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Johnston Carmichael team set to take on Edinburgh Kiltwalk to support future generation
15th September 2023A 26-strong team from Johnston Carmichael, including ten graduates from the Audit team, will lace up their boots for Scotland’s favourite mass participation charity event this Sunday, raising funds for Children’s 1st. With a culture of investing in its people, and inspiring leaders and future leaders, the firm is also committed to supporting the communities in which its 850-plus people…
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Fashion Brand with Purpose Scamp & Dude Celebrates Bumper Opening Weekend at Edinburgh’s St James Quarter
15th September 2023Scamp & Dude celebrated its official opening in Edinburgh at the weekend with a VIP event, live entertainment, hosted by brand founder and CEO Jo Tutchener-Sharp who formally cut the ribbon and welcomed excited shoppers through the doors on Saturday 9th September. Adding a pop of neon to the capital’s…
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Housebuilder lends support to East Lothian charity
15th September 2023Award-winning housebuilder, Cruden, has once again given back to the East Lothian community, where it is building modern, energy-efficient new homes. The company recently donated four large container units to local charity, Beyond Boundaries East Lothian (BBEL), which supports people aged 16 and over with disabilities and mental health issues.…
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Residents rewarded and visitors invited to come back for more as new Forever Edinburgh campaigns go live
15th September 2023Visitors invited to ‘Experience the Beauty’ of Scotland’s capital with stunning new visitor campaign taking viewers behind famous scenes and showing the city in a new light. Newly launched city destination website promotes local businesses, features ‘UK first’ ChatGPT chat box and new interactive city, neighbourhood and regional maps to make…
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Official launch of refurbished park tennis courts and booking system across Edinburgh
14th September 2023Thirteen tennis courts across four park tennis venues in Edinburgh, alongside a new booking system, have been officially launched after a £190,000 renovation, managed by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), and funded by the City of Edinburgh Council, the UK Government and LTA Tennis Foundation. The Council contributed £33,000 towards the total…
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New Business Council Ushers In Partnership Era
14th September 2023The BCC has held its inaugural meeting of its new Business Council alongside Cabinet Minister, the Rt Hon Michael Gove and Shadow Chancellor, the Rt Hon Rachel Reeves. The new body, comprising some of the most prominent British businesses, has been brought together to work in partnership with politicians to…
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Zero Carbon Construction Site: Unlocking the potential of hydrogen
14th September 2023Hydrogen: Experimentation, setbacks, and the road to success Following on from our last diary entry about our all-electric on site experiment, this diary entry explores our efforts to integrate hydrogen technology as an alternative to diesel power at our showcase Towards a Zero Carbon Construction Site at the Royal Botanic Garden…
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FarrPoint inspires young people into telecoms at Orkney Science Festival
14th September 2023A team from Edinburgh-based independent connectivity consultancy, FarrPoint, in partnership with Highlands and Islands Enterprise, has travelled to Orkney with a mission to inspire more youngsters into a career in telecoms. Attracting fresh talent into the sector is badly needed, according to recent research which suggests more than 60% of…
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Scottish Law Firm Welcomes Four Trainees
14th September 2023Leading Scottish law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has welcomed four new trainee solicitors across two of its Scottish offices. Mairi Adams, Pip de Klerk and Robyn Black (graduates of the University of Glasgow, Edinburgh Napier University and Glasgow Caledonian University respectively) all join the firm’s Glasgow team…
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Balfour Beatty secures Scottish Government funding to drive innovative hydrogen retrofit project
14th September 2023Balfour Beatty today announces that it has become the first construction company to secure funding from the Scottish Government’s Emerging Energies Technology Fund to retrofit carbon intensive vehicles to run off both hydrogen and diesel, also known as dual fuel. As part of the innovative project, the Scottish Government has…
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