McTear’s pledges its support to Glasgow Women’s Aid

A Scots auctioneer is supporting Glasgow Women’s Aid at Christmas for the seventh consecutive year. McTear’s is taking part in the Toy and Gift Collection 2021. GWA has let McTear’s know that this Christmas they need new toys and arts and crafts materials for children of all ages, pyjamas, slippers and toiletries for women and…

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The Dishoom Home Feast more than lives up to its name

Over the course of the lockdown, we’ve done a fair few home deliveries from a selection of restaurants ranging from very top-end to pretty mid-range. Some have been decent, some not so great, and others we’ve simply done as a means of helping out a sector that has been stretched to the limits by the…

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Conifox donates Christmas trees

RESIDENTS and staff at Murrayfield House Care Home in Edinburgh have received an eight-foot Christmas tree following a public vote. Conifox Adventure Park, which sells Christmas trees and sourced the 60-foot tree for The Mound, donated the tree to the care home after holding a poll on its Facebook page. The business has also donated…

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Skyran Candle Company launches Christmas collection

At Skyran Candle Company, we are dedicated to quality home fragrance products, which are kind to our bodies and to our planet. We use natural wax and the finest fragrance oil in all our products to create a truly luxurious experience. As a husband-and-wife team, we launched our business in the spring while staying in…

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Gifford woodland gets help from quarry

ACCESS and drainage at Gifford Community Woodland in East Lothian has been improved by a local quarry. Longyester quarry, which is just three miles from the site, helped to maintain the drainage ditches in the wood. Neville Kilkenny, project manager for the woodland, approached Tillicoultry Quarries, which owns Longyester, for help. “They didn’t disappoint and…

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Cauliflower power as snacking shifts online

SNACKING Scots have been credited with saving an Ayrshire-based business. Tracey Hogarth, owner of Nudie Snacks, saw her sales drop by 95% when lockdown began as the offices that bought her snack boxes sent their workers home. Hogarth switched to selling her snacks – which include cauliflower crisps, roasted split peas, and chocolate orange protein…

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Perthshire Adventure launches website

SEVEN adventure tourism businesses in Perthshire have launched a website to attract more visitors to the area. The companies formed the Perthshire Adventure initiative two years ago and have been working together to promote their region. Now, they’ve received backing from business support firm GrowBiz Scotland to reach a wider audience. Sarah Turner, the initiative’s…

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Directory supports rural and island businesses

SHOPPERS can now support even more rural and island businesses following the launch of the Rural Enterprise Directory Scotland (REDS). Joe Sykes, founder of Perthshire-based Joelato Gelato, is one of the businesses that has signed up to be listed in the directory. He said: “Scotland’s rural businesses have faced incredible pressures over the past few…

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Leith Theatre stays shut to secure longer-term future

LEITH Theatre has announced it will stay shut until the spring in order to secure its finances – but will use the time to plan for the longer term. Managers have spent weeks planning scenarios and calculating financial risks and have concluded that they need to remain closed so the theatre can remain viable. Most…

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