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Night of the long dirks

This week’s Scottish Government reshuffle had been predicted, but no-one really expected it to be as wide-ranging and brutal as it was. There have been no major changes to the ministerial team since the 2016 election, so some tweaks to portfolios would have been no surprise. Instead, we had a night of ...

As recess approaches, Brexit still dominant

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You can maybe blame it on the World Cup, but I felt that there was something of a lull this week at Holyrood, with MSPs giving the distinct impression they were pausing to catch their breath before what could be a rather raucous final week ahead of the summer recess. ...

Scottish Government CivTech 3.0 sets public sector challenges

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The third round of a ground-breaking digital accelerator programme which seeks ingenious tech solutions to public sector problems and offers entrepreneurs and start-ups access to potentially life changing opportunities is underway. Part of the Scottish Government’s CivTech® programme, Civtech 3.0 has already received a huge number of notes of interest from ...

Atos wins deal to establish supercomputing Centre of Excellence in Wales

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Cardiff, June 21 2018 – Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, has signed a significant new contract with Supercomputing Wales, the national supercomputing research facility for Wales that will result in a world-first Atos and Dell EMC supercomputing Centre of Excellence. This partnership will provide high performance computing facilities ...

3x1 digital marketing news - 15 June 2018

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A selection of digital marketing news highlights curated by the 3x1 team. [su_column size="1/4" center="no" class=""]Digital Journalism [su_column size="3/4" center="no" class=""]Decline in people using Facebook for news The seventh annual Digital News Report has found there has been a decline in the number of people indicating they use Facebook as a news ...

The Skye’s the limit as annual Isles Half Marathon sees record runners

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The Men’s winner, Cameron Milne of Central Athletics Club, crossed the finish line at Portree High School with a time of 1:09:10. Second was Skye’s Hugh Campbell in 1:12:50 and third Michael O’Donnell of Inverness Harriers Amateur Athletics Club in 1:14:56. Taking home the gold in the Women’s race was Ellie ...

Local lad leaps for the Skye in half marathon t-shirt competition

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Along with his fellow S1 – S3 pupils at Portree High School, William was challenged by The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) to design a race t-shirt based on the three key elements of its business: pride, passion, provenance. The Company is headline sponsor of this year’s race as part of ...

Skye Local Mod gets into the ‘fling of things’ thanks to The Scottish Salmon Company

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The inaugural competition took place on Saturday 2 June in Portree, as part of the Skye Provincial Mod, and saw dancers from Skye and Lochalsh put their best Highland fling skills on display, vying for this year’s trophies. SSC sponsored two trophies this year – the Slaver trophy for best dressed ...

New #GenerationEqual movement launched to tackle Scotland’s gender inequality

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The study commissioned by the First Minister’s National Advisory Council for Women and Girls (NACWG) revealed the imbalance as it launches #GenerationEqual, a Scottish movement championing equality for all – women, girls, men and boys of every age, gender, race, religion or belief. #GenerationEqual aims to trigger national conversations on the ...

The UK’s highest lottery champagne spray is ‘summit’ to talk about

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Edinburgh roofer John Edmond (35) from Port Seton, who won £1,000,000 in the EuroMillions draw on June 26 2015, ascended more than 4,400 feet and faced treacherous weather conditions to mark the milestone and tick off a lifelong dream from his bucket list. Like John, many other National Lottery millionaires are ...