Scots Firms are Growing Fast — Fast-Track 100
The Caledonian MercuryWe may be in a period of low economic growth; but that doesn’t mean that some companies are bucking the trend. In fact, there’s long been an argument that the best time to set up...
View ArticleAndrew Dixon Resigns as Chief Executive of Creative Scotland
The Caledonian MercuryThis has been the Year of Creative Scotland. However, it’s been a year of trouble for the arts communities in Scotland. It has been a time where many have seen a storm gathering...
View ArticleWomen’s Hockey Young Athletes Prepare for the Next Big Challenge
The Caledonian Mercuryby Natalia Equihua It was Christmas in Dundee when coach Gordon Shepherd gathered his team. They had just finished playing at the Grove Menzieshill Indoor Hockey Tournament when...
View ArticleRYANAIR TO GROW TO EXPAND IN SCOTLAND
The Caledonian MercuryLove them or hate them, Ryanair is a force to be reckoned with. The Irish company has walked away from using airports when it didn’t get the deal it wanted. Not so long ago, it...
View ArticleAudio: SINGING PRISONERS STAR ON NEW CHARITY CD
The Caledonian MercuryPublic Information Featuee Singing by inmates of a Scottish prison is featured on a new CD released Wednesday 5th December. ‘Changing Key’ is a four-track EP featuring prisoners...
View ArticleAutumn Statement: Mixed views
The Caledonian MercuryThe Chancellor’s Autumn Statement has provoked a mixed reaction from business. It proposed new investment plans, mainly in England, but the impact will be felt across the United...
View ArticleWeir’s Week 7th December 2012
The Caledonian MercuryYork Barbican – Paragon Street (Betty Longbottom) / CC BY-SA 2.0 Saturday Snooker gets its first showing of the season on BBC with the UK Championship from The Barbican in York, a...
View ArticleLETTER FROM SCOTLAND 7th December 2012
The Caledonian MercuryWe’ve had our first real cold snap of the winter. There’s been snow over the Highlands and the North East. Temperatures dropped to minus 8 degrees in places. In the cities, the...
View ArticleVideo: Edinburgh Science Festival Director, Simon Gage
The Caledonian MercuryScotland has a considerable reputation for innovation. The list of ideas which emerged from this small country includes the Science Festival. Such events now take place around the...
View ArticleCreative Scotland Promises Change
The Caledonian MercuryThe Board of Creative Scotland board has admitted that it made major mistakes and promised to make “serious changes” to the way it operates. In a quite full statement this...
View ArticleWATER WATER EVERYWHERE
The Caledonian MercuryThe first meeting has taken place of the “Hydro Nation Forum”, Scotland’s attempt to be the world leader in water technology. Water industry experts gathered in Edinburgh earlier...
View ArticleMalt and Barley Review: Donald, where’s yer boozers?
The Caledonian Mercuryby Tom Morton Here’s a controversial statement: Donald Trump’s golf course on the Mennie Estate by Aberdeen, is, so I hear, actually very good indeed. And of course, it looks...
View ArticleUNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH STUDENTS SECURE £500k ‘PIPELINE’ INVESTMENT
The Caledonian MercuryIt can be really encouraging when, in contrast to some of the start-up figures, you see positive signs from the university sector. Today, it was confirmed that, just months after...
View ArticleScottish Hockey Seeks Professional Advantage
The Caledonian Mercuryby Natalia Equihua The idea that sport in Scotland has to improve its quality has been roaming around sports representatives’ heads for years. And with exactly this in mind,...
View ArticleEDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL CALLS FOR SCOTLAND’S INVENTORS
The Caledonian MercuryPublic Information Feature Organisers of The Edinburgh International Science Festival today put a call out for engineers, inventors, designers and creative ‘makers’ to participate...
View Article8 Things To Do That Will Make You Feel Festive
The Caledonian Mercury1. Get Your Skates On Here is a Christmas opportunity to have fun, embrace the trend for all things knitted, and embarrass your kids, all in one outing. Think Val Doonican...
View ArticleLETTER FROM SCOTLAND 14th December 2012
The Caledonian MercuryThere is a black hole in the middle of Scotland. In it, life, for many, is poor, nasty, brutish and short. A report this week from Audit Scotland says the NHS is pouring £170m a...
View ArticleWeir’s Week 14th December 2012
The Caledonian MercurySaturday At the start of the season there was a concerted effort amongst non-Old Firm fans to try and get their club’s attendances up, so counter-balancing the financial loss of...
View ArticleElf – a Seasonal Discourse
The Caledonian MercuryThe genus of Elves contain a number of closely related species – adorned with pointy hats – that meld into familiar folklore tails told to the folks in the North. Related to the...
View ArticleThe Malt and Barley Review: To open or not to open? Don’t be a collector!
The Caledonian Mercuryby Tom Morton And so we are more or less atop the whisky-buying, whisky-receiving, whisky-consuming peaks of the year, namely Christmas and Hogmanay. Convenient liquid presents...
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