With one in five Britons reporting they’ve left making a decision to the last minute and with just a week to go to the PPI complaints deadline, the time for decision-making is NOW.
Day: August 24, 2019
‘Brexit is based on lies’: hundreds call for People’s Vote
Hundreds of people attended a People’s Vote Let Us Be Heard rally in The Meadows yesterday. Labour MPs Jess Phillips and Ian Murray, and SNP MP Joanna Cherry were joined by a stellar line-up of comedians from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
As well as the MPs, speakers included top comics Andrew Maxwell, Grace Campbell and Fred MacAulay as well as the renowned ‘Brexit Graffiti Granny’, Hazel Jones. Continue reading ‘Brexit is based on lies’: hundreds call for People’s Vote
Scottish Rugby: Isobel is one in a million!
Scottish Rugby this week passed the one million ticket mark for fans watching Scotland matches at BT Murrayfield, since its run of 14 consecutive sell-out matches began in February 2017. Continue reading Scottish Rugby: Isobel is one in a million!
MSDUK Innovation Challenge announce Edinburgh-based finalist
The organisers behind the prestigious MSDUK Innovation Challenge have announced their finalists for 2019 – and it includes an Edinburgh-based company. Continue reading MSDUK Innovation Challenge announce Edinburgh-based finalist
Aamer Anwar to deliver Jimmy Reid Foundation annual lecture
Dear Friends of The Reid Foundation,
The 2019 annual lecture is now only two months away, on Thursday 10 October.
In conjunction with the University of Glasgow, the lecture will be given by Scotland’s leading human rights lawyer, Aamer Anwar. Currently, Aamer is the Rector of the University of Glasgow, as Jimmy Reid was in the early 1970s, and will give the lecture in the Bute Hall where Jimmy gave his famous rectorial address in 1972 called ‘Alienation’ and known as the ‘rat race is for rats’ speech.
The title of Aamer’s lecture is ‘The struggle for justice, equality and freedom in Scotland’.
In it, he will not only discuss the state of justice, equality and human rights in Scotland but also examine how the battle for these can be pursued in the face of opposition from the Scottish establishment.
Tickets for the lecture can be purchased here.
We look forward to seeing you on the night.
Any Reid Foundation sustaining members are eligible for a free ticket – please email us back on this address if you wish to take up this option.
Yours sincerely
Gregor Gall, Director
Penciltown’s back at Blackhall Library
Get your pencils sharpened for a new term in Penciltown! Please note the date is later than originally planned. New faces and familiar faces equally welcome!
Nine local business closures a month must prompt Scottish town rethink
New report urges:
- £90 million annual investment in hard-pressed Scottish towns from the Scottish National Investment Bank and the UK Stronger Towns Fund;
- A new Scottish Government commission to tackle the blight of empty properties;
- Banks to deliver on their shared hubs shared hubs promise, and new help for independent traders to better utilise digital technologies.
At least 414 bank branch, shop and local premises closures have been announced for Scotland’s towns and villages by big business and the public sector since the start of 2016. Continue reading Nine local business closures a month must prompt Scottish town rethink