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Visitors will have more to explore at the National Museum of Scotland from this month, as two further galleries reopen to the public. On 9 December, the Scotland Transformed gallery, located on Level 3, and the Early People gallery, located on Level -1, will once again be open. This marks the next phase of reopening, after the Museum’s temporary closure ...

While many organisations claim they take the ‘long view’ not many plan a century or two ahead. Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) does just that in its work to plant the forests of the future. Marking National Tree Week 2020, FLS said that it is on course to have planted 25 million new trees by the end of this planting ...

Compass Group UK & Ireland, the UK's largest food and support services firm, has launched a distinct business: Compass Scotland, after 70 years of operation within the country. The business is headed by managing director, David Hay and operates in over 300 sites. Compass Scotland provides innovative, sustainable and high-quality catering and support services across sectors including education, workplace catering, ...

The way that land is owned and used is central to tackling climate change and the post Covid-19 economic recovery in Scotland, and the decisions and action needed should be driven at the regional scale. That is the message in advice published today by the Scottish Land Commission to Scottish Government on the establishment of new Regional Land Use Partnerships. ...

Derelict land is a wasted resource that should help to deliver national ambitions for a fair and green recovery, a national taskforce said today. The Vacant and Derelict Land Taskforce has made a series of recommendations to Scottish Government which aim to transform Scotland’s approach to tackling the legacy of derelict land and ensure that it is no longer acceptable ...

Maths Week Scotland 28 September – 4 October 2020 Maths Week Scotland has launched an exciting programme of activities across the country for this year’s fourth annual event, taking place from 28 September to 4 October 2020. Maths Week Scotland is part of the Scottish Government’s drive to encourage positive attitudes to numeracy and maths and is developed and delivered ...

This week's Programme for Government has confirmed that the Scottish Government will incorporate the United National Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law. Children and Young People’s Commissioner for Scotland, Bruce Adamson, said: “Rights must be enforceable to be effective and governments are often reluctant to pass laws which allow us to hold them to account. ...

Scotland faces a “rising tide of hardship” as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, with child poverty rates set to rocket without an urgent cash boost for low income families, the chair of Scotland’s Poverty and Inequality Commission and the Children’s Commissioner said today in a joint plea for action from the Scottish Government when it launches its Programme for ...

Dynamic Earth has received a funding award with the announcement of the Scottish Government support for Scotland’s science centres. The funding will help support Dynamic Earth to reopen this autumn in time for October half term, following a significant loss of income over the summer period, during what would have been the busiest time of the year for the charity. ...

As the biggest producer in the UK of smart cards for the transit industry, Systex - part of the ESP Group, has kept production and the country rolling during the Coronavirus lockdown. The transport and mobility services business works with some of the UK’s biggest travel providers including Transport for London (TFL), Translink Northern Ireland, London Councils, Transport for Greater ...