Month: September 2017

Counting on success

Two Edinburgh businesses are celebrating big successes after seeing substantial growth this year. Business owners Renee Mackay, who runs TaxAssist Accountants in Corstorphine and Alan Johnston who runs TaxAssist Accountants in Goldenacre, are together celebrating reaching well over 1,000 small clients across the city.  Continue reading Counting on success

Hello Dolly! Imagination Library’s Kirsteen shares the joy of reading with pre-school children

 • Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library aims to inspire a love of reading in pre-School children
• More than 150k free books delivered to children in Scotland since 2011
• Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library attending the Scottish Learning Festival on 20/21 September

Edinburgh’s Kirsteen Watson is playing a key role in helping Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library inspire a love of reading in pre-school children across the UK. Kirsteen is one of two Regional Directors in the UK and is responsible for managing the literacy programme in communities across Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. Continue reading Hello Dolly! Imagination Library’s Kirsteen shares the joy of reading with pre-school children

Last lap for Meadowbank as December closure confirmed

After a run of almost 50 years, Meadowbank Stadium will shut its doors on 3rd December, the city council has confirmed. The closure of the flagship venue, which was built for the 1970 Commonwealth Games, will mark the start of major redevelopment plans to create a new state-of-the-art sports centre on the same site. Continue reading Last lap for Meadowbank as December closure confirmed

There’s still time to sign up for tomorrow’s Kiltwalk

The final rallying cry for Kiltwalkers went off with a bang when charities gathered at the One o’clock gun at Edinburgh castle. Kiltwalk CEO Paul Cooney was joined by representatives from ABF – The Soldiers’ Charity and ENABLE Scotland to make sure Sunday’s Kiltwalk goes off with a bang! Continue reading There’s still time to sign up for tomorrow’s Kiltwalk

London Tube attack: threat level raised to ‘Critical’

The national threat level has been raised to ‘Critical’ in the wake of Friday morning’s attack on the London Tube system, following an assessment by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC). Twenty-nine people were injured in an explosion on a train in Parsons Green tube station at the height of morning rush hour. Continue reading London Tube attack: threat level raised to ‘Critical’

St James Centre footbridge no more!

A footbridge across Leith Street is set to be removed this weekend as part of works to facilitate the delivery of the Edinburgh St James development. The 118-tonne, 15m tall bridge, which linked the former St James Centre with a carpark at Greenside Place, will be dismantled over Friday night by Laing O’Rourke and DSM Demolition Ltd.

Continue reading St James Centre footbridge no more!

Crime and Punishment: “We must think beyond bricks and mortar”, says Minister

Extending a presumption against short prison sentences and encouraging greater use of more effective community sentences will better tackle re-offending, Michael Matheson said yesterday. Continue reading Crime and Punishment: “We must think beyond bricks and mortar”, says Minister