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              <title><![CDATA[Andrew Bevan: You, the consumer, are key in the fight to end slavery and convict criminals]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/andrew-bevan-you-the-consumer-are-key-in-the-fight-to-end-slavery-and-convict-criminals-1-4909255</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Do you sip coffee while you read the news on your smartphone? Put on lipstick during your commute?]]></description>
              
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                                  <category>corporate crime</category>
                                  <category>law enforcement</category>
                                  <category>imports</category>
                                  <category>World</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2019 06:00:12 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[UK bathroom retailers under fire for misleading shoppers]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-bathroom-retailers-under-fire-for-misleading-shoppers-1-4909627</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Kitchen and bathroom retailers including Better Bathrooms and Victoria Plum have been accused of using potentially misleading discount claims to lure homeowners into rushing to spend thousands of pounds, a consumer watchdog has claimed.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>human interest</category>
                                  <category>consumer goods</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2019 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Consultancy CreateFuture set to scale in bid to reach £1m turnover]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/media-leisure/consultancy-createfuture-set-to-scale-in-bid-to-reach-1m-turnover-1-4909141</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[A creative consultancy founded in Edinburgh is preparing to scale up ahead of its third anniversary next week as it targets seven-figure turnover.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>public relations</category>
                                  <category>Edinburgh</category>
                                  <category>Edinburgh</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2019 03:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Average Scottish house prices suffer first annual fall in 3 years]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/average-scottish-house-prices-suffer-first-annual-fall-in-3-years-1-4909494</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Property prices in Scotland dropped in February for the first time since March 2016, official figures have shown.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>housing and urban planning</category>
                                  <category>real estate</category>
                                  <category>Scotland</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:34:53 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Edinburgh tidal energy firm lands £3.5m investment]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/energy/edinburgh-tidal-energy-firm-lands-3-5m-investment-1-4909413</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Edinburgh-based renewables firm Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) has netted almost &#163;3.5 million to drive development of its tidal products for the Canadian market.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>alternative energy</category>
                                  <category>Edinburgh</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:38:58 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Piper Alpha trauma veteran joins IED Training Solutions]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/piper-alpha-trauma-veteran-joins-ied-training-solutions-1-4909393</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[A renowned trauma specialist who has worked with people affected by major incidents, including the Piper Alpha disaster, has been appointed clinical advisor to Arbroath-based IED Training Solutions.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>financial and business service</category>
                                  <category>Aberdeen and North East</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:30:27 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Chivas owner Pernod swallows ‘super-premium’ gin brand]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/chivas-owner-pernod-swallows-super-premium-gin-brand-1-4909213</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Spirits giant Pernod Ricard, which owns Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, has cheered a deal to swallow Malfy, an Italian &#8220;super-premium&#8221; gin brand.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>distiller and brewer</category>
                                  <category>beverage</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:39:12 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Expert advice can help kick start the difficult conversation of family wealth planning]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/retail/expert-advice-can-help-kick-start-the-difficult-conversation-of-family-wealth-planning-1-4897574</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[It is not easy to talk about, but help is at hand for you to express clearly what you want to happen to your estate once you have left the game, writes Fiona Russell]]></description>
              
                                                <category>consumer goods</category>
                                  <category>management</category>
                                  <category>electronics</category>
                                  <category>Advertorials</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:30:36 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Why going green could prove lucrative for Scottish business]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/special-features-2-8786/why-going-green-could-prove-lucrative-for-scottish-business-1-4898095</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Resource Efficient Scotland can advise SMEs on how they can boost their bottom lines by making energy and refuse reduction a top priority, writes Rosemary Gallagher]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Advertorials</category>
                                  <category>management</category>
                                  <category>electronics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:22:13 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[How Scottish companies can gain funding to aid next level growth]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/special-features-2-8786/how-scottish-companies-can-gain-funding-to-aid-next-level-growth-1-4902417</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Scotland&#8217;s national economic development agency is geared up to help accelerate the delivery of growth for ambitious firms, finds Sarah Devine]]></description>
              
                                                <category>Advertorials</category>
                                  <category>management</category>
                                  <category>electronics</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:50:07 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Jessie Buckley to perform songs from Wild Rose soundtrack in Glasgow gig]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/jessie-buckley-to-perform-songs-from-wild-rose-soundtrack-in-glasgow-gig-1-4909088</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The Irish star who has wowed audiences playing a Glaswegian country singer in the new movie Wild Rose is to return to the city to play the music she made during filming.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>human interest</category>
                                  <category>music</category>
                                  <category>folk music</category>
                                  <category>country music</category>
                                  <category>popular music</category>
                                  <category>Glasgow and Strathclyde</category>
                                  <category>cinema</category>
                                  <category>cinema industry</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:58:53 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Scots accountancy stalwarts in sector shake-up]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/scots-accountancy-stalwarts-in-sector-shake-up-1-4909041</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Two of Scotland&#8217;s longest established accountancy firms have merged, creating a joint firm with more than 500 staff.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>accountancy and auditing</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 12:40:11 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Accelerator aiming to boost North-east creative firepower]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/accelerator-aiming-to-boost-north-east-creative-firepower-1-4908961</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[A dozen creative start-ups in Scotland are set for a boost with the news that Aberdeen&#8217;s Robert Gordon University (RGU) has launched an accelerator programme.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>financial and business service</category>
                                  <category>Aberdeen and North East</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:20:59 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Inflation holds steady but outlook clouded]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/business/markets-economy/inflation-holds-steady-but-outlook-clouded-1-4908871</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Inflation was unchanged last month, official figures have revealed, after lower food prices offset higher fuel costs at the pumps.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>economy</category>
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 10:14:10 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Alva’s Omega Diagnostics sees underlying sales grow]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/alva-s-omega-diagnostics-sees-underlying-sales-grow-1-4908842</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Omega Diagnostics, the Alva-based medical testing kit developer, said it had made &#8220;significant progress&#8221; restructuring its business as it flagged full-year results in line with market hopes.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>pharmaceutical</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:38:12 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Edinburgh-founded spa specialist Pure extends reach with four new UK locations]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/media-leisure/edinburgh-founded-spa-specialist-pure-extends-reach-with-four-new-uk-locations-1-4908604</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[An Edinburgh-founded business that bills itself as one of the fastest-growing players in the UK&#8217;s beauty and wellness sector has announced the opening of four branches &#8211; one in Scotland and three south of the Border.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>tourism and leisure</category>
                                  <category>Edinburgh</category>
                              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[John Yellowlees: New Cockenzie port would have a huge impact]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/john-yellowlees-new-cockenzie-port-would-have-a-huge-impact-1-4908252</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[The growth of more than 70 per cent in cruise &#173;journeys over the last ten years in Europe has been mostly in the colder northern waters as the Mediterranean market has been complemented by new UK based opportunities where people can avoid the need to fly to reach cruise ships. ]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:10:33 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Highland Main Line investment not enough – David Spaven]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/highland-main-line-investment-not-enough-david-spaven-1-4908248</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Ten years ago the rail freight industry had good cause to feel confident about the prospects for shifting freight from trucks to trains along the Perth-Inverness corridor.]]></description>
              
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:05:13 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Three cities now vying to be Scotland’s cultural capital – Brian Ferguson]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/three-cities-now-vying-to-be-scotland-s-cultural-capital-brian-ferguson-1-4908635</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow could all make a bid to become Scotland&#8217;s leading city of culture, writes Brian Ferguson.]]></description>
              
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                                  <category>library and museum</category>
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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              <title><![CDATA[Divorce law specialist to take charge at Turcan Connell]]></title>
              <link>https://www.scotsman.com/business/companies/divorce-law-specialist-to-take-charge-at-turcan-connell-1-4908611</link>

                                            <description><![CDATA[Legal firm Turcan Connell has appointed divorce lawyer Gillian Crandles as its new managing partner, only the second person to hold the title in the firm&#8217;s 22-year history.]]></description>
              
                                                <category>legal service</category>
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              <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 05:40:39 +0100</pubDate>
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