Partnering for prosperity - let’s make it happen
10 July 2020Rehabilitation, recovery and re-imagination offer businesses a path out of lockdown as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and rebuild Scotland’s economy, social wellbeing and education.
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Creating the climate for innovation
06 April 2017There was a time when Scotland brimmed with ingenuity. Many of the ideas and inventions that have shaped the modern world can be traced back to the hotbed of genius that was the Scottish Enlightenment. I believe Scotland still has ingenuity...
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Eight days a week at #STW2017
30 March 2017Interface were very proud to be active participants in Scottish Tourism Week 2017. Designed for this crucial Scottish industry, a series of events took place across not seven, but eight days. My colleagues and I attended, exhibited and presented at a significant number of events across the country.
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Boost to Scottish small business growth
22 March 2017I was delighted to host the second Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards at Gogarburn on the 21st February 2017. Interface are a natural partner for the bank and form part of the bank’s free Boost programme aimed at driving small business growth by helping organisations make the right connections.
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Looking back to look forward
16 March 2017The weeks may have flown by since the Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards at Royal Bank of Scotland Conference Centre in Gogarburn on 21st February, but for me the buzz and excitement of the day lingers on.
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#BeBoldForChange - I’m celebrating International Women’s Day!
08 March 2017“Each one of us - with women, men and non-binary people joining forces - can be a leader within our own spheres of influence by taking bold pragmatic action to accelerate gender parity. Through purposeful collaboration, we can help women advance and unleash the limitless potential offered to economies the world over.”
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From apps to wool – Lorna has it covered
02 March 2017As part of our “meet the team” series, this week we feature Lorna Watson, Interface Business Engagement Executive for Tayside.
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A great idea, a university and a new industry
22 February 2017One of the most significant inventions of the early modern period was the printing press and Europe’s scholars were fundamental to the success of the new business of books. The goldsmith and engraver, Johannes Guttenberg invented printing with moveable type in Mainz in the mid-fifteenth century. His first book was printed in 1450.
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Looking for a perfect (academic) match?
14 February 2017The origins of St Valentine may be shrouded in historical fog but there is nothing foggy about the commercial impacts with about a billion Valentine's Day cards and 50 million roses dispatched every year. It was during the middle of the 18th century that Valentine's started to take off in the UK, with lovers sending sweets and cards adorned with flowers, ribbons and images of cupids and birds.
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Gillian's matchmaking is opening doors
08 February 2017As part of our “meet the team” series, this week we feature Gillian Hambley, Interface's Business Engagement Executive for Aberdeenshire.
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The competition which kills you doesn’t look like you
01 February 2017I am a Lay Member - that is one of the non-solicitor members - on the Council of the Law Society of Scotland. The Law Society is a membership body which represents the legal profession across Scotland. Membership is made up of all kinds of lawyers including the big corporates, in-house and high street firms.
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