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Jaywing analysed over 100,000 Tweets to find out who was shedding tears over this year’s John Lewis Christmas ad. The results will surprise many as it turns out that Northerners are 20% more likely to cry at the Bear and the Hare than those in the South, with Londoners crying the least. [more…]
Scottish Rugby (SRU) has today unveiled details of an exciting new partnership with one of the world's leading sports drink brands, Lucozade Sport. The deal will run until 2016 and sees the Lucozade Sport brand partner with Scotland’s elite rugby squads as Official Sports Drink of Scottish Rugby.
The UK’s number one sports drink will fuel Scottish Rugby, becoming official partners to the Senior, Sevens, Women’s and age-group squads, as well as pro-clubs sides, Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby.
The Lucozade Sport brand have an excellent reputation in research and development and as part of this partnership Scottish Rugby will utilise their expertise to further develop world-class hydration strategies, aiding performance optimisation, endurance and recovery. [more…]
From www.theguardian.com
Chinese owners of Scottish knitwear firm pledge further investment as rate of losses slows. Pringle of Scotland's Chinese owners have pumped more than £10.3m into the knitwear company as the firm continues to suffer losses.The 198-year-old firm lost £6.3m in the year to January, according to accounts filed at Companies House, although that was an improvement on the £9.5m loss recorded the year before.
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From www.business7.co.uk -
Purely Scottish says £340,000 finance deal has financed long-term supply security
Mineral water producer Purely Scottish is to buy out its Dunbar production premises after securing a £340,000 finance deal with Bank of Scotland.
2014 can be a golden year if we unite for the Games - Scott Douglas From newsle.com
There is nothing quite like a bit of healthy competition to bring out the best in us, eh? That’s never more evident than in sport and business, where striving for greater performance can be the difference between gold and silver – or profit and loss.
As rivalry goes, they don’t come much fiercer than the competition between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Which Brands do the Nation Trust?
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As part of our bi-annual State of the Nation this August, [more…]
