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Donna Birrell, Development Manager at Maryhill Housing Association, Dr Graham Paterson, Executive Director of City Building and Edith Ward, Chair of the Board of Maryhill Housing Association, surrounded by apprentices from City Building
Big contract win for City
Building Development
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ew Chamber member and new publisher of Glasgow Business magazine, Connect Communications, has unveiled a fully interactive iPad version of the Scotch
Malt Whisky Society’s award-winning members’ magazine Unfiltered – the first of its kind on Apple’s global Newsstand platform. As well as offering previously unseen content for the
Society’s 26,000-strong membership, Unfiltered on the iPad also opens the magazine up to non-members, with videos, interviews and features, 360-degree photography, interactive maps and hidden extras. Publisher and communications agency Connect
Kai Ivalo
”Our vision for Unfiltered on the iPad was to reflect the excitement, adventure and curiosity which comes with the love of great whisky”
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For details on how Connect Communications can help you build deeper relationships with your customers or staff through digital and print publications,visit
www.connectcommunications.co.uk Check out the Unfiltered iPad magazine on Apple’s Newsstand.
developed the cuting-edge publication from the ground up to take full advantage of the iPad’s capabilities. Commenting on the launch, Unfiltered editor Kai Ivalo said: “Our vision for Unfiltered on the iPad was to reflect the excitement, adventure and curiosity which comes with a love of great whisky.” Richard Croasdale of Connect Communications
added: “We knew from the outset that we wanted to avoid a flat reproduction of the print magazine – our readers expect us to be more imaginative. So we’ve fundamentally rethought what Unfiltered can be and how readers can interact with it. “It’s been an exciting journey and we’re confident
that Unfiltered has once again set the benchmark for its peers.”
City Building LLP and Maryhill Housing Association have signed a contract signalling the go- ahead for a multi-million pound development at Maryhill Locks. The £16m contract win for City Building forms part of an overall 18 month programme for Maryhill Housing Association, not only breathing new life into 18 hectares in the north west of the City but also in bringing new apprenticeships and local jobs to the area. The development sees City
Building continue its successful track record in the new build housing sector. Throughout the contract, about 14 apprentices and seven new entrant employees will begin work as a result of this development. The kitchens and timber
kit frames will be locally sourced and provided by Royal Strathclyde Blindcraft Industries, which is managed by City Building.
MLM Solutions nominated for prestigious award In addition to its ongoing hard work in existing
Scotish insolvency practitioner, MLM Solutions, has been announced as a finalist at the UK-wide Insolvency and Rescue Awards, in the category of Insolvency Team of the Year. Te firm, which has offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh
and Livingston, was previously a finalist in 2010, when it went on to scoop the title of Small Recovery Firm of the Year.
core areas of personal debt solutions (i.e. Trust Deeds and Sequestration), the success of the Business DAS solution, which has been pioneered by MLM and has saved more than 175 jobs in Scotland this year alone, has further enhanced its growing reputation for excellence in the industry, thus ensuring that the firm has every chance of repeating its success of two years ago.
The development sees City Building continue its successful track record in the new-build housing sector
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