Tag: The Scottish Government

Royal Mail privatisation - Is it the green light to move out of town?   Fears that the sale will herald a move away from the High Street to industrial parks on the outskirts.According...

Following a chance conversation between the Presiding Officer and the Chair of Carnegie UK Trust an exhibition of Andy Warhol's work has been brought to Holyrood, and is opening to the public tomorrow 5...

Hero MSP from Edinburgh Pentlands joins the fight against breast cancerGordon Macdonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands has joined the fight against breast cancer by taking part in Breast Cancer Campaign’s biggest (and pinkest) fundraiser,...

By Councillor Jim Orr, Vice-Convenor of Transport and Environment and cycling spokesman. On Tuesday of this week the first ever Scottish cycling summit was held at the City Chambers here in Edinburgh.  The event was...

Benson’s Warhol photographs to join exhibition at the Scottish ParliamentInternationally acclaimed Scottish photographer Harry Benson CBE will loan two of his photos of Andy Warhol to the Scottish Parliament.The two Warhol portraits will go...

BIAGI URGES UNIVERSITIES TO TACKLE PAYDAY LOANSEdinburgh Central MSP Marco Biagi has called on Edinburgh’s universities to block access to payday loan websites on their premises, following recent evidence that students are turning to...

OFFICIAL OPENING OF NEW GAELIC SCHOOL FOR EDINBURGHDr Alasdair Allan MSP officially opened Edinburgh’s first dedicated Gaelic school, Bun-sgoil Taobh na Páirce, today.Dr Allan, Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland’s Languages, was the guest...

Enterprise Minister Fergus Ewing today discovered how Scotland’s economy is set to benefit from fifty fledgling businesses gaining access to superfast connectivity thanks to Virgin Media Business. During a visit to start-up accelerator Entrepreneurial Spark®...

The Council had earmarked some funding for improvements to Leith Walk but some of these improvements had been deliberately stalled until such time as other monies from The Scottish Government were made available. And against...

A year to go until the tournament begins and there was all manner of fuss being made over the cup and the two Ryder Cup Captains today with a steam train to transport the...

The Great Tapestry of Scotland is coming back to the Scottish Parliament in 2014.Following its hugely popular first ever public showing at the Scottish Parliament, it will be exhibited for three months between July...

A resumé of remarks, comments and pointers to articles about the Scottish Independence Referendum.Today marks 362 days until the people of Scotland are invited to vote in the referendum on independence from the United...

A resumé of remarks, comments and pointers to articles about the Scottish Independence Referendum.Today marks 363 days until the people of Scotland are invited to vote in the referendum on independence from the United...

Former MSP Bill Walker who represented Dunfermline for the SNP has been jailed for 12 months at Edinburgh Sheriff Court this morning. Mr Walker resigned as an MSP two weeks ago, and was expelled...

A senior Scots MEP claims that five years on from the financial crisis, we must not let misguided policies threaten our economic recovery.   Almost exactly five years since the beginning of the financial crisis, senior...

A smattering of the remarks and comments and pointers to articles about the Scottish Independence Referendum which we have found on the web today.Today marks 364 days until the people of Scotland are invited...

Neil Findlay is the Labour MSP for Lothians and he would like to recommend some reading around the issues which he believes will decide the Independence debate.“The Red Paper on Scotland 2014 – Class,...

A resumé of remarks and comments and pointers to articles about the Scottish Independence Referendum. Today marks one year until the people of Scotland are invited to vote in the referendum on independence from the...

Cameron Buchanan is Conservative Lothians MSP who succeeded the late David McLetchie only very recently.Today I made my first speech to the Scottish Parliament since becoming MSP for the Lothians, and it is perhaps...

With a year to go until the referendum, Lothian MSP Sarah Boyack explains why she believes it’s in Edinburgh’s interest for Scotland to remain in the UK. Edinburgh has a strong identity as Scotland’s capital...

by City of Edinburgh Council Leader Andrew Burns.A year to go until the referendum.I've a shocking acknowledgement to make - I don't think the sky will fall in, if Scotland votes yes next year...

by Christine Grahame MSPI’m always a bit gobsmacked when I hear someone saying that they don’t know if they would be better off if Scotland were independent.Take a listen to Danny Alexander. He has...

1 YEAR TO 'INDYREF' - PROGRESSIVE IDEAS CAN HELP WIN THE DAYAhead of a Scottish Parliament debate at 2pm this afternoon marking a year to go to the independence referendum, Scottish Greens are calling...

"If Scotland held the kitty" by Kate HigginsThere’s nothing worse than feeling hard done-by by your friends. We’ve all been on a work night out and put our fair share into the kitty, yet felt...

by Gordon MacDonald MSP for the constituency of Edinburgh PentlandsFor the last 38 years I have campaigned for Scottish independence the length and breadth of Scotland along with a steadily growing number of like-minded souls....

With 365 days to go till the 2014 referendum the Better Together campaign recommends that you vote No next year and that Scotland should stay in the United Kingdom.Better Together was launched in 2012...

A Yes vote is an opportunity to make Scotland's vast wealth work better for everybody who lives here said Blair Jenkins, Chief Executive of Yes Scotland.'As individuals, as families and as a nation, Yes...

Book your ‘tickets’ now for the new Andy Warhol: Pop, Power and Politics exhibition which will run at the Scottish Parliament from 5 October 2013- 3 November 2013.The exhibition contains significant pieces of Andy...

•FREE events part of a week-long celebration of the Andrew Carnegie Legacy •Tickets released for six seminars covering education, environment, peace, ethics, knowledge and philanthropy Tickets have been released to the public for a series of...

FORMER LOTHIANS MSP SELECTED AS SNP DUNFERMLINE CANDIDATEThe SNP Dunfermline Constituency Association has tonight selected Shirley-Anne Somerville as the party’s candidate for the forthcoming by-election on Thursday 24th of October.Ms Somerville, 39, was selected from...