Bring Your Child to Work Day is an annual national campaign, but how can you take part during this period of lockdown? Developing the Young Workforce has come up with the solution with Bring Your Child to Work Day –...
Read MoreThe soft fruit industry’s “land army” recruitment drive is in full swing and about to be ramped up further – but local growers are warning it won’t provide the answer to all their labour problems. Laid-off workers have responded in their...
Read MoreNHS and construction staff at NHS Louisa Jordan have thanked Forfar firm Strathmore for a donation of a quarter million bottles of Angus water to the Glasgow site. The NHS Scotland medical facility is under construction at the SEC to deliver...
Read MoreFinance Secretary Kate Forbes has announced that further grants in the region of £220m are being made available for businesses - including the recently self-employed - to help them deal with the ongoing impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The new...
Read MoreAs part of a range of measures to support local business during the Coronavirus Pandemic, Angus Council is offering its business tenants a three-month rent holiday. In a move that was agreed at Special Council, council business tenants can choose not...
Read MoreAward-winning gin maker, the Arbikie Highland Estate Distillery based near Lunan Bay on the Angus coast, is the latest company to supply hand sanitiser to frontline NHS staff. Iain Stirling, who co-owns the business alongside his brothers John and David, earned...
Read MoreAn Angus gym owner has loaned out thousands of pounds worth of equipment to help the public keep fit while in isolation. The Warehouse Gym, based at Dens Road, Arbroath, was forced to temporarily close its doors on March 20. Lee Page,...
Read MoreA critical breakthrough in the drive to export millions of pounds worth of daffodil bulbs to the United States and Europe has been launched in Scottish fields. After weeks of negotiation, horticultural inspectors from SASA (Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture)...
Read MoreAn Angus laser cutting and engraving firm has begun to manufacture hands-free door openers and clips to make wearing surgical masks more comfortable. The Altered State, based in Carnoustie, offers a range of services from design and customisation, to small volume...
Read MoreScottish fruit growers are calling on thousands of furloughed workers to take the chance to top up their wages by signing up for farm work this summer. The farmers’ union says the potential labour force has been boosted by HMRC’s decision...
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