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Ground-breaking medical device company ODx scooped a prestigious award at Scotland’s Life Science Awards. At a virtual ceremony celebrating outstanding achievement in the sector, ODx CEO Giles Hamilton won the Rising Stars: Extraordinary Talent award and was runner up in the Business Leadership category. The Inverness-based medical technology specialists are developing a ...

Zero Waste Scotland challenged pupils from Neilston Primary School and Busby Primary School to create a school recycling mascot at home. The competition saw pupils aged between 7 and 12 design and create an entirely recyclable mascot sculpture made from waste items found at home and accepted by East Renfrewshire council ...

The First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls (NACWG) has laid out its vision for the future in Scotland’s progress towards  gender equality, as it comes to the end of its initial three-year term. In a next steps report to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP, the NACWG has laid out ...

It’s well known that leaving the car at home and wheeling out the bike instead saves carbon emissions being released into the atmosphere. Due to lockdown, more Scots have been opting for two wheels instead of four, with demand for bikes on the rise. This has led to people searching ...

Scotland’s transition to net-zero emissions by 2045 must be a “national mission with social justice at its heart” according to the Just Transition Commission (JTC), the independent commission set up to advise the Scottish Government on how to manage the move fairly. In its final report published today (23 March), the ...

Lord Brodie today, Thursday 18 March, held a virtual meeting with legal representatives of core participants to set out the immediate priorities for the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry and update them on progress. The independent Inquiry is investigating the construction of the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus (QEUH) in Glasgow and the ...

Politicians, experts and education practitioners from the United States and Scotland will gather today in a significant online event to share learning about how school meal provision can help combat child poverty, increase food security, and promote healthy eating habits in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.  It comes at ...

Rangers FC’s Steven Gerrard has been announced as the Scottish Premiership Glen’s Manager of the Month for February 2021. Gerrard, who picks up his fourth Manager of the Month award for the 2020/21 season, led Rangers on another impressive undefeated run in February. The Glasgow side saw league victories over St ...

Viridor and the Clyde Valley Waste Partnership successfully divert black bag household waste collections away from landfill, helping not only Scotland meet its landfill diversion target but producing energy direct to the national grid. During the first year of their collaboration 178,000 tonnes has been processed through Viridor’s Materials Recycling ...

Zero Waste Scotland is reminding Scots that they should recycle batteries separately to other household waste after a new survey revealed a quarter of people dispose of them incorrectly. A survey ¹ carried out on behalf of Zero Waste Scotland has revealed that 25% of people who responded admitted they disposed ...