Electric cars, buses and trucks, marine vessels that use only clean fuels, and planes that fly on clean hydrogen may all seem like scenes from a science fiction movie, but at COP26 in Glasgow, many governments and companies said they had begun working to make it a reality. At the UN conference in Glasgow, this…
In Scotland, a shortage of truck drivers and farm workers has forced a huge crop of cabbage to be left in the fields. The farmers’ co-operative East of Scotland Growers (ESG) estimates that they have thrown away 3.5 million broccoli florets and 1.9 million cauliflower florets since the UK left the European Union. In August,…
The owners of Bruichladdich, a Scottish distillery on the Isle of Islay that produces single malt whisky and dry gin, are thinking about the harm to the environment. In the next four years, they plan to make the distillation process a zero-emission operation using alternative energy sources. A total of nine distilleries are located on…
They are very rarely seen by humans and are an endangered species. In early June, tourists on the Scottish island of Lewes from Tiumpan Head Lighthouse spotted the rare seiwhale, also known as the willow whale, swimming nearby in the ocean. These animals were a prime target for whalers until the 1970s and so became…
The pandemic has made its adjustments in the work of all spheres of life, including the agricultural sector. “For two years we have been implementing digital systems in our work, and in the area of planning, and in the area of production, and control of the activities. On the basis of the department of organizational…
The Poultry Site, an international industry resource, reports that the Scottish government has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza caused by the highly pathogenic subtype of the H5N1 virus. The bird mortality was registered in the Levan region of the eastern Fife district – on a farm where about 14 thousand pheasants and…
The vast area covers about two hectares and descends to the Thames What happened? The house on the banks of the Thames, where the famous writer Agatha Christie lived, appeared on the market for $ 3.8 million, according to Mansion Global. According to a press release from the real estate agency Savills, the detective novelist…
A design contract worth almost DKK 2.3 million is awarded. £ for improvements to Glasgow’s George Square and the surrounding area. Glasgow City Council has recommended that John McAslan & Partners be awarded the design contract for the George Square Area Project, also known as ‘Block C’ in the £ 115m Avenues Center Program. The…
Glasgow-based ATAE to launch Munro Mark 1 SUV with full frame construction and permanent four-wheel drive Scottish startup ATAE (All Terrain All Electric) from Glasgow is developing a large electric SUV called the Munro Mark 1, which is due to prototype in 2021. The ATAE Munro Mark 1, which will be based on a classic…
Glasgow City Council have bought the notorious Bellgrove Hotel, a private hostel in the east end of the city. In October of last year, we reported on the hotel having been put up for sale as a ‘development opportunity’. The homeless hostel on the Gallowgate was previously likened to a ‘Soviet gulag’, prompting intervention from…
