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News & Blog
  • SMART DATA FOUNDRY RELAUNCHES AIZLE SYNTHETIC DATA PLATFORM AMID SURGING DEMAND

    28th May 2024

    Edinburgh-based Smart Data Foundry is relaunching its synthetic data platform, Aizle, this week, following a period of sustained growth which has seen its client base and team expand in line with growing demand for its services. Aizle, a synthetic data platform designed to accelerate innovation, is unveiling a new brand…

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  • Iain Valentine Appointed as Non-Executive Chair of Muckle Media

    28th May 2024

    Muckle Media, the creative communications agency, has appointed Iain Valentine as its first Non-Executive Chair. With a wealth of experience in leading award-winning digital, creative, and brand agencies, Iain brings over 25 years of strategic leadership and agency growth to Muckle Media, the first Scottish PR Agency to achieve B-Corp…

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  • Burges Salmon acts on £130m funding package to support major wind farm project in Scotland

    28th May 2024

    The firm’s Banking and Finance team has advised Export Development Canada and NatWest on the long-term financing of the Limekiln Wind Farm Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon has advised Export Development Canada (EDC) and NatWest on the long-term financing of a 106MW wind farm, located in Caithness in the…

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  • More of Edinburgh & West Lothian to join Openreach’s national broadband upgrade

    28th May 2024

    Full fibre coming to 19,0001 more  homes and businesses as plans welcomed by Scottish Government Full fibre broadband is heading to more parts of Edinburgh and West Lothian, as part of a huge broadband upgrade by Openreach. People living in Wester Hailes; the city’s Pentland exchange area, which serves Currie…

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  • SHAKE IT OFF WITH VIRGIN HOTELS EDINBURGH AS EVE TRANSFORMS INTO TAYLOR’S PLAYGROUND WITH DRAG-THEMED BRUNCHES AND ICONIC TRIBUTE PERFORMANCES

    27th May 2024

    Get ready to shake it off and sing along as this June, Virgin Hotels Edinburgh will be turning up the Taylor Swift tunes for a weekend celebration across the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th. For those that missed out on landing tickets to see Taylor live, Virgin Hotels Edinburgh is…

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  • Apex Hotels a top 100 Scottish company following rapid growth

    27th May 2024

    Apex Hotels has made the top 100 Scottish companies list in Grant Thornton’s Scotland Limited report for 2024. The move follows a strong financial year for the hotel group following a period of exceptional growth, as demand from both business and leisure guests continues to build. The Hotel group is…

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  • Brodies bolsters its private client disputes practice with partner appointment

    27th May 2024

    UK top 50 and leading Scottish law firm Brodies LLP has added to its private client disputes practice with the appointment of Richard Pike as partner. Ranked Band 1 in Chambers High Net Worth Guide for Private Wealth Disputes, Richard has more than 17 years’ experience in practice, specialising in…

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  • Anton Danyluk, Jean Johansson and Sean Batty join forces to launch STV’s Big Scottish Breakfast campaign

    24th May 2024

      Scots stars of Love Island, A Place in the Sun and Sean’s Scotland launched campaign by getting their hands dirty in a breakfast challenge at Glasgow school Organised by the STV Children’s Appeal, the Big Scottish Breakfast raises funds to provide free breakfasts for children and young people across…

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  • Edinburgh Leisure is Seriously Social

    24th May 2024

    Edinburgh Leisure is serious about doing social good and adding social value to people’s lives and will be marking the first ever Seriously Social Week in May as part of a national campaign that showcases the work of charities, like theirs, putting people above profit, connecting communities, and helping people…

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  • New events just added to the 2024 programme!

    24th May 2024

    Joining the stellar contemporary music line-up are gigs from indie stars to folk sensations and post-punk icons. Declan McKenna, Lisa O’Neill and Nadine Shah join the lineup which includes Cat Power, Jordan Rakei, Chilly Gonzales and Bat for Lashes. Alongside new music, you can hear directly from the inspirational figures…

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