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IT’S TIME FOR A GROWN UP GROWTH DEBATE

In my office we have a no moaning rule; solutions only. Scotland it’s time to stop moaning and start fixing. Let me offer a few solutions.

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Where is Scotland’s Next £Billion+ Company?

The Hunter Foundation (“THF”) has launched the search for Scotland’s next round of potential Billion+ companies to join their second cohort of ScaleUpScotland 2.0 programme.

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Edinburgh smashes Kiltwalk record with biggest-ever capital event

An incredible 9,100 Kiltwalk Heroes raised funds for 800 charities

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New Director and new name for Hunter Centre forEntrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation

The University of Strathclyde’s Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation
has a new name and a newly appointed Director.

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Kiltwalkers help more charities than ever in Dundee

A record-breaking 4,200 Kiltwalkers raised funds for 480 Scottish charities.

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Kiltwalkers raise over £1 million at record-breaking Aberdeen event

More than 5,000 walkers strode out for nearly 500 different Scottish charities  Aberdeen showed its Kiltwalk Kindness today [Sunday 2 June] as a record-breaking 5,260 walkers stepped out to raise over £1 million for 474 Scottish charities. 4,200 Kiltwalk heroes set off from Duthie Park from 9am to walk the 18 miles to Banchory to

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Kiltwalk heroes step up to achieve record-breaking Glasgow event

More than 14,100 walkers strode out for 900 Scottish charities  Glasgow to Loch Lomond was a sea of tartan today (Sunday April 28) as the world’s biggest ever Kiltwalk took place, with fundraising already exceeding £3.2 million. More than 14,100 kind-hearted Kiltwalk heroes were on the streets of the country’s biggest city to raise much-needed

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A.I. innovations to transform living with dementia are awarded £1.9m by Longitude Prize on Dementia

An app that repairs “broken” speech, high-tech glasses that can help those with dementia recognise others, and a “Yellow Brick Road” map to help people navigate their community are just three of the solutions that have made it to the semi-finals of the £4m Longitude Prize on Dementia. A total of £1.9m has today been

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BBC Children in Need & The One Show’s Rickshaw Challenge returns for 2019

Team Rickshaw returns for the ninth year as they take on a challenging 400 mile route from Holyhead to London as they Pedal for Pudsey The Rickshaw Challenge has launched today (Wednesday 16th October 2019) with a new route, a new team, and a newly modified Rickshaw, as announced live during The One Show.  The

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The Hunter Foundation (THF) announces pledge of funding to BBC Children in Need

The Hunter Foundation (THF) has today (Wednesday 16th October 2019) pledged to donate additional funding to donations that the public make to The One Show’s Rickshaw Challenge.  In an exciting first for the fundraising challenge, THF has pledged to give 40p for every £1 donated by the general public to the Rickshaw Challenge* helping to

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