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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 ...

Painstaking work will now begin to restore the original buildings, which date back almost two centuries to 1819, bringing the site back to life as a working distillery. Under the plans, the distillery’s historic stillhouse will be entirely dismantled before being meticulously rebuilt stone-by-stone so that it retains its original character ...

Summarising the case for the investment in and adoption of AI to enhance citizens’ lives and discussing the practical application of this technology as it approaches critical mass, Digital Vision for AI offers a range of expert views from within Atos and other leaders in the field, including industry body ...

This new paper in the Digital Vision programme, explores how innovation must be leveraged, from adopting data analysis to improve crop yields and monitor wildlife to using automation to optimise farm machinery – with featured technologies ranging from blockchain to High Performance Computing. Adrian Gregory, CEO, Atos UK&I, said: “For the ...

IMPACT30 has been designed to uncover a new generation of ambitious talent, offering bespoke support from industry experts to help drive the growth of their businesses. The 12-month fully funded business growth programme, part of HIE’s Northern Innovation Hub and a collaboration with leading consultancy firm Anderson Anderson and Brown (AAB), ...

Recycle Week, which takes place between 24 - 30 September, is the annual UK-wide campaign to raise awareness of the importance of recycling. Over the course of the week, Zero Waste Scotland will be encouraging people across the country to call time’s up on household plastic bottles, which are often ...

A first for Scotland, the exhibition opens at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston in Edinburgh until 18 October and will showcase 50 ethically sourced, real-life specimens of creatures from Baleen whales to dolphins, stingrays and even a giant squid. Visitors to the one-off exhibition will be able to learn all about ...

Recycle Week, which takes place between 24 - 30 September, is the annual UK-wide campaign to raise awareness of the importance of recycling. This year, Zero Waste Scotland is calling ‘time’s up’ on the 30,000 tonnes of plastic bottles ending up in landfill each year, when they could have been ...

The organisation responsible for Scotland’s food and drink sector is encouraging more young people to choose a career in the industry and help double its value by the year 2030. Scotland Food & Drink is using its annual Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight as a platform to highlight the huge diversity ...

Dr George McGavin and Dr Zoe Laughlin will present ‘The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History”.  Along with the film crew from Tern TV they were welcomed to Viridor’s landfill site in Dunbar, East Lothian for three days of filming in May. During the 90-minute documentary, viewers will get the ...