Tag: The Scottish Government

Edinburgh Zoo is celebrating its centenary this year and of course there would be no better way to celebrate than a little panda cub. Some media are already reporting Tian Tian's pregnancy as a...

Government announcement today of grant funding for Edinburgh based wave businesses Pelamis and Aquamarine Power, and the first tidal project in Pentland Firth given go ahead.Development of the largest tidal array in Europe today...

Councillor Maureen Child represents Portobello and Craigmillar Ward for the Labour Group. She has been very involved in the council proposal to rebuild the Portobello High School and has written to The Edinburgh Reporter...

Scottish Food and Drink provides recipe for successVisitScotland launched a new food and drink quality assurance scheme today to promote Scottish produce. A new joint initiative between VisitScotland and...

A quartet of students and academics from Edinburgh will battle it out with entrepreneurs from other Scottish universities in a bid to become winners of the Converge Challenge - a competition open to students...

United Airlines will introduce non-stop flights between Edinburgh and its Chicago hub, O’Hare International Airport, during the period 23 May - 6 October 2014 (both dates westbound), subject to government approval. It will be...

The National Sport Performance Centre is to be built at Heriot-Watt following a successful campaign led by the council. Edinburgh has won the race to be the location for the new national sport performance centre,...

Now that the new bridge which is to be built in the Firth of Forth has a name, it seems only fair to talk about it more. Finance Secretary John Swinney has today revealed...

Portobello Park Action Group warns MSPs of setting dangerous precedent over Portobello Park Portobello Park Action Group (PPAG) is urging MSPs to vote against a Private Bill that would allow the City of Edinburgh Council...

SCOTTISH GREEN BUS FUNDING ROUND   Lothian Buses has welcomed news of the Scottish Government’s latest round of funding from the Scottish Green Bus Fund.Transport Scotland which recently announced the launch of the fourth round of...

ILS Scotland Ltd, the community-based ‘care at home’ company, is embarking on a new recruitment drive as part of its expansion in Edinburgh, with 50 new positions to be filled across the city. The...

  Alison Johnstone, Green MSP for Lothian and co-convener of Holyrood's cross-party group on cycling, says statistics released today show Scottish ministers' failure to make the right choices on transport.The publication of the annual Scottish...

EDINBURGH PROJECTS SECURE £413,027 ACTIVE PLACES FUNDING Legacy 2014 grants awarded to help upgrade community facilities Seven schemes to develop and revamp facilities in Edinburgh are set to benefit from a £413,027 cash boost. The projects are...

The ninth Festival of Politics gets underway today examining ‘Scotland’s Place in the World’.  The three day festival takes place in the unique setting of the Scottish Parliament and explores what has defined Scotland’s...

The Scottish Government has spent some money on advertising new rules for cycle safety called The Nice Way Code. Pedal on Parliament has held two cycling rallies in Edinburgh in 2012 and 2013 when...

Hundreds of thousands of households and businesses across Scotland are set to reap the rewards of high-speed fibre broadband thanks to a £264 million investment announced today by Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.The project...

BUSINESSES SEE BENEFITS OF NATIONAL PERFORMANCE CENTRE FOR SPORT TO EDINBURGH ECONOMY   Businesses across Edinburgh have today come out in support of the city’s bid to win the National Performance Centre for Sport for the...

          Equality campaigners today celebrated the publishing of the Gay Marriage Bill at the Scottish Parliament. It is not likely to be debated until October, but it appears to have cross-party support and is widely...

Bee-keeping is an important occupation, whether it is a pastime or an industry, and not just in the countryside. The Queen keeps bees on the roofs of properties in Regent Street in London and...

Arms campaigner David Grimason (correct, centre) and Amnesty Scotland programme director Mark Bevan (right) bring a famous friend (Helen Mirren, who is one of the famous faces behind the Arms Trade Treaty campaign) to...

More school leavers than ever in Edinburgh are moving into work, education, or training, thanks to the strong partnership that has developed between the public and private sectors through the Edinburgh Guarantee.Figures published by the Scottish Government...

 Gordon Macdonald MSP has pledged to help ensure that all people living with MS in Scotland have access to the right treatment, care and support, regardless of where they live.This comes as the largest...

If you are old enough to remember glass lemonade bottles, then you will recall that taking these back to the shop resulted in a few pennies being refunded. Now that we are a recycling...

Plans to simplify and overhaul Scotland’s allotment rules were announced today by The Scottish Government.Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has launched a consultation to consider the shape of future allotment legislation.Among the questions being...

The Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce continues its commitment to giving businesses the opportunity to understand how the issues relating to next year’s referendum on Scottish Independence impact them. It is hosting a dinner at...

This letter has been addressed to Scottish Government Transport Minister, Keith Brown:-Open letter to Keith Brown MSP: Significant changes needed to transport plans to reduce emission     Keith Brown MSP Minister for Transport and Veterans St Andrew’s House Regent...

  Registers of Scotland is backing The Scottish Government’s drive to help young people into employment by creating a Modern Apprenticeship (MA) scheme. Fourteen MAs are getting the opportunity of paid employment combined with on...

MSP MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE EMOTIVE DEBATE SNP MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Dennis Robertson, will this week mark one year since his emotive and thought-provoking members debate on Eating Disorders, which saw him claim the...

'Irresponsible' Labour MSPs vote to wipe out Edinburgh council budget Edinburgh Central MSP Marco Biagi has criticised Scottish Labour MSPs for 'irresponsibly' voting to withhold £720.5m from the city of Edinburgh in Holyrood this evening. The...

HEALTH MINISTER HELPS SET SAIL TO DAME ELLEN’S DREAM Dame Ellen MacArthur Celebrates Trust’s 10th Birthday With Scottish HubIt’s ships ahoy for the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, as founder Dame Ellen MacArthur meets Health Minister, Alex...