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Have you ever wanted to own your own Private Island ? Do you want to be a 'Lord' & 'Lady'? This acquisition will put you in the exclusive bracket of being an Island owner and having your papers and ID changed to be shown that you are a Lord.

PHPR Ltd, an online and offline PR agency, has been recognised at the VIBES awards, Scotland's top environmental awards for business.

Have you ever wanted to own your own Private Island ? Do you want to be a 'Lord' & 'Lady'?

Team behind Machrihanish Dunes on course to build new Ayrshire links resort

Pupils, staff and members of the local community are benefiting from the completion of a £3 million refurbishment programme at Dalmilling Primary School in Ayr.

St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth, has come up with a novel way for parents to beat the queues this Christmas with the launch of their online booking system for visits to Santa’s Grotto.

Maker of the UK’s third most popular blended whisky appeals for help to overturn plans which would make them less competitive and less environmentally friendly.

In February 2010 the breathtaking Ardanaiseig hotel in the Scottish Highlands will host a unique murder mystery weekend in association with world-renowned theatre company, Blitz Entertainment.

The Ayr office of independent property consultancy CKD Galbraith is offering for sale a well appointed country house in Ayrshire with attractive gardens and a large enclosed paddock.

On 14 November 2009, Leca Dental’s first ever apprentices will attend a graduation ceremony at Edinburgh Telford College to celebrate their newly found status as fully qualified dental technicians.

TEDx Edinburgh, the first independently organised TED event in Scotland - 26 November 2009, Informatics Forum

The next meeting of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle will be held at 8.30am on Thursday 26 November. It will be hosted by the Circle’s latest new member, Turnberry, A Luxury Collection Resort, Scotland.

Following the temporary closure of Shoe Zone in St John’s Shopping Centre a few weeks ago, St John’s Shopping Centre has announced that the store is to re-open this week as two combined stores: Stead & Simpson and Shoe Zone.

Perthshire Big Tree Country, organisers of The Enchanted Forest, have announced that ticket sales reached an all time high of just under 20,000 tickets sold for this year’s event, demonstrating a 3% increase on last year’s record breaking sales.

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Ayrshire-based creative marketing agency Paligap has just launched the “Chocolati” brand of fine luxury chocolates on behalf of clients Renaldo’s.

St John’s Shopping Centre has announced plans for Gimme Gizmo, the innovative gift and gadgets retailer, to open a store in St John’s Shopping Centre this weekend.

The new Prestwick Academy building in South Ayrshire was officially opened on Thursday 22 October 2009 by the Rt Hon Lord Ian Lang of Monkton.

Business angels invest in online personal finance service

Building contractors William Skinner & Son, based in Ayrshire, Scotland and Cambridge, England, have completed a £550,000 contract for Land Securities PLC in Corby, Northamptonshire.

Lifting solution specialists, The GGR Group, has opened a depot in Scotland to add its bases already in Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire and Oldham, Manchester.

Christmas Party Nights at Ayr Racecourse are set to break all records this year, topping last year’s total of 18,000 revellers.

If you go down to the woods today, be sure of a big surprise: Dragons, Witches and Fairies! Forestry Commission Scotland’s Faskally Wood at Pitlochry has been transformed into The Enchanted Forest for the next two weeks.

MacKay Corporate Insurance Brokers, based in Ayr, has become the 6th insurance broker in Scotland to achieve Chartered Broker status.

On 1 October 2009 Leca Dental celebrated its sixth birthday and, despite the current economic climate, the company continues to go from strength to strength.

Ayr Racecourse has been handed a huge boost after Channel 4 announced it will broadcast two races live from the track on 2 January.

Launched this week, Building History is a free online resource that encourages people from across the UK to share memories and information about the history of their towns, roads and buildings.

HDtimelapse.net has added new high definition (HD, 2K, 4K) royalty-free stock footage timelapse shots from Edinburgh, Scotland in different categories including Architecture and City.

Cheeky greetings cards specialists, Scribbler, are playing their cards right for a launch on the Scottish High Street in defieance of a gloomy retail sector. The edgy greetings may raise both eyebrows and smiles as the Glasgow store opens today.

Jessops awards Dundee shop Store of Year at its annual conference

Brunston Castle Golf Course in Dailly, South Ayrshire has announced a special “Twilight Round” offer for the autumn.

A thunderous roar echoed around Ayr Racecourse on Saturday as Frankie Dettori performed his famous flying dismount from Jimmy Styles after landing the William Hill (Ayr) Gold Cup.

Sun and fun – just two of the ingredients that combined to make the 2009 William Hill (Ayr) Gold Cup Festival at Ayr Racecourse one of the best in living memory.

In a shocking discovery, it has been confirmed that the real Chloe McHall Trio are actually a well known Scottish band. Spectators and alarmed audiences across the globe are demanding answers from the touring Aussie trio.

Scotland’s richest racing extravaganza the William Hill (Ayr) Gold Cup Festival at Ayr Racecourse takes place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 17, 18 and 19 September 2009.

From this week Scottish jobseekers will be able to see all of Scotland’s public sector vacancies as well as a huge variety of direct jobs all at scotsman.com/jobs

PadMapper.com, the map-based house and flat rental search engine, is launching PadMapper.co.uk, making the UK the third country to be supported by PadMapper, after the US and Canada.

Building contractors William Skinner & Son have successfully completed a £1.5 million refurbishment of the prestigious St Nicholas Shopping Centre in Aberdeen.

"A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind, it is never the style that triumphs." Coco Chanel

In just six months since its launch, Under the Radar, Scotsman.com’s new music blog, has established itself as one of the most popular platforms for unsigned and up and coming bands in Scotland.

ChoiceQuote Insurance Services is proud to announce the opening of a new office in Glasgow's Pacific Quay.

David Charles releases gripping historical fiction novel with an incredibly imaginative plot informed by history. In this stirring novel David Charles captivates his readers with an intriguing plot that is sure to keep you gripped till the very end.

Arnold Clark, AM’s Retailer of Year 2009 and Europe’s largest independently owned motor dealer, has announced today that it will be creating 700 new jobs in the UK by February 2010.

Scotsman.com continues to strengthen its position as the leading news and information website in Scotland

Portavadie Marina complex turns blot on the landscape into world class destination.

The Isle of Jura has asked web users to suggest names for one of the distillery's latest creations. In addition to seeing the name they come up with appear on the bottle, the winner and a guest will spend a luxurious break in an island lodge

Engineers at the Institute for System Level Integration (iSLI) are to begin work on the development stage of a £3.3millon project to design a wireless sensor system set to become a standard feature of the next generation of commercial aircraft.

The Scottish Open Source Awards opens for nominations and entries on 13th August 2009 at 9AM.

Mixing over 100 local music professionals with amateurs, from the Helensburgh area of West Scotland, a Charity has released a cover of the classic Bowie song ‘Heroes’ in an attempt to raise funds for a local arts and music centre.