A heartwarming fundraising drive which reconnects the homeless with loved ones at Christmas has received praise from Stephen Fry. The actor Tweeted his support for Homeless at Christmas’ Advent Appeal to the delight of the charity’s East Kilbride co-founder Iain Hughes. The appeal is the brainchild of the Murray man …
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The sandwich chain Subway has been branded “anti-Scottish” after stores were given the green light to knock-back banknotes from north of the border. The company, which has around 50 stores in Scotland , said it had no policy on the issue after a Scot living in the north of England …
Read More »Ex-Clydesdale Bank chief executive takes up Royal Mail role
Former Clydesdale Bank chief executive Lynne Peacock is to join the board of Royal Mail as a non-executive director in November. Peacock, who has also served on the board at Standard Life Aberdeen and Scottish Water currently holds positions on the boards of Nationwide Building Society and Serco Group. Read …
Read More »Four taken to hospital after falling ill at Royal Mail depot in Aberdeen
FOUR people were taken to hospital after falling ill at a Royal Mail depot in Aberdeen. Emergency services were called to the site at Wellington Circle in Altens around 6.30pm on Thursday night. 1 Four people fell unwell during incident at Altens depot It was first feared that the workers …
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