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Around the world with Burns
THE Unversity of Glasgow has created an online map of Burns Night celebration taking place around the world. Academics now want Burns Clubs and Scots around the globe to join in a virtual Burns Night on 25 January by sharing photographs and details of how they are marking the 2021 celebrations using the hashtag #VirtualBurnsNight…
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ARTIST Mat Dugard has decorated the four columns at Perth museum in a colourful wrap to spread hope amid the pandemic. Dugard has also created three murals on the doors of the city’s AK Bell library. “Each of the artworks is meant to reconnect the public with public spaces and bring some sense of optimism…
Read MoreCammo Park turns Christmas trees into wildlife homes
MORE than 350 people have donated their old Christmas trees to the Friends of Cammo Park. The 200-strong voluntary group – which helps the City of Edinburgh Council to manage the Cammo Estate in the north of the city – will use the trees as piles of dead wood. The old trees will decay to…
Read MoreGlen Scotia toasts entrepreneurs
GLEN Scotia will be toasting innovative business owners as part of a new deal with the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. The Campbeltown distillery has signed up as the competition’s “entrepreneurial spirit partner”. Under the agreement, the whisky label will sponors the contest’s entrepreneurial spirit award and will also celebrate an entrepreneur each month on social…
Read MoreWoodland birds bounce back
SCOTLAND’S woodland birds look like they’re recovering from the “Beast from the East”. The storm was linked to a 12% fall in woodland birds between 2017 and 2018. NatureScot, the Scottish Government agency previously known as Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), said woodland bird numbers have now returned to a more stable position, alongside farmland birds.…
Read MoreSmall Spirits Company launches no alcohol range
ONE of the founders behind Good Brothers natural wine bar in Edinburgh has launched a non-alcoholic drinks company. Graeme Sutherland’s Small Spirits Company is delivering non-alcoholic spirits, wine and beer around the country. The online retailer is already stocking brands including Pentire, Feragaia, and Lyre. Its range stretches across non-alcoholic light spirits, dark spirits, liqueurs,…
Read MoreDid you commission a piece from Hamilton & Inches?
A JEWELLER wants to hear from customers who have commissioned pieces over the past 150 years. Hamilton & Inches is putting together an exhibition entitled “Celebrating Our Craft”. Clients over the years have included Glenrothes distillery and the Scottish Rugby Union. Victoria Houghton, chief executive at the Edinburgh-based firm, said: “Now that we’re in our…
Read MoreNew beat for wildlife crime officer
SCOTLAND has unveiled its latest recruit in the fight against wildlife crime. PC Gavin Ross has joined the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) as its investigations support officer. Ross was previously he local community police officer for Dunbar. He said: “When I was in Edinburgh, very early in my service, I became involved in investigating…
Read MoreFree ‘click and collect’ help for essential stores
ESSENTIAL shops are being offered free help with “click and collect” by an Edinburgh technology company. Appointedd has made its “Click and Collect Plus” service free for essential retailers ahead of the Scottish Government’s latest lockdown rules coming into force tomorrow. Founder Leah Hutcheon said: “Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on retailers with the…
Read MoreCleaners warn of ‘Typhoid Mary’ situation
CLEANERS could be breaking the lockdown rules and spreading the virus in customers’ homes because they’re not getting Scottish Government help, their trade body has warned. The Domestic Cleaning Business Network (DCBN) has advised its members in Scotland not to break the law by going into clients’ houses. Domestic cleaners in Scotland are currently unable…
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