http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/ Allnewswire for Volpa en-gb info@allmediascotland.com info@flamegreen.com 360 http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3142/Sandi_Thom_Bags_a_First_for_the_Planet St John’s Shopping Centre has bagged a UK first with the launch of their very own eco-bag, designed by international pop star Sandi Thom. The “Love Bug Jute Bag” which is the first eco-bag in the UK to be designed by a pop star, will be released to the public in... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3106/St_John%92s_Shopping_Centre_Bags_a_First_for_the_Planet St John’s Shopping Centre has bagged a UK first with the launch of their very own eco-bag, designed by international pop star Sandi Thom.   The “Love Bug Jute Bag” which is the first eco-bag in the UK to be designed by a pop star, will be released to the... Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3078/Young_Snapper_Wins_Photography_Competition Crieff High School pupil, Jack Ward (16) has snapped up the top prize in St John’s Shopping Centre’s Pop into Perth photography competition, netting himself a top of the range digital camera worth £200.   The competition, which ran in St John’s... Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3073/Out_of_this_World_Experience_Beats_Grim_Reality_of_Credit_Crunch_Enchanted_Forest_Ticket_Sales_Defy_Economic_Downturn Big Tree Country, the organisers of Scotland’s premier sound and light show, The Enchanted Forest, have announced that ticket sales, at the end of their first month, are defying the impact of the global credit crunch.   This year tickets are selling at a pace FOUR TIMES... Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3006/Old_Photos_Find_a_New_Home Rannoch Day Centre clients are enjoying a fresh view this month with the arrival of three very large scale posters, recently shown in St John’s Shopping Centre during their Pop into Perth photographic competition.   The posters were brought together for the competition with... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2951/Dundee_Woman_Scoops_Top_Prize_in_Mrs_Jones_Competition Dundee woman, Debbie MacFarlane, has scooped the top prize worth over £500 in St John’s Shopping Centre’s recent Mrs Jones and the Temple of Shopping competition which was run alongside the launch of the recent Indiana Jones film on 22nd May.   The prize,... Sat, 5 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2931/Jamie_Takes_Home_the_Treasure Young Jamie McNair, 6, from Auchterarder will be getting his school holidays off to a playful start after winning the top prize in St John’s Shopping Centre’s recent Young  Jones and the Temple of Lost Treasures competition which ran alongside the launch of the recent... Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2913/Late_Night_Shopping_in_St_John%92s_Shopping_Centre_Bucks_National_Decline St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced positive first month results, which shows them bucking a national trend of declining footfall in UK shopping centres, following their introduction of Thursday late night shopping which started in Perth, in May.   The increased... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2915/Enchanted_Forest_Organisers_Expect_Sell_Out_Show_as_2008_Theme_Launches_them_into_Space Big Tree Country, the organisers of Scotland’s premier sound and light show, The Enchanted Forest, have announced they expect this year’s event to attract over 20,000 visitors, setting a new record for The Enchanted Forest that is now in its seventh successful year. ... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2878/Perthshire%92s_Best_Shortlisted_in_National_Business_Awards_for_Scotland Two Perthshire organisations are in line to win one of Scotland’s major business gongs in the 2008 National Business Awards for Scotland.   Nae Limits, the Perthshire based adventure sports company, has been shortlisted in the VisitScotland’s Tourism Business Award... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2881/Volpa_Wins_Woodfair_Work Volpa, has been appointed by Forestry Commission to manage their PR, marketing and event management requirements for this year’s Scottish Woodfair which is set to take place in September 2008.   The contract is the latest in a string of wins for the Perth based agency which... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2882/St_John%92s_Shopping_Centre_Signs_Deal_with_BSkyB St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has concluded a deal with retailer BSkyB for a new retail kiosk in the centre.   The kiosk, which will trade as Sky, will offer visitors to St John’s Shopping Centre the face to face opportunity to discuss Sky’s full range... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2791/Pop_into_Perth_Are_you_Perth%92s_Best_Young_Snapper St John’s Shopping Centre is issuing a call to action to all budding young photographers to take part in their latest competition, run in conjunction with Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Pop into Perth: Now and Then which starts Saturday 7th June and runs until Sunday 15th June. ... Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2761/St_John%92s_Shopping_Centre_Welcomes_True_Scots St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced a new retail unit for the clothing and gift retailer “True Scots” will open in South Street Mall just in time for the start of the high tourist season in Perthshire. True Scots, an independent retailer, stocks a wide... Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2752/Simply_Terrific_Jobs_St_John%92s_Shopping_Centre_Launch_New_Job_Alert_Service St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has launched a free weekly job alert service to promote retail career opportunities to local job seekers.   With forty retailers under one roof, and over 200 people working within St John’s Shopping Centre, they are certain it will... Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2724/Enchanted_Forest_Appoints_Big_Ben%92s_Lighting_Company The Enchanted Forest, the innovative outdoor sound and light show at Faskally Wood in Perthshire, has appointed Sound 2 Light, the company responsible for projecting provoking charity messages onto the side of Big Ben, to produce this year’s light show: A Journey Through Space. ... Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2710/Sandi_Thom_to_Busk_in_St_John%92s_Shopping_Centre St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced that Scottish singer-songwriter, Sandi Thom, will celebrate the release of her new album, ‘The Pink & The Lily’, with a free gig and album signing at Perth’s HMV in St John’s Shopping Centre... Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2696/Free_Perth_Festival_Fringe_Concerts_to_Launch_Late_Night_Shopping St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced a series of free “fringe” Perthshire Festival of the Arts concerts to celebrate the launch of its late night shopping which will start on Thursday 22nd May, the same night as the launch of this year’s Perth... Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2680/Highland_Perthshire_Gears_Up_for_Etape_Caledonia The Highland Perthshire business community is gearing up for a weekend festival of food, fun and fitness to entertain the influx of several thousand spectators and participants who have travelled to the area for this Sunday’s Etape Caledonia cycle event.   The local... Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2683/New_Technology_Takes_Cycle_Race_onto_Global_Platform New tracking technology developed by a Perthshire company, BlueSky Telemetry, will enable sporting enthusiasts from around the globe to track the movements of the fastest man in the world at this weekend’s Etape Caledonia cycling event. Mark Beaumont, the fastest man to cycle around... Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2660/Commonwealth_CEO_Pays_Homage_to_Economic_Impact_of_Cycling_Event The UK’s only closed road cycling event, Etape Caledonia, which takes place in Highland Perthshire on Sunday 18th May, has been credited with bolstering the local tourist economy.   The news has been widely welcomed by the event organisers and by sources further afield,... Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2649/City_of_Perth_Set_to_Make_Way_for_the_Republic St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced that work has now begun in earnest on a new Coffee Republic Deli outlet at the King Edward Street entrance to the shopping mall.   The Coffee Republic Deli, the first of its kind outside of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the fourth... Thu, 8 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2644/Enchanted_Forest_Flushed_with_Success_of_LAVY_Award_Win Two major Highland Perthshire events, The Enchanted Forest, the innovative outdoor sound and light show at Faskally Wood in Perthshire, and the Pitlochry Autumn Festival are flushed with success at the news that they have been voted Heartland FM’s “Event of the Year”... Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2638/How_Clean_is_Your_Bike_Scots_Clean_Queen_Gets_on_her_Bike_to_Raise_Some_Money Scottish TV star, Aggie MacKenzie, will be swapping her ice skates for a bike later this month when she competes in a gruelling 81 mile bike ride through the Perthshire Highlands for national health charity Action Medical Research.   Having recovered from her recent appearance on... Wed, 7 May 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2601/British_Ski_Team_Swaps_Blades_for_Bikes_at_Etape_Caledonia As Scotland draws breath after the best ski season in years, its top professional skiers have their minds focussed on an entirely different sport; cycling.   Fifteen British Alipine Ski Team member and their coaches, including Alain Baxter, Finley Mickel and Noel Baxter, have entered... Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2584/Caledonia_Calls_Scots_World_Record_Breaker_Comes_Home_for_Cycle_Challenge Mark Beaumont, the fastest man to cycle around the globe, has announced he will be taking part in this year’s only closed road cycling event, Etape Caledonia, which takes place in Highland Perthshire on Sunday 18th May.   The 81 mile challenge, set in the stunning backdrop... Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2567/Volpa_Wins_Local_Challenge_for_Etape_Caledonia_Work Perth based agency, Volpa, has been appointed by IMG World, the world's premier and most diversified sports, entertainment and media company, to manage their Scottish PR and Marketing requirements for premier cycling event Etape Caledonia 2008.   Volpa was founded by serial... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2568/Take_Your_Kids_to_Work_Meets_Beat_the_Boss_in_Perth On Thursday 24th April, five Perthshire school children will be taking home a work experience day to remember. St John’s Shopping Centre in Perth is playing host to five local school children in part of the national initiative “Take Your Child to Work Day”. ... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2520/Roaring_Welcome_for_Full_Throttle_Bikers_at_St_John%92s_Shopping_Centre_Perth St John’s Shopping Centre in Perth gave a roaring Scottish welcome to the team of Full Throttle Fundraisers from the West Midlands who stopped off today at their most northerly point on the “round the UK” bike tour to raise funds to Air Ambulance and Mountain Rescue... Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2500/Bike_Signed_by_the_Hamster_up_for_Grabs_at_St_John%92s_Shopping_Centre_Fundraiser A Suzuki GSX650F motorbike signed by Top Gear’s Richard Hammond is one of the top prizes up for grabs in St John’s Shopping Centre’s Full Throttle raffle which is being held this week to raise funds for Tayside Mountain Rescue.   The campaign, entitled... Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:00:00 BST