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Latest polls show a glimmer of hope for Labour

Written by Lindsay McGarvie A consistent theme of the General Election is that there is a strong possibility that the SNP will be powerbrokers in a hung ...

An Intern's Perspective - Ellen McLaughlin

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Written by Ellen McLaughlin The lovely folk at 3x1 Public Relations have rather graciously agreed to a student takeover of their company’s blog, allowing me to talk about my professional Masters placement hosted within their wonderful ranks... and what an education it has been! Like most people in PR, my tale is a ...

A Tale of Two Heavyweights

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Written by Cameron Grant It was a tale of two of Scotland’s most prominent politicians of the modern era this week as Alex Salmond and Gordon Brown, in their own inimitable ways, reflected on past achievements and looked forward to the forthcoming General Election campaign. Bristling with confidence, Scotland’s former first ...

Deal or No Deal?

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Written by Lindsay McGarvie For all of George Osborne’s talk that Wednesday’s budget was a sign that Britain is on the road to recovery, his clarion call ...

Insights into the dramatic growth of a new charity - by David Welch

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Written by David Welch David Welch, chief executive of our client Beatson Cancer Charity, has written a guest blog on the growth of the charity since its launch last year. David’s blog also features on Third Force News. When I came on board as the chief executive of the still to be launched Beatson Cancer Charity I ...

It’s the Scottish economy, stupid

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Written by Chris Young The way Scotland raises money and pays for public services was thrust into the spotlight once again this week with the publication of the Scottish Government’s latest Government Revenue and Expenditure Scotland (GERS) figures. While the numbers show that Scots pay £400 more per head in tax (when ...

Storm clouds over Labour conference

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Written by Lindsay McGarvie LORD Ashcroft’s latest poll of some of the safest Labour seats in the country will cast a very long shadow over the party’s ...

Celebrate International Women's Day – 'Make It Happen' in your career

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Jackie McColl, recently appointed as an Associate Director at 3x1 Public Relations, talks about her career and how, at a tender age of 15, she used her initiative to 'make it happen'. Maintaining that 'can do' attitude throughout her career has enabled Jackie to provide a valuable insight into the ...

Scottish Conservatives: Quietly confident

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Written by Cameron Grant With the departure from the Commons this week of the last Scottish Secretary of the Thatcher era and the writing off late last week by Holyrood of historic poll tax debts, Scotland has been quietly witnessing the passing of the final vestiges of Thatcherism. These tales of ...

Labour: In Need of a Game Changer

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Written by Lindsay McGarvie Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy will take cold comfort from his two per cent gain in the latest opinion poll. With less than three ...