When it comes to icebreakers at a dinner party medical reps are never stuck. Asked their occupation, replying: “I sell drugs” is a surefire jaw dropper. Those guests not too shocked to inquire further will discover that being a Pharmaceutical or Medical Rep is to be part of a hugely competitive multi-billion pound global industry […]
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It is a funny old world. Last year we were told the passing of the High Street was imminent. Now it turns out news of its demise was premature. Just like the “erm, did he just breathe?” confusion that surrounded the fate of Corrie bad boy, Callum Logan, it seems there’s life in our town
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Professional planning made headline news recently when a top Wedding Coordinator in Ireland said what everyone had been thinking for years: children should be banned from the big day! According to newspaper reports, Tara Fay’s bold mission statement was quickly backed-up by an army of mums who for years have had to sit out their
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Executive Chef. It is the dream job of anyone who ever picked up a recipe book and knew they could do better from page one…or created their first ever soufflé without feeling deflated at the end of it all. Also known as the Head Chef, or simply “Boss!” this role demands both creative and managerial
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BT is to create 700 apprenticeship and 300 graduate jobs across the UK this year, with around 90 apprentices recruited right here in Scotland. More than 30 engineering posts will be up for grabs in BT’s local network business, Openreach, and among the Scottish locations to benefit will be Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. A
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The housing bubble is not, more’s the pity, a sub-aqua holiday home for scuba divers but the dreaded term for a potentially explosive rise in house prices. While no-one wants to see a return to the bad old days of price wars and homes placed out of reach of first time buyers, what is certain
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Anyone who thinks on-line shopping will one day eliminate real stores hasn’t met Davey’s sister, Miley. For Miley, a day spent on a shoe safari at Silverburn or Braehead is more enjoyable than being told she’s won the lottery by Jamie Dornan. And that’s because, although customer needs are at the centre of any retail
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When we first heard about CSIC last year, we thought it was a new crime-fighting team for construction. It turned out this actually stood for Construction Scotland Innovation Centre, the £10 million facility which launched last October. Now, a new entry in the Acronyms Rarely Say Everything dictionary, comes the TAG team. Not, rather disappointingly,
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Scottish construction is not a sector to sit still for long. Recently, however, that movement has been in one direction: up. With the help of statistics and information gleaned from members of the Scottish Building Federation, as revealed by s1jobs last month, the Scottish Construction Monitor has awarded the expanding industry a confidence rating of
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Here’s entrepreneur and beach lover Donald Trump on the matter: “It’s tangible, it’s solid, it’s beautiful. It’s artistic, from my standpoint . . .” No, he wasn’t talking about his comb over, he was talking about real estate. He may have a good point; if you haven’t heard already, Scotland’s property market is booming. And what’s
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