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Scottish Stock Exchange

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  Scotland Live   Scottish Stock Exchange   4th August 2010 In this discussion with the Institute of Economic Affairs, Editorial Director Phillip Boothe discusses the need for a Scottish Stock Exchange. “Phillip Boothe IEA on BBC Scotland Live August 4th 2010” . Go get Adobe Flash Player! var so = new SWFObject( "http://grahambell.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/nazdrave-mp3/mp3player.swf", "nazdravemp3_player", "300", "20", "8", "#FFFFFF"); so.addVariable("file", "http://grahambell.org/Radio/scotland_stock_exchange.mp3"); so.write("nazdravemp3_1"); (Press Play to hear the discussion with... »

Dragons Den on Transport Solutions for Scotland: Getting Scotland to Work

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The Centre for Scottish Public Policy (CSPP) held a fringe event at the SNP Autumn 2009 Conference in Inverness on the future prospects for the country’s transportation. Entitled ‘Transport Solutions for Scotland: Getting Scotland to Work’. The event took the form of the popular television series, Dragons Den, in which five key stakeholders in Scottish... »

National Sicky Day

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Good Morning Scotland   Graham Bell   1st February 2010 Hear this light hearted interview with Graham Bell and Scots Comedienne Janey Godley: “Talking about National “Sicky” Day“. Go get Adobe Flash Player! var so = new SWFObject( "http://grahambell.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/nazdrave-mp3/mp3player.swf", "nazdravemp3_player", "300", "20", "8", "#FFFFFF"); so.addVariable("file", "http://gba.mediamice.net/Radio/sicky_day010210.mp3"); so.write("nazdravemp3_2"); (Press Play to hear the Radio interview) In this interview Graham Bell and Janey Godley laugh about the variety of excuses employers receive... »

Neatwork International Limited

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In 1988 my partner, Nancy Woodhead and I, with three month old baby Ruby, departed the wilds of South London for the Scottish Borders.  We bought an old estate steading with another family, the McGurns, with the idea of establishing an intentional community.  In a range of stone buildings in various states of repair... »

Edinburgh Junior Chamber of Commerce

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I am pleased to be a patron of JCI Edinburgh. It says on their website: “JCI Edinburgh has been recognised internationally as the Best Junior Chamber in the world in 2003, 2004, and 2005.  There are 6,000 chambers worldwide and Edinburgh continues to push the boundaries to provide outstanding development opportunities for young people in... »

Business Mentoring

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Business Mentoring is a partnership between Scottish Enterprise (the national body charged with aiding business development) and Scottish Chambers of Commerce (the private sector’s leading business representative body). Anyone in business can apply for a mentor.  They can be a business owner, a Director or an upwardly mobile manager (or one who wants to be!).  Two... »

Good Earth Limited

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Good Earth Limited I had been working for a multi-media training company in London when just under a year after I joined I found my job had been made redundant.  In these circumstances it’s always difficult to hold on to your self-esteem – it’s the job that’s redundant, not me!  My solution was to stop... »

Mycelium

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Two adages most frequently used in business (or anywhere else for that matter): “Our best resources are our people” “It’s not what you know – it’s who you know” I first dreamed up mycelium some years ago, and would occassionally discuss it with trusted friends, all of whom thought it was a great idea.  However, it wasn’t... »

Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce

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I have been working for Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce on a contract basis for over five years, handling their Press & Policy functions.  Publicity is a key part of the Chamber’s strategy to grow its membership.  You can’t be the Voice of Business without a strong understanding of the needs and aspirations of entrepreneurs... »

The Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust

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I started working for The Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust (psybt) in 1999 and spent six years running the Edinburgh Region (which includes East and Midlothian as well as the City).  Psybt was just coming up to ten years old when I joined.  The purpose of psybt is to help young people to start up and... »

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