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Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme - Summary

Jack Proctor – Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:30:00 GMT – 0

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been monitoring closely the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which was launched with the aim of protecting jobs through the crisis period.

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COVID-19 Update on EDGE operations from CEO

Jack Proctor – Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:23:00 GMT – 0

I would like to provide an update on EDGE’s operations given the current situation regarding the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus).

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Achieving a competition-wide gender balance

Jack Proctor – Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:43:00 GMT – 0

Early in 2019, we took a look at the gender balance across the then current round – Round 14. We found that of that round’s 225 applicants, 67 were female-led, which made up around 30% of the total number of participants – obviously short of where we would like to be. We have since additionally introduced metrics to distinguish against all male, all female and mixed gender owned businesses.

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Our boots were made for Kiltwalking!

Jack Proctor – Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:24:00 GMT – 0

We're channelling our inner Proclaimer and walking 500 miles (well, it's actually 23 miles, but we're sure it'll feel like 500!) for the Glasgow Kiltwalk.

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