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Plans revealed for sustainable construction festival in Edinburgh

ORGANISERS have unveiled plans for an upcoming sustainable construction festival centred around making Scotland a net zero nation.  The Green Home Festival will be hosted...

A new study has revealed the importance of data sharing during COVID

NEW research conducted by the University of Glasgow has revealed that data sharing has been crucial to Scottish councils in managing the pandemic. A report...

Tendering of public sector contracts on the increase

Public sector contracts being tendered to private businesses doubled during Christmas 2014, and these businesses are expecting to see more of the same this...

Charity challenges council candidates to improve youth’s lives

YouthLinkScotland, the national agency for youth work, has challenged all of the candidates in the upcoming local government elections to commit to improving the...

Parking ticket appeal excuses revealed

SCOTTISH  traffic wardens have revealed some of the  hopeless, hilarious and heart-rending reasons given by drivers for appealing against tickets.  Excuses range from humdrum claims...

December was the cruellest month for Scotland’s parking enforcers

THE extreme winter weather cost Scottish councils over £600,000 in lost parking ticket revenue. New figures show that at least 11,800 fewer parking tickets were...

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