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Green Investment Bank needs to win hearts and minds

Friday, May 20, 2011 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories: Financing , Environment, Technology sector | Tags: investment, survey, report, Edinburgh, energy, renewable energy, green, Nathan Goode, Charles Yates, low carbon, Green Investment Bank, Wigley Report, solar energy, green energy, biomass, GIB, wind farms, cleantech

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Why we are campaigning for Edinburgh to be HQ of the new Green Investment Bank, or GIB, and why funding for small-scale renewable energy projects will bring not just swifter financial gains but a much-needed PR win for the low carbon economy.

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TV at a turning point in Edinburgh

Thursday, September 02, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Media sector | Tags: business, Alex Connock, media, BBC, Edinburgh, broadband, TV, Google, ITV, Channel 4, television, James Murdoch, YouTube, Mark Thompson, Sky, Paul Abbott, festival, local TV

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Oratory is back in business

Friday, January 22, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Media sector, Technology sector | Tags: business, Alex Connock, media, CEO, Ten Alps, Edinburgh, skills, Bob Geldof, presentations, Apple, speech, PowerPoint, Steve Jobs, speaking, persuasion, Royal Television Society, Channel4, MacTaggart Lecture, oratory

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