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Great boost for the Scottish games platform business announced today!
Scottish games company secures £1 million of investmentGames developer Serious Parody is to launch a new Dundee studio and create 18 jobs, after raising over £1 million worth of investment. The investment comes predominantly from investors, with a further £230,000 coming from Scottish Enterprise in...
Scotland's bid to lure cycling's top spectacle
Could Edinburgh host Tour de Little France?SCOTLAND'S audacious bid to host the Tour de France has edged a stage closer to reality.
SFA sends 'expression of interest' to co-host Euro 2020
Three-nation Euro 2020 bid consideredScotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland have formally declared an interest in hosting Euro 2020.
Talk about having "skin in the business you are in" :-))!*!
Bare Buff offers naked cleaning service - News - Scotsman.comMOVE over naked chef, take a seat nudey rambler . . . now its the turn of the steamy cleaners.
The Daily Record reports that passenger numbers at two of BAA's Scottish airports rose last month, according to new figures. Aberdeen saw the biggest boost with an 11per cent increase in April 2012 compared to the same month in 2011. BAA said the rise reflected the strength in traffic related to the energy industry...
Delight for Aberdeen and Glasgow Airport as figures reveal rise in passengersPASSENGER numbers at two of BAA's Scottish airports rose last month, according to new figures.
A wee story about a local lassie. http://rki.lt/JkKYMz
Fantastic news Frank and WOW what an amazing and again humbling story, thanks for sharing it!
Hope Sam get's all the support she deserves from sponsors and anyone else here on KILTR who is touched by her bravery and inspiration.
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Yes it's some undertaking lets hope she reaches here goal and goes from strength to strength
Let us know how she get's on Frank and if there is any link we can follow for donations perhaps amongst the KILTR community. Social media in action for something like this is most definitley good news!
I will find out and post thanks for the tip
You are welcome Frank as is your local lassie! This is so refreshingly what niche social media is all about. Look forward to hearing more.
That's an amazing story, thanks! To not even pause to feel bad and then the physio taking her cross country to learn about disability sports for the paralypics! Definitely something to inspire support. I'd happily spread the news if you get some fundraising mechanism set up. :)
Good or bad, who knows! this story helps me to remain open-minded to the possibility that even when things look bad, they are more often than not miracles in disguise! The trick is to suspend judgement for long-enough to let the wisdom of life reveal itself...
Sitting comfortably? Here's the story...
Once upon a time there was an old wise man that owned a lovely horse. Then out of the blue one day his horse broke free and ran away. A neighbour who heard what happened said: ‘That … is terrible news that your only horse ran away’. However the wise man replied, ‘Good or bad, who knows!’
Miraculously a week later the man’s horse returned, bringing with it ten wild stallions. Witnessing the spectacular scene, the neighbour said, ‘That’s great news that you now have 10 new stallions’. To which the wise man replied, “Good or bad, who knows!”
A few days later the son of the wise man was out training one of the new stallions when he was thrown off, landed badly and broke his leg. The concerned neighbour said, ‘That’s terrible news that your son broke his leg.’ The wise man responded in a similar fashion to the previous times saying, ‘Good or bad, who knows!”
Two more weeks passed at which point the army came to town enrolling the healthy young men to go away and fight in the war. The son couldn’t fight because of his leg. And yes, you guessed it, the wise man had the same open-minded response: ‘Good or bad, who knows!’
Sometimes not getting what you think you want is a wonderful stroke of luck – Dalai Lama
I love this parable because it so beautifully illustrates what when things happen in life you never know for absolute certain, at the time, if it is good or bad. And if you are patient, you will more often than not appreciate looking back on events that they were the best possible things to happen. Or said a different way, miracles are always happening, even if at the time we don’t always recognize them as such.More
Fiona
Great Advice and wise parable indeed ?
Wonder if it will apply to Rangers FC ?
Great to see the new jobs space is up and running now on KILTR, good news indeed!
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Good to see this start up doing so well after only a few days! Bought my brick and felt good.
Adopt Us | NucocoBe a part of the Start Up revolution. Adopt Nucoco for £50 and enter the chance to win a GOLDEN TICKET worth £1000.
What a brilliant idea! We're in!
Brilliant and thank you.
Edinburgh based Blipfoto goes for global growth and appoints a new chairman.
Blipfoto brings in Ian Ritchie as chairman as it receives private £300,000 of investmentOnline daily photo journal Blipfoto has announced the appointment of Ian Ritchie as its chairman, alongside investment of £300,000 into the company.
Holy smokes, Batman!
Scotland gets into another Hollywood movie, good news :-) !
Scotland in new Batman trailerScenes shot in the Highlands for Batman film The Dark Knight Rises appear in a new trailer for the movie.
Here's a chance to vote for your hometown or favourite place, in Scotland's Civic Pride Awards. Tell the world what's good about a place you love.....
Scottish Design Awards - Civic Pride AwardsGood design isn’t just about individual buildings, it is about the communities in which they sit and the wider social and economic interactions they foster.
Thanks for that Richard, duly voted for Linlithgow.
Great to see this is being sponsored by KILTR!
All great news,
Hey --- great idea , make that two votes for Scotland's best spot --- Linlithgow , the home of the Lithgie Marches , first Tuesday after the second Thursday every June .
Aye and a LInlithgow group in KILTR too for fans
Linlithgow - Group Profile | KILTRThe new Black Bitch Magazine for Linlithgow is looking good through the door and on line too.
Thanks for posting, Richard. There's now a dedicated KILTR page for the Civic Pride awards. Spread the word among your contacts and share the reasons for your local pride here on KILTR!
Scottish Civic Pride Awards 2012 | KILTRClick 'Browse' to attach your images and photos (5 MB maximum).
Please do feel free to making your posts public in this group on KILTR, the more good news we all share, the better! Your contributions to this are welcome and for one, I am very humbled that you all see the point of it, thank you! Diane
Eyes to the skies on Coll :
Bid for first 'dark isle' statusResidents on the Isle of Coll are hoping the night sky could hold the secret to a healthy tourism industry.
It must be amazing to live there. Thanks for the post Richard.
I would be very interested in traveling there. I tried to see the Northern lights in Iceland earlier in the year, but it was too foggy and the trip was cancelled. The key to Coll is going to be getting there, so if they want tourist traffic they're going to need to make transportation there easy to access.
Indeed, you are right. Alison. I saw them in Iceland years ago and it was sensational*** It would be good to hear of how one can access Isle of Coll and to share the 'experience'. Cheers, Stephen
Great news for the Isle of Coll.
I know of a sustainable Bed and Breakfast near Gairloch, in the North West where the Aurora can be seen regularly. Check out their Facebook page www.facebook/croft23highland for some stunning photos taken earlier this year.
Croft 23 B & B, South Erradale - West Coast Highlands Bed & BreakfastAtrium Tea Room NOW OPEN. Wednesday - Saturday, 11.30am-4.30pm.
A simple way of generating publicity for the forthcoming opening of Scott's Abbotsford House as a visitor attraction :
Sir Walter's treasures go on tourA selection of historic items which belonged to Sir Walter Scott is being taken on a tour of the Borders while his former home is upgraded.
Scotland's share of global sustainable fisheries is an impressive 5% and growing :
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That's great news Richard, thanks for joining the group and posting this. We should all buy much more local fish and shellfish, it's so good for you!
Does not tie in with the Black Fish court cases recently though !
Smoke and Mirrors I think ?
Smoke has its uses. Try another sustainable Scottish seafood product - unbeatable Loch Fyne Smoked Mussels - here :
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I was there a few weeks ago on holiday Richard and bought loads of divine hand dived scallops, lobster and other things after a very good lunch.
To your post again thanks for the good news in the good news Group!
Good Scottish Produce there is no doubt ! Best Fish and Shellfish on the Planet.
- Salmon leaps to export record | News | Scottish Development InternationalFresh Scottish salmon exports have reached record levels for the second year in a row. Official figures show that emerging and established markets both enjoyed growth with 95,638 tonnes, growth of 22 percent, exported to 64 countries. Seven of the to...
miamm - I guess I make a list before I come to visit Scottland. thanks Richard for sharing :)
Thanks Diane also for the cool link you posted - happy fishy weekend to all :)
The Cruise liner season starts in a few weeks at Invergordon and will be the busiest ever. Catching these big liners from the air is one of my best days at work.
Amazing image Scotavia! Thanks for posting. Hope it is the busiest ever. Diane
Aye, fabulous photography young man :-) I remember being on the 11th floor of Calypso in the Carribean and marvelling at how the bloody things stay afloat with such huge mass!!
What a great shot Scotavia. Long time family friends from Seattle, WA will be off on a cruise around Britain in the summer and stopping off at Invergordon for a wee pit-stop visit.
Why I'm giving away one million books... Jamie Byng of Scottish publishing firm Canongate tells of joy & power that books give
Why I'm giving away one million booksAmong this year's 20,000 givers is the Duchess of Cornwall, who is giving A Tale Of Two Cities
Forgot to put up the link. Sorree!
Scots organ donors at record highThe number of people in Scotland who have signed up to be organ donors has reached a record high of more than two million, the government has said.
Wow, this should be front page news, not just in the politics section. Just a thought. Something to be proud of.
Yes good news seems to be hidden with the bad and sensational news on front page. I wonder what this says about us as a society?
Great point Fiona!
We seem to have become "conditioned and predisposed" towards the negative, something else to unlearn, dare one say, so shoud the press and BBC!
If I were starting a news channel the good news would come first, imagine the emotional … impact that could create on the start to each day when we pick up the paper at breakfast or switch on the telly :-)
So, thanks for all the positive posts here and spreading the good news!More
I think the reason this would not be on the front page or thought of as good news is cause first you have to die to be a donor. Don't you? ;-) I'd like for someone to have my heart, but first I have to finish using it.
Yes Alison true you have to die for the transplant to occur, but you don't need to die to carry donor a card.
More good news for Scotland's oil and gas renewables industry on the BBC today.
"As a Scottish company, we are passionately proud of the contribution we make to the country's economy, the jobs we create and the training we deliver."
Scots-Japanese venture launchedJapanese corporation Mitsui & Co has taken a 25% stake in Scottish company Global Energy Group.
