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The Royal College of Surgeons Launch Old Town Collection

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh invited the Edinburgh Ambassadors along for a sneak preview of the Prince Philip Building last week on the Launch Night of the Old Town Collection. On what turned out to be a beautiful evening drinks were held in the private gardens followed by…

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Rabbie’s Small Group Tours Receive a Queen’s Award For Enterprise

Rabbie’s is today celebrating being named as winners of the UK’s highest accolade for business success. The small group tour company received the Queen’s Award for International Trade in recognition of outstanding overseas sales growth over the last three years. Set up by Robin Worsnop in 1993, following a loan from his…

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Free Digital Marketing Seminar with The Scotsman and Digital Kitbag

Want to be more visible online? The Scotsman and Digital Kitbag will be hosting a FREE seminar to help your business become more visible online and win more customers. Technology has dramatically changed the way potential customers and clients interact with businesses today. With more and more customers searching for…

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Public Appeal to Create Digital Scrapbook of Edinburgh Life

  Groundbreaking new approach to sharing memories of Edinburgh’s people and places from past and present has been developed by the City of Edinburgh Council. Edinburgh Collected is an online service giving both local people and anyone around the world with a love of Edinburgh the opportunity to make their…

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Forth Ports Appoints New Business Development Manager

Forth Ports Limited, the UK’s 3rd largest Ports Group, has appointed Sharon Currie as its new Business Development Manager for Scotland. Sharon, is a senior sales executive with over 20 years’ experience working in the international freight logistics sector. Sharon was previously Sales Manager at TPC Freight Management; Sales Manager…

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Hot Topics in Employment Law

bto solicitors is hosting “Hot Topics in Employment Law” on Thursday 30 April 2015. This lunch time seminar, aimed at all employers, will bring the law to life in a practical way in an informal setting with the opportunity to ask questions throughout. Employment law gives rise to a large number…

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Prof Ian Gow OBE joins International Advisory Council”

Asia Scotland Institute is delighted to welcome on board Prof Ian Gow OBE, the latest member of our International Advisory Council. Prof Gow is Director of the Confucius Institute, University of Glasgow. An Emeritus Professor of East Asian Studies, he is also an internationally recognised Japan specialist and was Scotland’s…

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Gillespie Macandrew Appoints New Partners

Edinburgh-headquartered law firm Gillespie Macandrew has appointed two new partners in its most recent round of promotions, following recent changes to their management structure. Agnes Mallon and Alan White have been appointed Partner, bringing the firm’s count to 18. Mallon, a contentious trusts and executries specialist, and White, an experienced…

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Scottish Startup unlocks the key to working anywhere with online scheduling tool

The world’s mobile economy celebrated a giant leap forward today as the launch of a new scheduling tool has removed the pain of working across time zones. Scottish startup Appointedd is the first to crack inbuilt time zone conversion with its Zonedd online booking technology. Using Appointedd, businesses can now…

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The Countdown Is on For 175th Royal Highland Show

The Royal Highland Show, one of Scotland’s most iconic and enduring annual events, is putting the finishing touches to its 175th Show, which runs from 18 -21 June 2015 at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh. Billed as the biggest and best celebration of farming, food and rural life, the ‘Royal Highland’…

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