The Arbroath branch of the popular clothes store Peacocks in the town's Abbeygate Centre is to close. It was announced early in October that more than 50 Peacocks stores nationwide, including Forfar, are to be closed and 600 jobs axed by...
Read MoreStagecoach East Scotland has been named Public Transport Operator of the Year at the 2020 virtual Scottish Transport Awards Summit. Stagecoach East Scotland scooped the main Public Transport Operator of the Year award for the high quality of its operations across...
Read MoreGlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has revealed that profits slipped over the past three months but said it remains on track to hit its full-year targets. The major Montrose employer said that profit attributable to shareholders fell by 17% to £1.2 billion over the...
Read MoreIndustry body Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) said it is seeing “very worrying signs” for employment in the North Sea sector. OGUK said the reality of the Covid-19 impact combined with the commodity price drop meant firms, particularly those involved in...
Read MoreThe Internet has proved a vital link for the Dundee and Angus group of Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) being able to stay in action during the current pandemic. The body, which started in 2016, plays a vital role in cutting...
Read MoreA Tayside textile firm has launched a recruitment drive as figures reveal it has invested £20 million over the past three years. Newly filed accounts for Forfar-based Don and Low show turnover at the firm rose to £66.4m for the year...
Read MoreAngus Council is delighted to have been shortlisted in the Housing and Regeneration Category of the SURF Awards. These are the same national awards that Angus Council won two years ago in recognition of their highly praised housing project at Academy...
Read MoreThe First Minister outlined the Scottish Government’s new five-level framework which will allow for a refreshed strategic approach to suppressing Coronavirus outbreaks across Scotland. The framework indicates different levels of protection that might be needed based on different levels of transmission...
Read MoreThe £1 million Scottish Government Scotland Loves Local Fund aims to empower communities by enabling local delivery, and giving them support and guidance to help them achieve aims important to them. Providing grants of between £500 and £5,000, the Scotland Loves Local Fund is...
Read MoreAn Arbroath firm has been named winner of the Business Scale Up Award during this year's Soldiering On Awards. The virtual ceremony was hosted by actress Vicki Michelle MBE of 'Allo 'Allo and Strictly Come Dancing's JJ Chalmers. Ex-Royal Marine Senior Non-Commissioned...
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