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Band Aid pioneer is key speaker

Midge to take stage at Ayrshire conference

In the age of stadium rock he has played at some of the biggest venues in the world. Now Scottish rock musician Midge Ure, who helped inspire Band Aid, willRead More

Media honours due in 'extraordinary' year

Scottish Press Awards judging panel named

Andrew Wilson
The judging panel for this year’s Scottish Press Awards has been announced. Chaired by Austin Lafferty – a lawyer, broadcaster, journalist and past president of the Law Society of Scotland –Read More

Big wins media role for St Enoch shopping centre

Big Partnership has been re-appointed to provide strategic communications to the St Enoch shopping centre in Glasgow following a competitive pitch. The strategy will focus on building the centre’s position asRead More

Lynsey joins cancer charity challenge

Scottish athlete Lynsey Sharp has signed up for her latest challenge: becoming a patron of a children’s charity. Lynsey, a Commonwealth Games and European Championship silver medalist, has been appointedRead More

Experiment comes to early end

‘Failed’ city marquees due to be removed

George St marquee
It looks like the marquees in George Street, Edinburgh will be coming down. Edinburgh City Council appears to have decided to remove them, probably before the pilot pedestrian scheme endsRead More

Gilson appointed to 5th editorship

Former editor of The Scotsman Mike Gilson has been appointed editor of the Argus in Brighton following the departure of Michael Beard last month. Gilson, who joins after five yearsRead More

Bird and Cox unite in latest PR venture

Bird and Cox
Two former Scottish newspaper editors have joined forces to launch a public relations company, claiming their “two lifetimes of experience at the top of national newspapers” make their venture unique.Read More

Price rises expected at Scotsman titles

The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday are believed to be raising the cover price of the titles again as owner Johnston Press struggles to fend off declining revenue from sales.Read More

Nick fires himself from The Apprentice

Nick Hewer, Lord Sugar’s adviser on The Apprentice, has fired himself after ten years on the BBC Show. Seventy-year-old Hewer, a public relations consultant, has shared grilling and observing tasksRead More

Journalist's first novel is launched

Ranscombe adds a twist to deadly tale

Peter Ranscombe
A good turnout at Blackwells in Edinburgh for the launch of Peter Ranscombe’s first novel, Hare, a fictionalised account of what became of one half of the infamous Edinburgh killers BurkeRead More