Holyrood PR Image Galleries
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| Cube Datastore | Cube Datastore is one of Scotland’s leading archive management services, providing hard copy offsite archiving, digital media storage and confidential waste destruction. Its expert integrated Edinburgh-based storage services are used by more than 150 clients across Scotland, and it looks after 55,000 boxes, 200,000 individual document files and more than 3,000 data tapes. |
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Cube Datastore is one of Scotland’s leading archive management services providing hard copy offsite archiving, digital media storage and confidential waste destruction. Owner Katie Bennett has built on the firm’s eight year pedigree following a buyout from a franchise. She has overseen a move to purpose-built new Edinburgh premises, a successful rebranding and the installation of hi-tech new digital media storage services. |
| Gibson Kerr | Gibson Kerr is a family-run legal firm in Edinburgh which offers expert advice on all aspects of personal and family law. Run by husband and wife team Scott & Fiona Rasmusen, the firm specialises in a range of legal expertise - including wills, executries, power of attorney, financial & tax planning, family law and separation and divorce. |
| Gibson Kerr lawyers |
Gibson Kerr is a family-run legal firm in Edinburgh which offers expert advice on all aspects of personal and family law. Run by husband and wife team Scott & Fiona Rasmusen, the firm specialises in a range of legal expertise - including wills, executries, power of attorney, financial & tax planning, family law and separation and divorce. |
| Channel 6 | Channel 6 is one of Scotland's leading digital agencies and e-commerce experts. It is renowned for designing and developing stunning websites which help businesses profit online. |
| Bohemia Rhapsody |
Multimedia and ecommerce experts Channel 6 have helped Edinburgh fashion store Bohemia Design to expand rapidly. The boutique had to move to bigger premises after Channel 6 gave its website and ecommerce makeover, seeing sales surge by 50% in six months |
| No Strings | The No Strings charity uses puppets created by artists who formed part of the original Muppet Show team to give life-saving messages to children across the globe in a way they will enjoy and remember. |
| No Strings Across the Globe |
No Strings uses puppets created by artists who formed part of the original Muppet Show team to give life-saving messages to children across the globe in a way they will enjoy and remember. We defy you not to smile when witnessing some of our puppeteers at work around the world. |
| Scribbler | Scribbler Cards is one of the most irreverent and stylish card and gift retailers on the High Street. The 17-strong chain has defied the general gloom in the greetings card sector with its extensive range of stylish cards by niche and emerging suppliers. Although Scribbler offers gift wrapping products and corporate gifts it is best-known for its extensive range of niche cards, ranging from the outrightly rude to slightly surreal, but always with a rich vein of humour. |
| Mother's Day |
Finding the perfect card to express your heartfelt appreciation for your beloved mum this Mother’s Day can always be tricky. Sometimes the cards are twee and over-schmaltzy. Often they never quite hit the mark with their sentiments. But Scribbler cards have made it easier than ever to find the right card – with plenty that will bring a smile to any mum’s face this Mothering Sunday on March 14. The cards retail at £2.50 at Scribbler stores across Scotland and England, and online at www.scribbler.co.uk. |
| Valentine's Cards |
It is the official day for roses and romance – the time to splash out on greetings to show our better halves just how much we care. Stylish card chain Scribbler has put together a wide array of beautiful card ranges to help couples express their true emotions this Valentine’s Day – no matter what kind of relationship they are in. |
| Fraser Suites | Fraser Suites is the first hotel from the Frasers Hospitality group which is renowned for its global network of luxury serviced accomodation. To help promote the boutique hotel, Scottish public relations agency Holyrood Partnership, PR in Edinburgh has been brought in to provide online PR, digital PR, PR photography and PR video. |
| Bedrooms |
Scottish PR agency Holyrood Partnership promotes 75 bedroom boutique hotel Fraser Suites Edinburgh. The venue's luxurious interior design is complimented by specially commissioned artworks from Edinburgh College of Art. |
| Details |
Caring attention to fine details has associated the Frasers Hospitality name with quality around the world. The spacious living quarters at Fraser Suites Edinburgh have been carefully crafted by architects Holmes to meet the group's high standards. All images by Joe Connolly of Simple Photography, Glasgow 00 44 (141) 243 2123 |
| Eating Areas |
The Fraser Suites Edinburgh hotel offers the additional benefit of luxury self-catering accommodation. Each room boasts a designer Villeroy & Boch kitchen or kitchenette within generous living space. The hotel also features a linked restaurant for those wishing to experience fine dining. Scottish PR agency Holyrood Partnership promotes boutique hotel Fraser Suites Edinburgh. All images by Joe Connolly of Simple Photography, Glasgow 00 44 (141) 243 2123 |
| General Images |
Fraser Suites Edinburgh's interiors and fittings boast the trademark good taste of he Frasers Hospitality global brand. Scottish PR agency Holyrood Partnership promotes boutique hotel Fraser Suites Edinburgh. All images by Joe Connolly of Simple Photography, Glasgow 00 44 (141) 243 2123 |
| Living Areas |
Scottish PR agency Holyrood Partnership promotes boutique hotel Fraser Suites Edinburgh. Unlike other boutique accommodation, each of the hotel’s 75 bedrooms boasts designer self catering facilities with a Villeroy & Boch kitchen. The spacious living quarters have been carefully crafted by architects Holmes. All images by Joe Connolly of Simple Photography, Glasgow 00 44 (141) 243 2123 |
| Lubiju, Cosmetic Dentist | TWO leading Scottish dentists have invested £750,000 to create a new private practice offering the ambience of a five-star hotel combined with most hi-tech treatment techniques and equipment available in cosmetic dentistry. Doctors Biju Krishnan and Lubino do Rego opened Lubiju at Commercial Quay in Leith to adopt and develop the most advanced treatments available. They are joined by Dr John Cuccio, a world-renowned dental implant expert with 35 years experience who sold Lubiju also has its own dedicated massage and complementary therapy treatment room, with expert staff who also provide alternative health advice, relaxation and beauty treatments, non-surgical facelifts and other holistic therapies |
| Dental Hypnotherapist |
A new £750,000 cosmetic dental practice in Edinburgh has secured the services clinical hypnotherapist Peter Davies to help patients who suffer stress during dental visits.He will work with worried patients receiving treatment at Lubiju in Edinburgh. |
| Lubiju Dentist |
Lubiju offers the ambience of a five-star hotel combined with most hi-tech treatment techniques and equipment available in cosmetic dentistry. It is adoping and developing the most advanced implants and surgical methods, needle-free and painless treatments . Meanwhile it also has its own dedicated massage and complementary therapy treatment room and is building a reputation for attracting Europe's leading alternative medicine practitioners. |
| Dental Implants |
Ian Robertson, 76, is delighted with his new dental implants fitted using the latest technology at Lubiju dental practice. |
| Scothedge | Scothedge is the campaign group lobbying pressing for laws to help homeowners whose lives and homes are blighted by oppresively high trees, hedges and bushes. |
| Scothedge Demo |
Campaign group Scothedge takes its fight against the problem of high hedge disputes to the Scottish Parliament. The organisation was lobbying MSPs to back a public consultation into the issue and to introduce new legislation to limit the size of nuisance hedges in Scotland. |
| Hedge Rage Examples |
A selection of photos taken by ScotHedge, the campaign groupl which represents victims whose lives and properties are blighted by oppressively high trees, hedges and bushes. |
| The Yard, Leith Family Restaurant | The Yard, Leith is a new family-friendly destination offering the unique mix of a quality restaurant with an excellent outdoor play facility. Based in Bonnington Road, Edinburgh, the bar and restaurant was created by mother-turned-businesswoman Lorraine Politi, who is behind the highly successfully Molly's Play Centre in Edinburgh. She recognised families were desperate for a venue which would combine a high-quality restaurant with an outdoor play area, where they could enjoy time together. |
| Fish and Chips in Newspaper |
The most famous way of eating fish and chips - wrapped in newspaper - has returned to The Yard, Leith restaurant after a practical joke by chef Tony Delicata. The joker decided to serve up an added surprise for a visiting friend by wrapping it up like a takeaway fish supper - complete with a sheet of newspaper. It has proved an unexpected hit with customers and the newspaper-wrapped delicacy is now served as standard, along with the traditional bottle of “ chip shop brown sauce” for that authentic experience. |
| One Call Home Assist | Successful PR and media relations, including photography, for One Call Home Assist, all trades property maintenance contractor for the letting sector in Edinburgh |
| New office |
Property maintenance firm One Call Home Assist has relocated to a new office premises in Edinburgh, enabling its directors to take the next step to expanding the business across the UK. |
| Scramble for Once Call joiner job |
Property maintenance company had to pull a job advert after being swamped by jobseekers within 30 minutes of placing a recruitment advert in edinburgh for a joiner. Steven Craig eventually earned the position. |
| Vittoria | Holyrood Partnership, PR in Scotland , creates positive media coverage to help build the reputation of Italian restaurants Vittoria and La Favorita in Edinburgh |
| Grant Stott and Cash 4 Kids |
PR photography. Radio and TV presenter Grant Stott gave glowing praise to a charity deal at Vittoria restaurant designed to raise money for the Cash 4 Kids campaign. The Forth One DJ is the face of the station's Cash 4 Kids campaign. Popular Italian restaurant Vittoria has raised more than £1000 for the cause after owner Tony Crolla introduced kids eat for £1 deal. |
| Restaurant Water Fight |
Popular Italian restaurants in Edinburgh have asked customers to decide whether they should serve authentic bottled water from Italy or humble Scottish water from the tap to diners as standard. |
| Log fired pizza wagon |
One of the best loved restaurants in Edinburgh is taking its food on the road, with the UK's first log-fired pizza wagon. The custom-built vehicle cost £90,000 and includes an onboard, log-fired pizza oven, will visit major events like T in the Park. Holyrood Partnership, PR in Scotland, provides PR video and PR photography for Vittoria and La Favorita restaurants. |
| Panton McLeod | Water quality engineering firm, with bases in Scotland and England which helps deliver pure, fresh drinking water to millions of homes. Holyrood Partnership provides PR services to ensure positive coverage and headlines. |
| Water Works |
Panton McLeod's staff work across the UK cleaning and inspecting water structures involved in delivering clear, fresh supplies to taps. Staff carry out cleaning by hand or using specialist underwater robots. |
| US Kids Golf | Holyrood PR - public relations and media support for the US Kids Golf European Championships to be held at five golf courses in East Lothian, Scotland |
| U.S. Kids Golf 2009 winners in Scotland |
Young UK players competing in the 2009 U.S. Kids Golf European Championship, held in Scotland. |
| 2008 U.S. Kids Golf photoshoot |
Images of tournament co-ordinator Alasdair Good and local competitor Duncan Maclean getting ready for the 2008 event |
| Shona Robison photoshoot |
Scottish health minister Shona Robison MSP practices her golf skills with young players from across the world. The junior players were on the green at Gullane Golf Course as they prepared for the first day of action at the U.S. Kids Golf European Championship. The tournament, which is staged at Gullane No2, Gullane No3, Luffness New, Kilspindie and Cragielaw, is one of the most prestigious competitions for the world’s best young golfers. |
| Kids Golf Tournament Photoshoot |
Two young golfers from East Lothian – one dressed in an old-fashioned Bobby Jones outfit and the other in the modern-day equivalent – have teed off against each other to launch this year’s US Kids Golf European Championship. |
| Citylets | Citylets is Scotland's leading web portal for rented property. It is used by more than 200 landlords and letting agents and is involved in 30,000 lettings every year. Its qurterly report is the only detailed and independent barometer of the rental market and is used by investors, letting agents and financial institutions. |
| The Friends factor |
The latest Citylets quarterly report on rental trends in Scotland shows young professionals are avoiding mortgages or costly rents for one bedroom flats and opting to share rent and split bills with friends. |
| Reluctant Landlord case study |
The Citylets quarterly report is the only detailed and independent barometer of the rental market and is used by investors, letting agents and financial institutions. In October 2008 it revealed many people who couldn't sell properties were forced to rent instead |
| FFDR | Scotland's number one disaster recovery firm. FFDR is an all trades contractor working with the biggest names in insurance. The expert team of tradesmen, including plumbers, joiners, builders and decorators, ensure homes and businesses are swiftly back to normal after floods, fires or othe disasters. |
| Racing FFDR |
Motor racing enthusiast Ronnie Klos, the millionaire businessmen who created all trades contractor FFDR, has shown his support for his favourit sport in Fife, by sponsoring a Legends racer and Knockhill racing circuit. |
| Master of Disaster |
As the founder of all trades contractor FFDR, Ronnie Klos has become known as the master of disaster. His expert team of plumbers, joiners, builders and decorators work with the biggest insurance companies to repair fire and flood damaged homes and businesses. |
| New Edinburgh Office |
Fire and flood salvage experts FFDR opened a new office in Edinburgh to provide its team of surveyors with a base for its expanding insurance industry workload in the Scottish capital. |
| Small Business of the Year award |
Lochgelly-based FFDR was named Small Business of the Year in the prestigious National Business Awards of Scotland. |
| Maison Bleue | Popular restaurant in Edinburgh's historic Victoria Street. Renowned for its relaxed chic, the venue is also highly-rated for its North African influenced French cuisinie, overseen by experienced chef and restaurateur, Dean Gassabi. |
| Maison Bleue Team |
The team behind the highly successful Maison Bleue restaurant in Edinburgh's historic Victoria Street, whcih is highly-rated for its North African influenced French cuisine. |
| Warners Solicitors and Estate Agents | Warners Solicitors and Estate Agents is Edinburgh’s leading estate agent – and has been the number one performing firm in the ESPC for 10 consecutive years. Warners is on-top of market trends making them leading experts in the field and the firm is committed to selling quality homes at affordable prices. Expert legal staff with Warners fully understand the importance of a quality customer service for their clients and will do everything to make sales go smoothly. |
| Biking lawyer |
Edinburgh lawyer Bill Gibson helped raise £20,000 for charity after completing a 1020 cycle ride from Land’s End to John O’Groats. Bill, who heads the commercial property section at leading Edinburgh law firm Warners, completed the gruelling trek in just 12 days in order to raise funds for the cancer charity that helped provide care for one his closest friends. The money raised by Bill’s cycle challenge was shared between Marie Curie Cancer Care and for Edinburgh-based Warrender Swimming Club, which launched the career of Olympic gold medallist David Wilkie. |
| Taxi fires |
Warners solicitors are representing an Edinburgh taxi driver whose black can burst into flames as he seeks compensation in a test Scottish legal case |
| Warners Office |
Warners Solicitors and Estate Agents is Edinburgh’s leading estate agent – and has been the number one performing firm in the ESPC for 10 consecutive years. Warners is on-top of market trends making them leading experts in the field and the firm is committed to selling quality homes at affordable prices. Expert legal staff with Warners fully understand the importance of a quality customer service for their clients and will do everything to make sales go smoothly. |
| Braemore Property Management | The leading letting agent in Scotland's capital city, with a portfolio of 850 properties, worth £250 million. Renowned experts on the Edinburgh property market for more than 25 years |
| Satisfied Landlord |
Stuart Vasepuru is a property investor who has found being a landlord can be a lucrative business, despite doom-mongers’ talk that buy-to-let has had its day. He runs his own buy-to-let company in Edinburgh and all five of his properties have been leased through Braemore Property Management. Stuart is one of Braemore’s growing client base of landlords across the Capital. The firm currently has a portfolio of 850 properties, worth in more than £250 million. |
| Executive Lets |
Braemore Deluxe Residences is two townhouse properties in the elegant Georgian New Town, which are five-star accredited by VisitScotland. They are aimed at business travellers and tourists who want a different experience – with a 24 hour concierge to ensure guests won’t forget their stay. |
| Orchard & Shipman | Orchard & Shipman, www.orchardandshipman.com, runs one of the country’s leading Private Sector Leasing (PSL) schemes. It has contracts to provide homes for people in housing need to councils in Edinburgh, Midloathian, East Lothian, Scottish Borders and the London Boroughs of Southwark, Hillingdon and Lambeth. It also offers properties for sale through its Campsie division and property management services. |
| Opening Ceremony |
Just two years after launching its Private Sector Leasing service in Edinbugh, Orchard & Shipman marked the opening of its new Scottish HQ. Staff, including senior management, joined clients and suppliers at a lunchtime champagne reception to mark the event in the new base in the Scottish capital’s Bonnington area. Co-founder Chris Shipman conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony with Councillor Norman Work, The City of Edinburgh council’s Vice-Convenor of the Health, Social Care and Housing Committee. The spacious new HQ – intended to give a comfortable and inspirational environment for staff – was opened on October 31, 2007. |
| Satisfied Landlords |
Orchard & Shipman, www.orchardandshipman.com, runs one of the country’s leading Private Sector Leasing (PSL) schemes. Landlords - attracted by guaranteed rents, no void periods, full management without agency fees and property condition assurances – have signed up in large numbers and 100% rate the service “Good” or “Excellent”. |
| Senior Team |
Orchard & Shipman, www.orchardandshipman.com, runs one of the country’s leading Private Sector Leasing (PSL) schemes. It has contracts to provide homes for people in housing need to councils in Edinburgh, Midloathian, East Lothian, Scottish Borders and the London Boroughs of Southwark, Hillingdon and Lambeth. It also offers properties for sale through its Campsie division and property management services. |
| Other Clients | However, not every business has the budget, resources or appetite for long-term term PR. So, Holyrood Partnerhip regularly handles short term and one off PR projects - with spectacular results. |
| John Smeaton By-Election Candidate |
John Smeaton, the man branded a hero after he helped foil a terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport in 2007, has announced his political ambition. He will stand as an independent candiate in the Glasgow North East by-election, in the seat made vacant by the resignation of sitting MP Michael Martin as Speaker of the House of Commons. |
| Inchmarlo Estate |
The Inchmarlo Estate provides a continuing care retirement home on Royal Deeside for residents and homeowners over the age of 55. Its renowned gardens are open to the public each year and attract visitors from across the world |
| TimeTwisters |
TimeTwisters is the award-winning indoor play centre in Sighthill Edinburgh, which has proved a huge hit with parents and children alike. |
| NKD Clothing | Scotland's premier designer and supplier of stylish and bespoke uniforms and corporate wear. |
| NKD Model Shoot 2009 |
Scotland's leading provider of corporate wear NKD Clothing showcases its latest bespoke uniform designs. |
| 21212 restaurant uniforms |
NKD Clothing used Holyrood PR in edinburgh to highlight the bespoke uniforms designed for new restaurant, 21212, which is tipped to earn a Michelin star. |
| NKD Style |
A selection of the stylish, high quality uniforms and work wear designed and delivered by NKD Clothing, one of the UK's leading providers of bespoke corporate clothing. |
| NKD Design Samples |
NKD Clothing, www.nkdclothing.co.uk, based in Edinburgh, is Scotland’s top supplier of uniforms and corporate wear - because it applies the best design principles to each bespoke project and usees only the finest fabrics and materials |
| NKD Team |
NKD Clothing, www.nkdclothing.co.uk, based in Edinburgh, is Scotland’s top supplier of uniforms and corporate wear. The company, owned by Gill Eastgate, was established in 2003 and its clients include Malmaison and De Vere hotel groups. |
| Montpeliers (Edinburgh) Ltd | Edinburgh's leading style bar chain with venues including Rick's, Candy Kitchen and Bar, Opal Lounge and Indigo Yard. Montpeliers has led the way with venues which attract celebrities as well as the most discerning customers |
| Rick's Refurbishment |
Style bar Rick's, which has been a leading cocktail venue for a decade, has undergone a £150,000 relaunch.Rick's opened in 2000 and quickly established itself as the fore-runner of the capital's sophisticated style bar scene, serving drinks to a host famous names including Hollywood star James McAvoy, supermodel Kate Moss and Prince William. |
| Giant Cocktail Shaker |
PR photography for Rick's cocktail bar in Edinburgh, which sourced a specially made giant cocktail shaker, which holds a gallon of alcohol. Public Relations support for Montpeliers (Edinburgh) Ltd, which runs the most stylish bars in Scotland, is provided by Holyrood Partnership PR in Scotland |
| Assembly Opening |
Edinburgh's leading style bar chain, Montpeliers, has always been an innovator and market leader. This was shown when it took the brave step of transforming the popular Iguana Bar into an entirely new venue, Assembly. Even though Iguana was a firm favourite the move paid of by revitalising the venue for a whole new audience. |
| Montys Big Breakfasts |
Scotland rugby heroes showed they have the stomach for a challenge when they sampled the new Bigger Better Breakfasts at Edinburgh bar, Montpeliers of Bruntsfield. The new breakfast menu has been designed to be virtually impossible to finish, offering diners not just the perfect start to the day but enough calories to see them through until bedtime. And with the dishes, including The Monties Mixed Grill, The Pancake Stack and The Eight Egg Omelette, all very much man-sized, burly rugby stars Simon Taylor, Marcus di Rollo, Chris Paterson and Mike Blair were invited to be first to see if they have the appetite for a food fight. The popular Bruntsfield venue was the first to be opened by Montpeliers (Edinburgh) Ltd, which is now Scotland’s leading style bar chain, with venues including Tigerlily and Opal Lounge. |
| Opal Louge reopens |
Edinburgh’s original VIP venue, Opal Lounge underwent a lavish refurbishment in 2005. One of the string of style bars run by the influential Montpelier (Edinburgh) Ltd chain, it has a host of celebrity fans, including Prince William and Kate Moss. A lavish party was held to celebrate its relaunch in November 2005. |
| Mint and Mojitos |
Drinkers have gone Mojito mad, according to Scotland’s leading style bar operators Montpeliers (Edinburgh) Ltd. Demand for the rum-based cocktail is now so strong that it is outstripping sales of most other traditional drinks such as Gin and Tonic and White Wine Spritzers at venues including Rick’s, Tigerlily and Opal Lounge. |
| Eagle Couriers | The firm is Scotland’s biggest independent courier company, with almost 30 years’ experience, 100 staff, bases in Glasgow and Edinburgh and annual turnover of £2.3 million. |
| New Bathgate HQ |
Eagle Couriers has opened a new, purpose-built headquarters in Bathgate, Scotland. More than 30 staff are based there, using hi-tech tracking equipment to ensure prompt deliveries across Scotland and the UK |
| Ollie the owl |
Eagle Couriers launched a "special delivery" campaign to find worthwhile causes to back. Lucky recipients included a Scottish zoo, where the firm will now sponsor Ollie the eagle owl. |
| QED takeover |
Eagle Couriers carried out a successful takeover of QED Couriers - one of its oldest rivals in Edinburgh. The deal, which brings an extra £500,000 of business to Eagle Couriers every year, ended a 25-year rivalry between the two firms in the Capital. QED’s 15-strong fleet of vehicles were also incorporated into Eagle’s Edinburgh depot. |
| Winter Auto Sock |
By using special Norwegian-designed safety socks for their vehicles, Eagle Couriers are ensuring their drivers stay safe on Scotland’s roads during the winter freeze. Eagle, which is Scotland’s leading independent courier firm, currently works with major organisations such the NHS and delivers medical supplies, equipment and important documents hospitals across the whole of Scotland. |
| Cycle Courier |
Eva Ballin, is Edinburgh’s only female cycle courier. For the past eight-years, the 38-year-old, who lives in Liberton, has been working for Scotland’s leading independent courier firm Eagle Couriers. While delivering important documents for the Capital’s major businesses she cycles around 80 miles across the city – roughly the same distance that Olympic gold medallist Nicole Cooke would cover in an average training session. |
| Tigerlily & Lulu | Tigerlily, in Edinburgh, is Scotland's leading boutique hotel, bar and restaurant. Lulu is the hotel's naughty little sister - an opulent and decadent subterranean night spot. |
| Lulu Interiors |
Subterranean glamour, effortless cool, eclectic sounds and lush surroundings…welcome to the wonderful world of Lulu. Part club-part bar, Lulu offers unrivalled levels of style, service and sophistication. It is in the Montpeliers stable, part of a group which has spent 10 years setting the style bar benchmarks that everyone else follows. Deliberately small, with a capacity of 300 people, it is based beneath the group's award-winning and uber-chic Tigerlily. Every inch of Lulu’s style – co-ordinated by acclaimed interior designers Graven Images – has been crafted to ensure it’s the best of the best. |
| Lulu's Glamour Launch |
Lulu nightclub in George Street opened to rave reviews from Scotland's night life aficinados. The club, beaneath George Street's boutique Tigerlily hotel, boasts a superb sound system, sound responsive disco light dance floor, large brass shimmer screens and red silk walls. Capacity is pegged at 300. Described as a happy collision between New York disco and quality music in a comfortable, welcoming space with expert bar staff |
| Littlewoods Poker | The UK's most trusted name in gaming, which has reached a huge new audience with its popular online poker site. |
| Dave Colclough |
SOME of the country’s top card sharps were in Glasgow in May 2006 to celebrate the opening of Scotland’s first ever dedicated poker club. The Cincinnati Club, on Glasgow’s Bridge Street, hosted the $50,000 Littlewoodspoker.com Home Nation Challenge which will be the biggest ever pot and the first event of its kind to be played for in Scotland. The tournament, which will involve some of the top players in the world including club owner Dave Colclough and Scotland’s first ever sponsored poker professional Tony Chessa. |
| Lucia Barrett |
In November 2005, hairdresser Lucia Barrett won a dream trip to the celebrity paradise of St Kitts to take on the world’s best poker players and the chance to play for a $2million prize pool. Lucia is among the growing army of women who play online with gaming giant Littlewoodspoker.com, one of the most respected names behind the phenomenal growth of internet poker. The former beauty queen won a $10,000 all-expenses paid trip to play in the world’s most glamorous tournament – the $2million Caribbean Poker Classic. By day Lucia, a mother-of-one, has her own hairdressing salon in the south side of Edinburgh. |
| Tony Chessa |
Tony Chessa staked a place as Scotland's only sponsored poker professional, when he struck a deal with Littlewoodspoker.com. The father, from Greenock, landed the groundbreaking deal in November 2004 and spent several yeears as Scotland's only sponsored poker pro. Tony is a well-known face in the Greenock, where his family run the renowned Aldo’s restaurant, and was a professional poker player for several years before signing up with Littlewoodspoker.com, the UK's most trusted name in online gaming. |
| Space Solutions | Scotland's leading independent specialists in workplace design, fit out and relocation. Offers a team of architecs, interior and space designers, project managers and relocations staff from offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen |
| Tea Boutique |
Scotland’s leading work-place design consultants, Space Solutions, were hired to help create the perfect environment for a new tea business in Edinburgh. The design firm transformed a former office on Frederick Street into a unique and relaxing tea boutique called Eteaket. The project aims to rekindle Scotland’s passion for tea and hopes to attract shoppers with a contemporary retreat from the bustling city centre. |
| Directors |
The directors of Space Solutions, Steve Judge, Derek Binnie, Kenny Cope and Mark Wilson. The four led a successful management buy out of the company in July 2007 |
| Alistir Wood Tait | |
| Cufflinks |
Gem expert and master jeweller Alistir Tait has created a wide range of hand-crafted cufflinks that will make a unique gift for fashion-conscious men. Alistir has used Scottish gold, silver and rare gemstones in his designs, which are styled to reflect the history of cufflinks over the past 300 years. Among them is a reproduction of Jacobean “sleevelinks” – the earliest version of cufflinks which were worn by Bonnie Prince Charlie during his ill-fated uprising. |
| Eye of Horus |
A ring designed in the shape of an ancient Egyptian protection symbol caused a shock when it mysteriously lit up under the lights in a nightclub. Mum of three Helen Dewar was amazed when her diamond ring, which was shaped like the Eye of Horus, let out a radiant blue glow when it was exposed to the UV lighting in Dunfermline. Scottish gold and gem expert Alistir Tait, who made the ring, explained that a small number of diamonds react to UV light but admitted that one in the Horus ring was the brightest he had ever seen. |
| Gem Porsche |
Jewellery expert Alistir Tait is best known for his love of pricey rocks, but he also knows a thing or two about gems in the classic motoring world. The Scottish gold, silver and gem expert owns a highly-collectible 1989 Porsche 911 Carrera 4, which he uses as the perfect vehicle to tell the world about his love of gemmology. As well having a distinctive registration plate, G15 GEM, Alistir has also described the classic car’s deep burgundy colour in typical gemmological terms – Burmese ruby red. |
| Precious Couple |
Master jeweller Alistir Tait created a special Scottish gold and silver ring for Adam Lansdown as the ideal way to celebrate a double anniversary for his wife Sarah. The gem expert used Scottish gold and even rarer Scottish silver to create the unique ring, which was designed to celebrate both Sarah’s 50th birthday and the couple’s 25th wedding anniversary. The couple had been lifelong customers of Alistir, Scotland’s leading authority on Scottish jewellery and gemstones and one of the few jewellers in the country with a regular supply of Scottish gold. |
| Fake Diamonds |
An influx of fake diamonds so convincing that they are even fooling high street jewellers is being witnessed across Scotland. Gemstone and Scottish gold expert Alistir Tait warns that the fakes are made from mossanite - an extremely realistic manmade alternative which is produced in a laboratory. Alistir, who is the leading authority on Scottish gold, silver and gemstones, clims they are so close to real diamonds they will actually pass the two basic tests which most jewellery shop staff use to test stones. |
| Dazzling gem auction for charity |
Edinburgh jeweller Alistir Tait was asked to auction stunning gems hand cut by members of the United Kingdom Facet Cutters Guild. |
| Wedding Panners |
A romantic couple enlisted the help of master Scottish jeweller Alistir Tait to create a pair of wedding rings from Scottish gold they had panned themselves in a river. Geologists David Bond and Maura Kelly spent hours wading through a Perthshire river as they panned for gold, which they planned to use to create the perfect set of wedding bands. The couple decided to take their haul to Scottish gold and gem expert Alistir, who painstakingly moulded the gold they had collected into a stunning pair of rings. |
| Scottish Gold |
Alsitir Wood Tait Antique and Fine Jewellery is the leading expert on and supplier of rare Scottish gold |
| Tattoo Medals |
Edinburgh jeweller Alistir Wood Tait has produced the last ever set of memorial medals for performers in the Edinburgh Military Tattoo |
