Wednesday 12th March 2008
Wed 12th Mar 08
Wednesday 12th March 2008
Wed 12th Mar 08
The Western Isles has followed in the footsteps of the Orkney Islands by building a special website for local migrant workers. In Orkney, an office cleaner worker Malgorzata Walter at Voluntary Action Orkney undertook the text translation into Polish. In the Outer Hebrides, Russian Ludmila Macleod who lives in Achmore recently establish a consultancy business Europlan Britain, after being involved voluntarily in assisting the growing number of Eastern Europeans adjust to their new environment in the Outer Hebrides.
Tuesday 5th February 2008
Tue 5th Feb 08
Wednesday 6th February 2008
Wed 6th Feb 08
The Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney which won a major architecture prize last year and the Shetland Museum and Archives in Lerwick are two museums on Scottish islands in the running for one the UK's most prestigious art prizes being among ten museums shortlisted. Formerly known as the Gulbenkian Prize, the winner of the £100,000 award is due to be announced in May. Both of the Scottish museums were commended for housing collections in interesting locations.
Thursday 20th December 2007
Thu 20th Dec 07
Thursday 20th December 2007
Thu 20th Dec 07
The team building a special website for migrant workers in Orkney didn't look far when they needed the skills to translate the text into Polish. Ready and willing to lend a hand was Malgorzata Walter, who works as the office cleaner at Voluntary Action Orkney.
Thursday 22nd November 2007
Thu 22nd Nov 07
Thursday 22nd November 2007
Thu 22nd Nov 07
Last call for Orkney residents to register, especially remote clusters.
Tuesday 13th November 2007
Tue 13th Nov 07
Tuesday 13th November 2007
Tue 13th Nov 07
As with any world-wide energy commodity, political forces beneath the surface are, according to author Mary Anne Simpson writing in Physics.org.com rife with debate on the technology in Scotland. The abundant oil deposits, fishing waters and ever present UK taxation weighs heavily in the mind of average Scots. The backers of the new wave energy technology while in agreement on the importance of the renewable energy development, differ on the significance of it to reduce the strings that bind Scotland to the UK.
Tuesday 6th November 2007
Tue 6th Nov 07
Tuesday 6th November 2007
Tue 6th Nov 07
An increasing amount of work-related material, has some companies turning to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technology to improve productivity. At the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) division in Orkney, Scotland, the IT department has significantly cut down on e-mail overload with a NewsGator enterprise RSS system, says David Rendall, a computer programmer involved in the project writes IDG News Service's Juan Carlos Perez,