High-Energy Event ... Hardies Property and Construction Consultants’ Hefin O’Hare is taking on the Three Peaks Cycle Challenge to raise money for the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow and to go towards helping end homelessness and fuel poverty in Scotland.
The trek includes cycling around 494 miles (796km) alongside climbing the three peaks of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowden.
“This is going to be a bit of a challenge to say the least,” admits Mr O’Hare, who it is probably just as well is the firm’s head of energy.
Costume Firm Set To Stretch
IT STARTED on a stag night in Dublin when one guest turned up dressed in a figure-hugging Spandex costume. The attention he received on the holiday prompted him to team up with some of his friends when he returned to Edinburgh.
They bought material to create their own suits in a few different colours, liked what they had done, and the idea for the Morphsuit was born.
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The company behind the costumes - MorphCostumes - says it is anticipating a busy summer of sales and is ramping up its partnership with Amazon, who now store as well as transport its goods, and stopped in to see staff at the Dunfermline warehouse while there on a business meeting, as it seeks to, well, expand.
Birthday Party At Full Volume
CORSTORPHINE-founded music retailer guitarguitar is celebrating 15 years in business this year.
Set up by Graham Bell and Christopher McBay, guitarguitar says it has managed to defy high street trends, branching out with stores in Glasgow, Birmingham, Camden, Epsom and Newcastle.
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The first quarter saw a 15 per cent increase in footfall at its stores, which have in the recent past welcomed guitarists like Slash through its doors.
So the celebration promo had to be a touring giant store-front volume dial, that, in a nod further to the This Is Spinal Tap quote where Nigel Tufnel explains that the band’s amp volume dial goes up to 11 - “most blokes, you know, will be playing at 10" - goes up to 15.
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