interest or work in the tourism, food & drink, events, leisure and hospitality sector then this conference is for you!
In March, 6 industry heavyweights will be joining forces to make the 2015 Scottish Tourism Week the biggest and brightest celebration of Scottish food, drink, tourism and hospitality. These 6 events will take place in Glasgow in the SECC and Crowne Plaza Hotel from the 3rd to 5th March, with an expected 10,000 delegates, exhibitors and industry professionals descending on Glasgow over the 3 days.
To kick start Scottish Tourism Week, the Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) will again be hosting their signature conference on 4th & 5th March and this year’s theme is “STA TV“. The media-themed programme is now finalised and there are some first class guests lined-up to inspire, inform and challenge us all, with a few more to be announced in the coming weeks.
As ever, the STA have made every effort to ensure that the event is affordable and that the two day programme offers something for everyone, whatever your sector or size of business.
Also to make Scottish Tourism Week accessible to all, STA patron ScotRail are offering a 20% discount on pre-booked travel to Glasgow over this period.
Marc Crothall, Chief Executive of the Scottish Tourism Alliance commented:
“The Scottish Tourism Alliance remains committed to building on the success of the previous year’s Scottish Tourism Week signature conference. We are delighted to welcome government chiefs, chairs, entrepreneurs, managers to our studio over the two days.
With six jam-packed events taking place, we have offered all Tourism Week delegates the perfect opportunity to kick back and relax at this years “Dinner with a Difference” taking place on Wednesday evening at the Science Centre. I encourage you all to join us for a night of scientific fun, Scottish food and classic upbeat entertainment from of Big Vern ‘n’ the Shootahs.
We are primed and ready to make this Scottish Tourism Week a memorable and inspiring event for all.”
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An estimated 50% of all primary energy consumption & carbon dioxide emissions are linked to the construction & operation of buildings. The built environment therefore represents both a key challenge & a key opportunity in the drive to meet Scotland’s low carbon targets.
Given that 80% of current housing & 60-70% of commercial buildings will still be standing in 2050, does the Scottish building sector really have the support it needs to meet its low-carbon challenges?
Key issues will be debated by our Expert Panel:
David Stewart, Head of Policy, SFHA
Scottish Futures Trust
Final speakers to be announced shortly.
Our panellists will lead the discussion followed by audience Q&A.
Read more about the forum and
view the delegate list
Topics to be discussed include:
- How well prepared is the construction industry in Scotland for the low carbon agenda?
- What are the challenges facing the industry?
- Much of the rhetoric around the challenges of retrofitting focuses on the domestic housing market – what will be the impact of new regulations on the commercial sector?
- What are the main challenges in identifying and accessing funding & is the system too reliant on grants which may prioritise easier-to-treat properties?
Do the skills exist to enable targets to be met, particularly in the renewables sector?
With a new research centre being opened to promote R&D, how effectively is the need for innovation being promoted to SMEs & developers?
