Laings trek from Glasgow to Edinburgh to raise funds to support the British Heart Foundation


Derek Mackay MSP with Bernadette Hewitt, Chair, GHA, at Bell Street


New life for city centre stables as first tenants move into new flats


A STABLE block which was home to dozens of working horses in Glasgow has been transformed into 52 new flats for mid-market rent. GHA and Lowther Homes, both part


of Wheatley Group, are behind the £7million regeneration project which has put life back into the B-listed Bell Street Stables in the Merchant City. As the first tenants moved into


their new homes, Derek Mackay MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work, popped in to see how historic buildings can be restored to provide people with quality, affordable housing. He was joined by Spencer, a


12-year-old Clydesdale horse from Pollok Park, who dropped in to mark


the transformation of the building that would have been to home to his ancestors.


Designed in the late 19th century, the stable block housed the horses which pulled Glasgow City Cleansing Department’s refuse collection carts, as well as the city’s police horses. The new one and two-bedroom flats, made possible thanks to a £2million grant from the Scottish Government and support from Glasgow City Council, are being let and managed by Lowther Homes. The homes were built by contractor


CCG with the plans developed in partnership with Collective Architecture, Scott Bennett Associates and Martin Aitken Associates.


A TEAM from Laings, including Wendy Laing, Marketing Director, and Joe Walsh, CEO, took part in a gruelling trek recently to help to raise vital funds for the British Heart Foundation and the life-saving work that they do. Luxury jewellers, Laings, took part in the Glasgow to Edinburgh Trek to support their charity partner, the British Heart Foundation. The team compromising of Wendy Laing, Joe Walsh, Hollie Gillies, Craig Nisbet, Katie Little and Felicity Lynden tackled the 100km walk from city to city, raising funds as they went. The demanding challenge saw participants trekking for up to 30 hours over 100km along the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals, via the Falkirk Wheel all the way to the Capital. The test of endurance was no mean feat and the walk equates to a staggering 145,000 steps, putting both the mental and physical stamina of the participants to the test.


Laings launched the Charity Partnership in September last year and is dedicated to raising vital funds. It is also a charity that resonates personally with the Laing family and Wendy Laing and her husband Joe Walsh want to help the charity to continue to support families affected by heart and circulatory diseases.


Wendy Laing, Marketing Director, Laings


Continued growth for Shredall SDS Group


DUE to continuous growth, Shredall’s Scotland branch is opening a new, bespoke, fully operational high security shredding facility in October which will quadruple current output capability. The new shredding line includes a baler and


conveyor, which has the capacity of shredding six tonnes of paper an hour. The new depot will give them the opportunity to continue to grow the team and increase business, allowing them to provide more information management solutions. Shredall offer onsite and offsite shredding, hard-drive and media destruction, product and textile shredding and bulk recycling. The company is delighted with the success of the business and is proud of its 100% paper recycling rate. The most recent addition to the Shredall SDS Group


is the earth-coated paper cup recycling scheme where it is providing businesses with a collection and recycling coffee cup scheme to help save billions of cups from landfill.


Shredall’s Scotland branch is opening a new high security shredding facility


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