Month: September 2017

Scottish government: getting back to the day job?

Scottish Government to ‘refocus and refresh’

Holyrood’s back, and later this week First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will unveil her ‘most ambitious Programme for Government yet’, focused around a ‘bold agenda to strengthen and modernise the economy’. The programme will be announced following months of accusations that the government has run out of ideas and has been fixated for too long on a second independence referendum. Continue reading Scottish government: getting back to the day job?

Edinburgh Leisure staff jump in to support essential swimming lesons

Ten staff from Edinburgh Leisure splashed out on Friday to help raise money to fund essential swimming lessons for children from disadvantaged backgrounds in Edinburgh. The staff took part in Edinburgh Leisure’s first ever major fundraising ’10 x 10 Swim Challenge’, which involves a team of 10 staff, swimming 1km each in all 10 of Edinburgh Leisure’s pools in one day. Continue reading Edinburgh Leisure staff jump in to support essential swimming lesons

Scottish SPCA invite you to Animal Week Open Day

The Scottish SPCA is delighted to invite animal lovers in the Edinburgh area to their centre on Mansfield Road, Balerno on Sunday 10th September to celebrate their tenth annual Scottish Animal Week. Scotland’s animal welfare charity will have a number of events on at the centre on the day including £10 microchipping and a raffle, which includes prizes from Petplanet, Calzeat and more! Continue reading Scottish SPCA invite you to Animal Week Open Day

Employers missing out by not highlighting their virtues

  • Less than 0.5% of job ads explicitly mention the company’s positive social values

  • Studies have shown many jobseekers want to work for companies making ‘positive impact’

  • Positive values that can be marketed as perks prove more popular than commitments to environment

Employers are missing out on opportunities to attract millennial workforce with positive workplace cultures, according to new research by Adzuna. Analysis of over 1 million live vacancies by the job search engine Adzuna has found that employers are largely failing to let candidates know about the steps they take to make a positive impact. Continue reading Employers missing out by not highlighting their virtues

Report sets out ‘”devastating impact” of Westminster’s welfare cuts

Low income families across Scotland will be thousands of pounds a year worse off per year because of welfare cuts imposed by the UK government, a new report has found. The Scottish Government report, ‘the Impact of UK Welfare Policy on Families with Children’, looks at what the policies implemented since 2015 will mean for families. Continue reading Report sets out ‘”devastating impact” of Westminster’s welfare cuts