Council donates obsolete Trust funds to cancer charity

By Reporter | November 26, 2017

A Scottish council has given almost half a million pounds to a cancer charity. Perth and Kinross Council is donating nearly £450,000 to Macmillan Cancer Support from a trust fund administered by the council where the purpose can no longer be fulfilled in the modern day. The local authority has been reorganising a number of…

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Scotland carries on going green with three new projects

By Reporter | November 22, 2017

Three Scottish communities are pledging to clean up their areas. Scotland’s waste-free revolution is driving forward, with Perth, Leith and central Edinburgh pledging to deliver transformative change for residents and workers. They have been selected as the locations for Scotland’s third Zero Waste Town projects, each receiving a share of nearly £900,000 in funding, which…

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Bringing life under the sea to the surface in new Perth exhibition

By Reporter | November 16, 2017

Artist and diver Janeanne Gilchrist is sharing images from the mysterious underwater world in her first solo exhibition. The sea and the self are territories Janeanne explores and merges seductively in Above, Below, Beyond, an exhibition of intricately composed and infinitely ambiguous sub-aquatic images. The exhibition takes place at Perth’s Fergusson Gallery from this Saturday…

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Let them eat cake – in the form of Perth’s famous landmarks

By Reporter | November 16, 2017

A Scottish city’s famous landmarks are being recreated in cake. This Sunday (November 19), as part of the Perth Festive Feast, Perth and Kinross and dozens of its locations are being made in cake form and will be on display at Horsecross Plaza before being cut up and handed out to be enjoyed. A total…

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Galbraith in the fast lane

By Reporter | November 9, 2017

Galbraith has taken delivery of seven sparkling new Mini Coopers to celebrate its new corporate branding. Galbraith is Scotland’s leading independent property consultancy with 236 staff in eleven offices covering the full range of property services – from commercial property to residential, rural and estate management. Earlier this year the firm unveiled its new logo…

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Visitor numbers at distilleries rise by an impressive 18 per cent

By Reporter | November 7, 2017

A distiller has reported an 18 per cent rise in visitors for the summer season. Diageo is toasting a successful 2017 at its distillery visitor centres as it joined the national tourism organisation at the leading global event for the travel industry in London yesterday (Monday). Visits to Blair Athol, Glenkinchie, Dalwhinnie, Royal Lochnagar, Cragganmore,…

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Stone find reveals Picts were present in ancient Perthshire

By Reporter | November 2, 2017

Workmen on a £35 million road project made a surprise discovered when they uncovered a Pictish stone. The team, working on Perth & Kinross Council’s A9/A85 project, recently uncovered a large carved stone whilst excavating part of the site. Contractors Balfour Beatty stopped works in the area to allow archaeologists from Perth and Kinross Heritage…

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Bonnie Prince Charlie exhibition is a star attraction

By Reporter | October 26, 2017

Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites is a new exhibition at Edinburgh’s National Museum of Scotland. It shows how he attempted to achieve his dream of becoming the King of Scotland. Charles Edward Stuart reached Scottish soil for the first time in his life in 1745 at Eriskay. The Bonnie Prince was born in exile…

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New exhibition designers tasked with developing Perth’s cultural future

By Reporter | October 24, 2017

The latest phase in the revamping of Perth will soon get underway. Following a competitive process, Metaphor has been appointed as the interpretation and exhibition designers for Perth City Hall and Perth Museum and Art Gallery. They will work with the architects appointed for the projects, Mecanoo and Hoskins Architects to develop stunning new interiors…

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