Monthly Archives: December 2016
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Posted: December 14, 2016Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
This Is the Age of the Train –
Flying Scots Men and Women Get Train Boost
At last there is to be a direct link between the centre of Glasgow and Glasgow Airport as the last plan was abandoned in 2009. The new link will hopefully see the horrendous overuse of the very congested M8 shrink once the link is up and running in 2023. Although the airport lacks one distinction for all fans of the “King”, the...
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Posted: December 13, 2016Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Ginnovation: UK Gin Sales Will Outstrip Scotch Whisky by 2020 –
But at Least It Will Be Scottish Gin
The relentless growth of gin is so strong that by 2020 the sales of gin will be greater than that of our national pride and joy Scotch. Luckily it is almost all made in Scotland and yes as usual I am getting my information from one of those surveys. This time it is those good people at Euromonitor...
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Posted: December 13, 2016Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Worrying Times with Scottish Post Offices –
Closures, Closures, Closures
For those of us who need the post office on a regular basis the trek to the nearest office can now sometimes be unnecessarily long. My take on post offices is a bit jaundiced at the moment. I have just moved as you might remember and in the last place we lived we were all surprised in the queue for posting when the police came...
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Posted: December 08, 2016Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Check Your Wallet –
You May Instantly Be £20,000 Richer
I don’t know if you have seen them yet, but there are a bunch of new and nasty fivers in circulation from across the border. They are near impossible to keep in order, difficult to count and upset vegetarians; but now there is another reason to look out for them –rather than the Scottish fiver. If you remember the Roald Dahl book Charlie and the...
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Posted: December 07, 2016Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Queensferry Crossing Nears Completion-
Third Bridge to Span Forth Shockingly on Schedule
Now I am used to Scottish transport bad news stories so it was with good cheer that I heard that despite recent storms the new Forth Road Bridge is in time for delivery, as they say in May. It is a bridge sir not a letter; by Jove they have made a minced meal of the language. And by the way I thought they were...
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Posted: December 06, 2016Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
The Gallery Strikes Back –
A New Hope for Garden Art Gallery
As you might remember I wrote about the likely closure of Inverleith House a contemporary art gallery in Edinburgh and well it seems the outcry from the public, stars of the art world and Hollywood heavy hitters may have swayed the guardians of the gallery.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) decision prompted a public protest and...
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Posted: December 06, 2016Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Scotland’s Best Building Choice Leads to Elitist Outcry –
A Clash of Ideas and Taste
The Scots are a practical minded bunch and when they were asked to name their favourite Scotttish building of the last hundred years they put a few posh noses out of joint. On the short list of 400 buildings there were crackers like the former ballroom and Grade A Listed Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, the Dundee...
