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Walking rates in Scotland pick up pace, study finds
17th September 2024The number of people reporting that they walk at least once a month at a brisk or fast pace has increased by around seven per cent to 47 per cent since 2012, a study shows. Activity guidelines On average, people who walk at a brisk or fast pace have increased…
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SP ENERGY NETWORKS SECURES £21M OF INNOVATION FUNDING
17th September 2024SP Energy Networks has secured over 21m of funding from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund for three projects As more people switch to low carbon technologies, network operators need to find new, innovative ways of managing increasing demand and these projects – D-Suite, Blade and Hubs – are helping to lead…
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Three quarters of Scots are approaching retirement age feeling unprepared
17th September 2024New polling finds seven in ten over 40s in Scotland are concerned with not having enough savings for retirement1 Also reveals Glasgow has highest level of under saving, with a fifth of over 40s reporting they have no retirement savings at all New research from Phoenix Group, the UK’s largest…
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Phoenix 2024 half year results
17th September 2024Commenting on the results announcement, Phoenix Group CEO, Andy Briggs said: “Phoenix’s vision is to be the UK’s leading retirement savings and income business, and I am pleased with the initial progress we have made in executing on our 3-year strategy, as our 2024 interim financial results demonstrate. We have…
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Burges Salmon’s Restructuring team helps achieve continuation of Glasgow-based film and TV post-production business
16th September 2024The firm has advised Savalas Limited, and its joint administrators from RSM UK Restructuring Advisory, on the pre-pack sale of its business and assets Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon has advised Savalas Limited, a Glasgow-based post-production facility, and its joint administrators Paul Dounis and Gareth Harris of RSM UK…
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Top university for student mentoring launches innovative fresh take
16th September 2024Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh has launched another pioneering mentorship project with a novel twist that will better prepare students for the world of work. To build upon the success of its inaugural QMU Employer Mentoring Programme, QMU has developed the Rotational Leadership Mentoring Programme (ROME) – the first of…
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Services and Digital Trade ‘Key To Boosting Exports’
16th September 2024The British Chambers of Commerce has endorsed the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) focus on services and digital trade as key priorities. The BCC was part of a record-size UK delegation to the WTO Public Forum in Geneva, last week. It met with the UK Ambassador to the WTO, the…
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Dynamic pricing – what’s the story?
16th September 2024Angelique Bret, Partner and specialist in competition law and consumer protection at Pinsent Masons Businesses across sectors have been advised to review their approach to dynamic pricing after the practice drew scrutiny in the context of Oasis’ reunion tour. A UK and Ireland tour next summer will mark…
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Transport trackers are ‘go’ in Edinburgh
16th September 2024Edinburgh’s new on-street bus tracking system has gone live at hundreds of travel stops. All of the city’s 322 new digital trackers are now displaying real-time travel information, as well as 42 signs in Midlothian and six in West Lothian. Making travel easier for passengers planning journeys within, to and…
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Health and Safety in Scotland: what you need to know
16th September 2024In the 2022-2023 period, there were 35.2 million days lost due to self-reported work-related illness or workplace injury for people working in Great Britain according to the Labour Force Survey.[1] That works out at an average of 1.31 days per worker. Although this is a reduction from previous years, it…
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