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Local schoolgirl wins souper Baxters competition

  A Rotherham schoolgirl has won a competition to create a soup label for the much-loved UK food group Baxters. Following an educational visit by Baxters Food Group Innovation Manager Darren Sivewright to St Bede’s Primary School last year, the junior pupils were given three weeks to create a souper new design ...

Digital graduates failing to make the grade in job market

Almost a third of IT graduates are dropping out of the sector and failing to convert their qualifications into jobs. An in-depth survey commissioned by Scotland’s number one independent IT recruitment company Be-IT, examined the trends in the industry’s talent pool over the past five years. The poll also examined the experience ...

Scottish Salmon Company extends WIIGA sponsorship into 2019  

  Run with the support of volunteers from across the sporting community, WIIGA works in partnership with local sports clubs throughout the Western Isles and provides invaluable support to athletes to enable them to compete in the international competition every two years.   The 2019 event will see the team of approximately 40 ...

Poems, prose and podcasts

Scottish creatives, poets and academics feature in #TaeTheBard, a new podcast series exploring Robert Burns’ enduring legacy which launched this week to mark Burns Night.   Leading Burns expert, Dr Pauline Mackay, chats with creatives and expert guests on Burns’ influence on different strands of Scottish culture and how this remains relevant ...

Majority Of Scots Feel Whisky Tax Is Unfair On Scotland

The majority of Scots (58%) believe an increase in Scotch Whisky excise duty would show that the UK government doesn’t care about the future Scotland, a new poll has found. According to a Survation poll commissioned by the Scotch Whisky Association, over two thirds (68 percent) of the population also consider ...
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