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Thistle do nicely02 February 2012

Gemma Cree, Siobhan McKinnon, Laura Hays and George Ruddick of Thistle Help at the company’s Irvine showroom

A specialist business in Irvine accessed Skills Development Scotland Modern Apprenticeship funding and now has a fully qualified and valued member of their team.

Thistle Help - which sells assisted living aids - took on Gemma Cree, from Kilmarnock, last February.

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    Matthew sows seeds of success in Inverness

    02 February 2012

    Inverness Caledonian Thistle were delighted to offer a Modern Apprenticeship opportunity within their non-playing staff and are keen to express to other league members the funding assistance that Skills Development Scotland (SDS) can offer to assist with the training costs.

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    Redundancy support for W J Harte workers

    20 January 2012

    Skills Development Scotland are inviting over 600 people recently made redundant from Lanarkshire-based construction company, W J Harte, to an event to help them back into employment.

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    Iain's a Low Carbon Skills Fund success

    21 December 2011

    A Scottish Government initiative designed to help businesses adopt low carbon practices has just clocked up its 1,000th successful applicant. Electrician Iain Jamieson is the 1,000th person to be trained in low carbon practices with help from Skills Development Scotland.

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    Skills Development Scotland Winter Briefings

    16 December 2011

    The Skills Development Scotland Winter Briefings are available to download. These are produced to help keep partners and stakeholders informed of our activities and highlight how we work in partnership to achieve our shared objectives.

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    Oban centre closure

    13 December 2011

    Following recent adverse weather our site in Oban will be closed until further notice while repairs are carried out.

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