Voters in Ochil & South Perthshire are 33 TIMES MORE POWERFUL than the rest of the UK

People living in Ochil & South Perthshire will wield 33 times more power in this General Election than those in the rest of the country, according to new analysis published this week. Continue reading Voters in Ochil & South Perthshire are 33 TIMES MORE POWERFUL than the rest of the UK

Local Traders are the heart of Edinburgh’s Christmas Market

As the annual celebration of small businesses in the UK comes around this coming weekend, we celebrate Small Business Saturday with a look at the small local traders who are taking part in Edinburgh’s Christmas Market. Continue reading Local Traders are the heart of Edinburgh’s Christmas Market

‘An Inspiration’: Ann Budge receives Edinburgh Award

Heart of Midlothian owner Ann Budge became the 13th recipient of the #EdinburghAward at a City Chambers reception hosted by the Lord Provost earlier this week.

Ann was joined by around sixty friends, colleagues and family at the celebration and guests also included previous recipients including Sir Tom Farmer and Ian Rankin OBE, who was the first recipient in 2007.  Continue reading ‘An Inspiration’: Ann Budge receives Edinburgh Award

The General Election Donkey Derby

As a fun way to track how the party leaders are doing in the battle to reach 10 Downing Street and form the new UK government at Westminster, 

 NetVoucherCodes.co.uk are hosting a digital donkey derby by using their Twitter listening tool to measure the number of mentions of the main political parties in election tweets.

The 2019 UK General Election is set to be the most digitised ever, with the major political parties pouring more time, effort and money into online campaigning than any previous national vote.

Social media such as Twitter is at the forefront of politicians’ efforts to get noticed and generate engagement, in a bid to improve their polling numbers before the 12th of December.

The 2019 tweet race features all of the UK’s leading donkeys (thoroughbreds, surely? – Ed) – the SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon, the Conservatives’ Boris Johnson, the Liberal Democrats’ Jo Swinson, the Brexit Party’s Nigel Farage, Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn, the Green Party’s Siân Berry, Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price and the DUP’s Arlene Foster.

To view the #ElectionDerby, please visit: https://www.netvouchercodes.co.uk/election-derby2019.htm

Council supports Small Business Saturday

The Small Business Champion Cllr Lezley Marion Cameron visited two small businesses this week.

Christmas shopping at The Eco Larder
This was to encourage shoppers to explore and support the exciting and interesting variety of independent and interesting variety of independent shops and businesses Edinburgh has to offer.

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