Scotland
Sensewhere, a leading provider of indoor positioning solutions, has been awarded £1.4m by Scottish Enterprise to create jobs and further develop its disruptive location software.
sensewhere is pioneering the creation of software that offers universal location and navigation data in dense urban areas including shopping centres and airports, where GPS and other global navigation satellite systems are blocked.
The grant will open up seven new highly skilled jobs at the company’s headquarters in Edinburgh and create job security for those already employed.
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In the run-up to May half-term and the summer holiday season VisitEngland has today launched its largest domestic marketing campaign for 2016 to promote amazing ‘moments’ that can only be experienced on a trip across Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The four-week #OMGB ‘Home of Amazing Moments’ TV, digital and print campaign, part of the UK Government’s GREAT Britain campaign, uses film and images of authentic experiences and activities shot on locations across the UK to inspire people to take a short-break at home. Agency RKCR/Y&R produced the creative for this year’s campaign.
Labour in crisis - " They could slip to 3rd in Scotland and Livingstone fights on"
Latest News : Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to continue talking to terrorist organisations Hamas and Hezbollah, in comments that threaten to further destabilise his leadership ahead of the local elections.
Caledonia Best, official beer of Scottish Rugby, has appointed Edinburgh agency Guy & Co to develop an integrated marketing campaign to run throughout the 2016 RBS 6 Nations Championship and beyond.
Independent assessment shows ‘St Andrews effect’ increased visitor numbers.
The 2015 Open Championship in St Andrews delivered £140 million of economic benefit to Scotland - the largest amount ever achieved by a golf event in the United Kingdom or Ireland, according to an independent economic impact assessment.
The study, commissioned by the R&A, shows spending by visitors to Scotland for the tournament generated £88 million – nearly double the £47.5 million in visitor impact achieved in 2010 when the event was last held at the Old Course.
Shops 'on-the-go' as footfall falls - BBC News http://t.co/KcFCYyNpDC
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