Scottish businesses have helped to create nearly 30 jobs by simply choosing where they spend their IT support budgets, as Inverness based provider WePurpose Technology announces its 2026 Supporter Award winners while also unveiling its new branding.   

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Delighted to have completed my @cipr.co.uk CPD cycle for 2025/26, retaining my Chartered PR practitioner status for another year.

Thanks to the CIPR for some great networking and training opportunities this year. I still love to learn.

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I became a Chartered Practitioner with the Chartered Institute of Public Relations in 2022.

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Scotland’s oldest purpose built cinema, The Hippodrome in Bo’ness, has played a starring role in I Swear, the true story of Scottish Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson, which won three awards at last night’s 79th BAFTAs. 

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4qRnR4q

🚨 BREAKING NEWS! 🚨 

The Enchanted Forest Community Trust, the charity behind Scotland’s pioneering sound and light show, @theenchantedforest.bsky.social has launched its 2026 Community Fund and is now accepting applications! 

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Fantastic initiative launched by West Lothian Leisure (Xcite) and Zoggs - ensuring every child in West Lothian has a chance to learn this valuable life skill 🏊🏻

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West Lothian Leisure (Xcite), West Lothian’s Community Leisure Trust, has won the Innovation & Resilience Award at the 2025 West Lothian Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards.  

 Find out more here: https://f.mtr.cool/cirozcxivg

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West Lothian Leisure (Xcite), West Lothian’s Community Leisure Trust, has received a double award win at the prestigious ukactive Awards including Regional Public Club/Centre of the Year for Xcite Linlithgow & the Organisational Innovation Award.

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Perfect autumn break with dreamy inn & stunning light show 1hr from central belt WHEN the temperature starts to turn and leaves begin to brown, I really hit my stride. While most folk love the sun and the heat, I am very much an autumn and winter girl, revelling in a woolly hat…

Perfect autumn break with dreamy inn & stunning light show 1hr from central belt

Meet the Enchanted Forest superfan who hasn’t missed a show in 23 years Sarah MacMillan was a toddler when her dad took her to her first Enchanted Forest, kicking off a lifelong love of the Pitlochry spectacle

Sarah MacMillan was a toddler when her dad took her to her first Enchanted Forest, kicking off a lifelong love of the Pitlochry spectacle

West Lothian gyms fight back after covid slump as memberships surge

Former council gyms now run by charity trust have boosted numbers by building partnerships with NHS and health care services

West Lothian’s Xcite gyms fighting fit as memberships surge West Lothian’s Xcite gyms have reported a 46% increase in memberships over the last two years. The gyms, run by West Lothian Leisure, have fought back after a gruelling few years which saw increased competition from commercial operators and the Covid lockdown. The surge in memberships reflects the charity’s growing success in making physical activity more affordable and accessible for West Lothian residents who need it most.

West Lothian’s Xcite gyms fighting fit as memberships surge

West Lothian’s Xcite gyms have reported a 46% increase in memberships over the last two years. The gyms, run by West Lothian Leisure, have fought back after a gruelling few years which saw increased competition from commercial operators…

The Scottish forest transformed into spiritual cacophony of light and sound

The Enchanted Forest has become one of the cultural events of the year in Scotland and its 2025 incarnation, Luminara, delivered on the opening night

🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨

West Lothian Leisure (Xcite) has announced a free taster session of the Paralympic sport of Boccia at its Broxburn venue this Saturday 27 September to mark National Boccia Day.

Find out more here: http://bit.ly/42GGazY

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🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨

The Enchanted Forest Community Trust, the charity behind Scotland’s favourite sound and light show, @theenchantedforest.bsky.social , has announced Regatta Great Outdoors as the official uniform supplier for this year’s event.

Find out more: https://bit.ly/4n2YnA1

Brilliant news for @hmsunicorn.bsky.social 👏

Five-star boutique bed and breakfast in Perth, The Townhouse, has been awarded AA Bed & Breakfast of the Year Scotland 2025, reaffirming the fair city’s growing reputation as a destination for standout hospitality.   

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In partnership with West Lothian Council, West Lothian Leisure has announced the launch of fully funded summer camps at all Xcite venues this July and August for Primary 1 (P1) to Primary 7 (P7) pupils.

More details: https://f.mtr.cool/gspaqtwcmq

Tickets for the award winning @theenchantedforest.bsky.social are on sale NOW! 🎉

Tickets for Scotland’s favourite sound and light show not far from Glasgow go on sale this weekend Enchanted Forest is coming back to Faskally Wood in Pitlochry this autumn, with the much-loved annual light show's theme for 2025 being Luminara.

Tickets for @theenchantedforest.bsky.social on sale from 10am tomorrow!

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Scotland's biggest light show announces 2025 theme Organisers of this year's event at Faskally Wood in Pitlochry are inviting visitors to explore the ethereal world of Luminara.

Tickets for Scotland’s favourite sound and light show 2025 on sale from Friday at 10am! 🎉www.heraldscotland.com/news/25238469.enchanted-... @theenchantedforest.bsky.social

🥁 The moment has finally arrived…

This year’s show theme is… 🌌 Luminara 🌌

Prepare to be swept into an immersive world of radiant colour and soaring original music — a spectacle that ignites the senses and stirs the soul.

Tickets on sale Friday 20th June at 10am.

Save the date.

Enchanted Forest: All we know about Perthshire light show as 2025 theme revealed The event will return to Faskally Wood near Pitlochry in autumn.

Enchanted Forest: All we know about Perthshire light show as 2025 theme revealed

Luminara has today (13 June) been revealed as the theme for this year’s @theenchantedforest.bsky.social‬, Scotland’s favourite sound and light show, which is set to take place in Highland Perthshire between 2 Oct & 2 Nov 2025 at Faskally Wood, Pitlochry. 

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Youngsters and grown-ups break new ground with family fitness event in Bathgate Ten-year-old Harris Wernham developed the idea of classes based on his own passion for sports and training

Well done Harris for this genius idea that's been implemented at West Lothian Leisure (Xcite)👏 Who says exercise needs to be boring? 💪 www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-n... @dailyrecord.bsky.social

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@theenchantedforest.bsky.social Community Trust marks a decade with £84K awarded to 27 charities operating across Highland Perthshire through the Enchanted Forest Community Fund.    

Find out more: https://tinyurl.com/37uux4pp

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 

Scottish RAF engineer Nathan Grove is championing bowel cancer awareness month by participating Etape Caledonia on 11 May, raising funds for @cancerresearchuk.org 

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