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Jobs crisis

Employers offer £10k golden hellos to lure staff

Employment law
Recruits are being enticed by welcome bonuses New recruits are being offered up to £10,000 by employers desperate to fill vacancies. New research by jobs site Indeed has found theRead More

New academies

£3m plan to build energy training centres

Vision: Mark Glasgow Businessman Mark Glasgow is investing £3 million into a series of energy training centres around Scotland to improve the industry’s skills shortage. Construction is already under wayRead More

Banker departs

Startup supporter Merrylees calls time on RBS career

Gordon Merrylees
Gordon Merrylees: ‘the only team I’ve played for’ One of the most familiar figures on the startup and growth scene, Gordon Merrylees, has called an end to a long bankingRead More

Salon initiative

Stylist opens barber school to tackle skills shortage

Kyle Ross
Kyle Ross: careers have been decimated Staff shortages are now widespread and so deep-seated that some enterprising individuals are launching their own solutions to the problem with new enterprises. HairRead More

Education

Entrepreneur Yekemi Otaru becomes chancellor at UWS

An entrepreneur known for her commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion has been named University of the West of Scotland’s (UWS) chancellor-elect. Yekemi Otaru, a tireless supporter of women inRead More

Enterprise

Hunter Foundation offers digital scale-up support

Sir Tom Hunter
Sir Tom Hunter: scale ups move the economic dial (pic: Terry Murden) An online version of the Scale Up Scotland programme run by the Hunter Foundation will be offered toRead More

Retraining opportunity

SkillSeeder app enables users to share knowledge

SkillSeeder-founders
Co-founders of the app that emerged from CivTech An app that gives users the chance to learn or pass on their skills has been launched on the back of supportRead More

Accommodation help

Students get extended discount on rents

Unite student accommodation
Unite said this is the final discount Unite Students, the owner, manager and developer of student accommodation, has announced an additional three-week extension to its 50% rent discount for students,Read More

Health support

Peter Vardy’s GenZ Leaders targets young Scots

Peter Vardy
Peter Vardy: supporting children A foundation backed by car dealer Peter Vardy has launched GenZ Leaders to help lift the spirits of young Scots. GenZ Leaders is an online basedRead More

Training programme

Cosmedicare launches cosmetic surgery academy

Gill Baird
Gill Baird: ‘supported service’ (pic: Terry Murden) Private cosmetic surgery clinic Cosmedicare has launched a training academy and mentorship programme. It will be run from the clinic’s Edinburgh Park facility and fromRead More