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Motivational speaking

Women’s rights activist joins speaker roster

Manal Rostom
Scottish speaker agency Speaker Buzz is off to a flying start in 2020 by taking on its biggest client to date – Nike running ambassador and women’s rights activist Manal Rostom.

Property

Property dinner sponsors serve up gender support

Samantha McCabe
Samantha McCabe, chairman of Women in Property Central Scotland, says she is particularly delighted with the support of sponsors for this year’s annual dinner as it helps endorse the group’sRead More

Family law

Don’t act in haste over the festive feuding

divorce
A week of festivities often proves to be less of a celebration and more of a strain on the relationship for many couples.

Whisky tourism

Famous clock to tick once more at city meeting place

Binns clock piper
It was once a regular meeting point for romantics. Now the famous cantilever Binns Clock is to be restored.

Contracts

Trends facing contract bidders in the new year

HS2 train
ANDREW MORRISON sets out his views on the likely trends for those involved in bidding for new or retention work in 2020

Builders remembered

Why a power station has designed its own tartan

Cruachan power station and tartan
Sixty years after work began to build the iconic Cruachan pumped hydro storage power station in Scotland, its owner, Drax Group, has commissioned a new tartan to commemorate the 15Read More

Ballet

Review: The Snow Queen, Scottish Ballet

Snow Queen
A wintry tale with a warming message is told in this elegant and sumptuous production, a suitably grand and defining piece to mark Scottish Ballet’s 50th anniversary.

Motivational speaking

Barclay tries his hand as motivational speaker

John Barclay
John Barclay, who has hung up his international rugby boots, is preparing to join the motivational speaker circuit.

Wellbeing

A ‘pawternity’ policy may help staff cope with stress

Organisations which have implemented pets at work schemes have reported benefits to productivity writes SCOTT McCRORY-IRVING

Law

Dawn raids can help protect your digital data

The option of a dawn raid may not be familiar to many businesses but they are a useful weapon, says JENNIFER MATTHEW