The mobile app has become an important part of everyday life – who could possibly have breakfast without Instagramming their porridge or commute to work without a few goes of Candy Crush Saga? Delve into the app store in iPhone or Android and it’s possible to not only be entertained but carry out mobile banking, […]
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It is 2013 and in the grubby basement of Reynholm Industries’ glittering tower in Central London, the IT Crowd are keeping the computers running in the plush offices above them. Fast forward two years and the situation couldn’t be more different. IT staff today are no longer the poor relations of the business world, shoved
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Everyone likes to be a fisherman’s friend but none more so than the Scottish oil and gas industry. Theirs is a mutually beneficial and incredibly strong partnership between two very different operators, who just happen to be next-door neighbours in the North Sea. Indeed, such is the strength of this romance that, while visiting Aberdeen
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Oil and gas companies operate in incredibly dynamic environments, where they face constant challenges, especially in terms of supply and demand. For senior planners it can feel like being a juggler wearing a blindfold and oven gloves – they have to focus not only on their own product supply chains, but also deal with the
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The oil and gas sector became a political football during the referendum debate, kicked up and down the park more often than a mitre five at Pittodrie. It still manages to make the headlines every other day as the price of oil begins rising again and the focus switches 180-degrees from divestment back to investment.
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From Davey’s first potato print at nursery to Granny’s hand-knitted jumpers, we all value the tangible and intangible qualities of the handmade. Honest. Authentic. Artisan. Handcrafted products have never been more popular. Functional or decorative, for eating or for sitting on, for wearing or for simply looking at, even the most basic creations have a
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Last year’s conference held by the Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service felt rather like a lovely summer festival: it had something of an upbeat feel, with warm hints that the sector was on the upturn. It highlighted success stories such as Dundee’s Michelin tyre plant, which was transformed from a factory on the brink of shutting
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News that rare and valuable pieces of Pringle knitwear produced in the Borders have gone on display at the National Museum of Scotland must have had kids the length and breadth of Scotland raiding wardrobes for dad’s old golfing jumpers. The exhibition marking the 200th anniversary of Pringle of Scotland traces the history of the
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Whenever we’re feeling a bit lost, whether it’s in a department store, an airport, or the labyrinth of a public building, the sign saying Customer Service appears to us like a welcoming beacon of light. Those folks behind the desk who watch us marching with purpose towards them will need to live up to high
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In many ways Scotland’s increasingly service-driven economy is still in transition. We’re a resolute breed and never downbeat for long, which means we are no longer in the despair caused by the collapse of so many of our heavy industries. However, the drivers of Scotland’s future prosperity are still in the settling-in period. In fact,
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