http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/ Allnewswire for Govanhill Law Centre en-gb info@allmediascotland.com info@flamegreen.com 360 http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3714/New_Govanhill_Law_Centre_Will_Help_to_Expose_Criminal_%91Mr_Bigs%92 A NEW law centre offering free legal advice in an area of Glasgow with unique social problems will work with the local community to root out slum landlords, gangmasters and organised criminals. Principal solicitor Mike Dailly gave the commitment at the opening of Govanhill Law Centre by Lord... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3634/Glasgow_Agency_Raises_Glass_to_Pubs_Chain_Commission One of the fast-growing pub chains in the UK has commissioned leading, Glasgow-based digital, brand development agency, Nation1, help it recruit over 100 managers and licensees. London Town plc is embarking on an ambitious recruitment drive, both online and offline, and have taken on Nation1... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3680/Alexander_McCall_Smith_Brings_his_Really_Terrible_Orchestra_to_New_York 1 APRIL 2009 NEW YORK TOWN HALL 8PM It’s really true, the original Really Terrible Orchestra, created by best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith, is coming to New York for a one-off, one-date tour in what promises to be their most ear shattering performance ever. The... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3660/Gruffalo_Magic_at_Artlink_Central%92s_Fundraising_Arts_Auction Original drawings by Axel Scheffler, the famous children’s illustrator, are to be auctioned by Artlink Central, a leading Scottish arts charity. The illustrator was invited to donate illustrations from ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘Room on the Broom’ by... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3536/Teenagers_to_be_Tested_by_Well-loved_Music_Question Teenagers who think they know their music are to be asked a question their mums and dads will fondly remember - Name That Tune - as part of an online music quiz designed by a Glasgow company for one of the world’s biggest music brands.   Digital and creative consultancy,... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3568/Want_to_Find_out_More_About_Epilepsy Want to know more about epilepsy? Here’s your chance to find out more about epilepsy.  You can pop along to South Lanarkshire Disability Forum, 42 Campbell Street, Hamilton anytime between 11am and 1pm on Monday 3 November.  National charity Epilepsy Scotland will... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3537/Difficult_Times_can_be_an_Opportunity_for_Business_%96_Seven_Magnificent_Ways_to_Turn_Them_to_Your_Advantage Businesses should seize the opportunities that the state of the economy offers, according to  Edinburgh communications expert Mike Stevenson at the launch of Thinktastic, an innovations company that will change the way that businesses work. Innovation is at its best in times of... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3542/Photocall_Miss_Scotland_Posing_as_Marilyn_Monroe_at_the_Glasgow_Necropolis Where: Necropolis, Glasgow. Main gate, Cathedral Street When: Thursday, October 30, 10am. Contact details: Liz Howells, 0870 756 8600. Liz.Howells@nation1.co.uk What: Ahead of a Hallowe’en party where the guests are being invited to dress as someone dead or gorgeous or dead... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3458/Campaign_Launched_for_a_Community-run_Green_Meadow_Space_in_the_Former_Clouston_Street_Playing_Fields A campaign was launched at the weekend by the North Kelvinside Green Space Community Initiative to turn the former Clouston Street Playing Fields into a community-run green meadow space. The launch of the North Kelvinside Meadow Campaign follows the out-of-hand rejection by Glasgow City... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3448/New_Writing_Competition_Winner_Gets_into_the_Spirit Glasgow, 9 October 2008 (embargoed until 18:30): Former shipyard worker and educational psychologist Billy Bonar of Glasgow was declared winner of the Best of words 2008 writing competition at Waterstones in Sauchiehall Street tonight. His poem Real Writing (in Residence), composed... Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3413/Media_Invite_Sir_Tom_Farmer_to_Talk_About_Doing_Business_in_the_Highlands One of Scotland’s most successful business leaders, Sir Tom Farmer, is to share with local entrepreneurs his experience of doing business in the Highlands. Sir Tom is speaking at Inverness’s Eden Court theatre on Thursday (the 9th), as a guest of Nation1, a Scottish company... Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3394/Damhead_to_Deliver_Organic_Discount_to_Edinburgh_University_Students Damhead Organic Farm and Shop is to join forces with Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) to offer any student, full or part-time, studying at the University a 10% discount on the Damhead Organic Box Scheme and any purchases made from the Damhead online shop. Students can register... Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3349/Online_Social_Networking_Insight_Being_Offered_to_Scots_Entrepreneurs Scotland’s entrepreneurs are being given the chance to see before their very eyes how social networking sites on the internet, such as Facebook, can help grow their business.Just as worldwide brands, such as Pepsi and Diageo, are utilising Facebook and MySpace to target audiences, so... Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3309/Esther_OConnor_Live Esther Live at The Inn at Lathones, St Andrews and Bar Brel, Glasgow There’s a revived yearning in the Scottish scene for music with passion, soul and roots. With hints of our tradition for the bards and the storytellers taking a new shape, Esther O’Connor is an... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3155/Words_2008_-_An_Unique_Writing_Event words 2008 is a new interactive writing exhibition that explores the magic of words. Based on new writing from the renowned Creative Writing MLitt programme at Glasgow University – launchpad for the careers of some of the UK’s most exciting contemporary writers, including... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3109/McClelland_Endorses_GO_Award John McClelland, author of the Review of Public Procurement in Scotland, has endorsed one of the categories in the 2008 Government Opportunities (GO) magazine Awards Scotland. The GO/McClelland Collaborative Procurement Award, which recognises the achievements of public sector organisations... Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/3066/First_Phage_Biotech_Conference_Creates_Interest_in_New_Trade_Body The first international phage biotechnology conference, held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, is expected to lead to the formation of an International Phage Society and trade body to represent the interests of a wide variety of scientists, clinicians and biotechnology... Sun, 3 Aug 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2926/Highland_Techno_Pupils_Win_a_Trip_to_Boston An ingenious gadget to help clothes shoppers pick the perfect fit has clinched a trip of a lifetime to America for a team of young entrepreneurs from Nairn. The inventiveness and marketing skills of Nairn Academy students Jennifer Baird, 18, Laura Fairley and Callum Beddie, both 17, saw... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2800/Children%92s_Commissioner_Heads_to_the_UN_to_Scrutinise_Scotland%92s_Performance_on_Children%92s_Rights Kathleen Marshall, the Children’s Commissioner for Scotland visits Geneva this week to deliver a hard-hitting report (published in UK on 09.06.08) to the UN on the state of children’s rights across the UK. Drawn up by the four UK children’s commissioners for the... Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2799/The_BIG_TENT_Bursts_on_to_the_Scottish_Festival_Scene_with_Innovative_Lineup Recent iTunes ‘download of the week’ artist King Creosote and hugely popular music festival dynamos The Peatbog Faeries will light up the music stage at The Big Tent Festival, Scotland’s Festival of Stewardship which takes place in Falkland, Fife over the weekend of... Sun, 8 Jun 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2709/Promotion_Secured_by_Newly-Formed_Womens_Football_Club At the first time of asking, a former captain of the Scotland’s women’s football team has guided her club to promotion to the top of the Scottish women’s game. Yesterday, Dalkeith Ladies and their rookie manager, Pauline MacDonald, clinched promotion to the Scottish... Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2557/Edgen_Murray_Europe_Reports_Record_Year Edgen Murray Europe has reported another record year for turnover and profits. The company, which is headquartered in Edinburgh and has a staff of 130, is a global distributor of speciality steel pipes, long products, plates, fittings and valves for the energy infrastructure industries. Current... Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2537/Scotland_Star_Tells_of_Stammering At 6’4 and weighing in at over 17 stone, you’d think Scottish rugby internationalist, Kelly Brown, would have nothing to worry about when it comes to facing a crowd. But Brown (25) has needed to develop different strengths to challenge his lifelong experience of stammering. On... Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2496/Lord_Freeman_Appointed_as_Chairman_of_BigDNA_Ltd Edinburgh based Big DNA Ltd, a spin out company launched late last year to commercialise a patented new vaccine technology, has appointed Lord Freeman as its chairman.   Lord Freeman, formerly Minister of State for Public Transport and Defence Procurement Minister, has a proven... Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2425/Burrell_Architects_Glasgow_What_Have_You_Done Sir Barry Gasson and John Meunier, the architects who designed the Burrell Museum are horrified at the Go Ape proposal and the plan to site Go Ape buildings just yards from the picture window in the main gallery. In a statement to SavePollokPark, Barry Gasson comments: “The concept... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2408/Scotlandontapgovuk_Goes_Live A new website has been launched today to show businesses what choices they have when the water sector opens up to competition on April 1.   The site, www.scotlandontap.gov.uk, has been built by the regulator, the Water Industry Commission for Scotland (WICS), to promote the benefits of... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2340/Scotlands_Seas_Under_Threat_from_Massive_Oil_and_Gas_Exploration As revealed in today's Sunday Herald, almost all Scotland's seas are being offered up for oil and gas exploration by Westminster in the largest ever move of this sort. (1) Contrary to some reports, UK Ministers have not withdrawn plans to allow drilling and seismic testing in the... Sun, 2 Mar 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2335/Trump_Inquiry_Welcome_and_Must_be_Honoured Greens today welcomed the decision by John Swinney to call a full public local inquiry to consider Donald Trump's controversial plans for a golf resort in Aberdeenshire. Local campaigners have been arguing for a full inquiry, and the Greens have until today been the only voice in Parliament... Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2313/Planning_Law_-_CBI_Utterly_Wrong_on_Bias Criticising CBI chief Iain McMillan's comments on planning today (1), Greens pointed out that both industry leaders and the other parties have consistently failed to take account of the interests of communities across Scotland. As things stand, any developer whose plans get rejected can... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 UTC http://www.allmediascotland.com/allnewswire/2304/HMV_Reports_Sales_Surge_for_BRITs_Performers BRITs performers and winning artists experienced an immediate spike in sales of their albums at hmv stores yesterday (Thurs, 21 Feb).  With the prospect of more sales to come over the weekend as music fans hit their local record stores, it's shaping up to be a stellar year for the... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 UTC