£3000 crowdfunder to buy hospital staff pizza

A Scottish trio of friends, in partnership with pizza restaurants around the country, have started a crowdfunding campaign to raise £3000 to provide pizza to healthcare workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Scottish Field’s whisky writer Blair Bowman, with Mark Dickson and Helen MacInnes, organised the initiative, with the goal to start delivering pizzas this Friday…

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Fresh ideas are given vital start-up funding

The winners of this year’s national Fresh Ideas competition have been revealed today, with seven entrepreneurs from across Scotland recognised for their innovative business ideas. Fresh Ideas is Scotland’s longest-running national student enterprise competition for early stage ideas. Run by the Scottish Institute for Enterprise (SIE), 15 finalists were in the running to be awarded…

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Scots believe seafood is good for their health

New research has revealed that four times as many Edinburgh residents (23%) think seafood such as hake, mackerel, and trout is better to eat than avocados to get fit and healthy. Those living in the capital are picking fish, fruit, and wholegrain carbs as the top health foods to help them prepare for exercise and…

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Buy a drink to thank our hard-working NHS staff

Social enterprise and beer brand, Brewgooder, is hoping to facilitate a national ‘round’, inviting Scots to help them get packs of beer to the nation’s NHS workers to say thank you. The craft beer company, which already donates all of its profits to clean water projects, has created ‘One On Us’ – a platform for…

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Conquering covid-19: these Scottish bottle shops still deliver

In a special article that he’ll update, Peter Ranscombe reports on which independent Scottish wine merchants can still deliver despite the coronavirus outbreak. LIFE in Scotland changed dramatically last week, with thousands of people told to isolate themselves and millions more instructed to keep their distance from everyone else in order to save lives and…

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Chef urges support of small local business

The husband and wife team behind award-winning Edinburgh restaurant Fhior are setting up an online store with a delivery scheme to help connect the public with their supplier network and support the people behind them. Scott and Laura Smith have set up an online shop and delivery service in a matter of days in order…

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Food bank donation call from LOVE Gorgie Farm

LOVE Gorgie Farm will be providing breakfast for children amid school closures and set a delivery service from its new café for those staying at home. It is also urging people to donate to its food bank. The education and social care charity LOVE Learning, who recently took ownership of former Gorgie City Farm, decided…

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Scotch whisky industry seeks business support clarity

The Scotch Whisky Association has welcomed the unprecedented government support to business announced last week. The announcement, as a result of the disruption being caused across the economy by COVID-19, offers significant reassurance to Scotch whisky businesses. However, the industry is also seeking urgent assurances from Ministers on aspects of the support package, including whether…

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Last chance saloon to fight against the fat tide

How can we stop our nation of couch potatoes from eating itself to death? We live in a time of virtuous role models in almost every sport, yet participation levels still falling, particularly among our children. What are the costs of our growing indolence? And if recent Olympic success on a previously undreamt-of scale is…

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An outstanding bungalow by the sea

An exceptional detached bungalow in a prime position above a harbour is now on the property market. Occupying an outstanding position above Kirkcudbright Harbour, Waterside is an aptly named modern single storey house built just over 20 years ago. Built in 1997 and set in mature gardens which extend to approximately one acre, Waterside is…

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