PR Success Keeps Growing After Maintenance Experts Unveil Common Repair Times

One Call Home Assist

Friday afternoons between 3.30pm and 5pm are the most dangerous times for burst pipes, boiler problems, electrical incidents or roofs caving in.

That’s the view of Edinburgh-based Edinburgh-based One Call Trade Services, one of Scotland’s leading all trades contractors providing insurance repairs, maintenance and renovations to clients throughout the UK who see an above-average percentage of their calls come in at that time.  

And it’s incidents across the board, giving the team behind the firm’s new One Call Home Assist service plenty to do.

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Rick’s Improves its PR in Edinburgh by Introducing Giantic Gallon Cocktail Shaker

Rick's bar's gallon cocktail shaker

Edinburgh’s original cocktail bar, Rick’s, is set to shake up the Capital’s stylish social scene with a gigantic gallon-sized cocktail shaker.

The huge cobbler shaker – which holds the equivalent of eight pints of booze – is the first of its kind in Scotland and will allow Rick’s to serve a stunning and unique range of new cocktails  

The introduction of the two-foot long shaker is one of the many exciting changes being made at Rick’s, situated in the Capital’s Frederick Street, which is about to undergo a major

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NKD Clothing Looks Very Smart Thanks to Hospitality Hat Trick

Corporate Clothing Success

Corporate couture expert NKD Clothing has scored a high-profile series of contract wins in Scotland’s competitive hospitality sector.

Among the trio of successes was the successful design and supply of staff uniforms for the highly-anticipated launch of the exclusive 21212 restaurant in Edinburgh.

Headed up by Michelin-starred chef, Paul Kitching, the distinctive restaurant wanted an eye-catching and unusual look for staff, ahead of its opening in a blaze of publicity.

Meanwhile the Edinburgh-based designers also delivered smart new looks for the staff at Stirling’s new Adamo Hotel and for Lanarkshire’s Lisini Pub Co.

Gill Eastgate, Managing Director of NKD Clothing, said: “The most dynamic and exciting names in the hospitality sector are doing everything they can to improve what they do and make sure they come through the recession in better shape than they entered it.

 “Those are the kinds of businesses who instinctively understand exactly what we have always said – that when staff look good they perform better and make a far better impression on customers.”

One Call Home Assist Highlights Overseas Investors Turning to Scottish Property Market

One Call Home Assist PR success

Property investors from Europe and the rest of the world are turning to the Scotland’s housing market as they look to make new investments in bricks and mortar.

Overseas buyers are taking advantage of favourable exchange rates and lower house prices in order to snap up properties in Scotland – which has been hailed as a sign that the country’s property market is taking the first steps to recovery.

The trend has already been witnessed at Edinburgh-based firm One Call Home Assist, who have received more than a dozen enquiries for their fixed price property maintenance contracts from landlords based in Europe, Dubai and Australia in recent weeks.

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Truth is Better Than Friction When it Comes to Good Workwear

Abrasion Testing

Businesses are being urged to get tough on their staff uniforms by investing in workwear that is guaranteed not to rub them up the wrong way.

With the influx of cheap clothing on the high street, some businesses with an eye on cost-cutting may be thinking they can source an entire staff outfit for as little as £10 or £20.

 But NKD Clothing, Scotland’s leading supplier of uniforms and corporate wear, is warning that with a cheap price tag comes poor quality and a short shelf life – creating a false economy for any business looking to project a good image through the credit crunch.

The Edinburgh-based company says the fabrics used to make its high quality garments have been tested vigorously – with the equivalent of the IKEA-style mattress test being used to prove they can endure up to 50% more friction rubbing than high street brands.

Gill Eastgate, Director of NKD Clothing, said: “Garments you buy on the high street are not meant to last. The fabrics and construction methods used are less durable. This is done on purpose; the retailer wants us to go out each new season and buy new garments.”

The full press release from NKD Clothing can be found at the website of Holyrood Partnership PR in Scotland

ELPG Says Favourable Market Conditions Mean Now is the Right Time to Buy

ELPG member firms supported by Holyrood Partnership PR in Edinburgh

House hunters should be looking to secure a new home at a bargain price before house values start to rise and encourage other would-be buyers back into the property market.

The ELPG group of leading property solicitors says that, as the property market will be the first area to recover from the effects of the recession, house buyers have a limited time to purchase a home at a knock down value and face less competition for properties.

The group, which consists of Warners, Neilsons, Drummond Miller, Leslie Deans & Co and the Lints Partnership, highlights that the property market has historically been the first area to recover during previous recessions in the UK.

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ELPG Solicitors Reveal Top Tips for Selling a Problem Property

Members of the ELPG`

Property sellers whose homes have been on the market for a number of months should consider radically changing their marketing strategies if they are to move along the property ladder during the summer months.

The ELPG group of leading property solicitors says that many sellers who have had properties on the market for up to a year are being disheartened by the lack of interest from buyers. It adds that these sellers should be thinking more creatively about how to market their home, in order to turn their fortunes around.

The group, which consists of Warners, Neilsons, the Lints Partnership, Leslie Deans & Co and Drummond Miller, has unveiled a list of the best tips for sellers to follow in order to improve their changes of securing a sale and taking their next step along the property chain.

You can read the full coverage on the dedicated news site at Holyrood Partnership PR in Edinburgh.

Chewin’ the Fat Repeat Leads to Unexpected Eagle Bonus

Eagle Couriers director Jerry Stewart

Staff at Scotland’s leading independent courier firm have been celebrating after they received an unexpected piece of TV advertising.

Eagle Couriers received a piece of prime time exposure on BBC1 after one of their motorbike drivers was featured during a repeat of the hit comedy Chewin’ the Fat.

The firm provided specialist courier clothing and a branded motorbike for a scene in the famous show when the series was originally filmed in 2001. But staff were left surprised when the scene was repeated as part of a “best of” programme – showcasing their courier driver to a new audience of millions.

You can read the full story at Holyrood Partnership PR in Scotland.

Eagle Maintains PR Success With Delivery Run for Edinburgh Vets

Eagle Couriers director Jerry Stewart

A leading independent courier firm is helping to make a difference to the welfare of family pets across the east of Scotland.

Eagle Couriers is carrying out work with vets surgeries in Edinburgh and performing a daily, high-profile delivery run which takes blood and tissue samples to Scotland’s leading veterinary research centre.

The contract sees drivers from Eagle Couriers visit five veterinary surgeries across Edinburgh every day to pick up samples including blood, urine and smears – which are then taken to the Royal Dick Veterinary hospital.

You can read the full story at the Holyrood Partnership, PR in Scotland, website.

Dental Experts Fill Gap in the Market with Hi-tech £750,000 Centre

Dr Biju Krishnan

TWO leading dentists have highlighted the growing importance of private medical sector to the Scottish economy by opening one of the country’s most advanced treatment centres.  .

Lubiju represents an investment of £750,000 to create a new 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 have already created a respected UK centre of excellence the Scottish Dental Implant Centre, in part of their Drake Dental Practice  in Edinburgh which is open to NHS patients.

Now they have opened Lubiju at Commercial Quay in Leith to concentrate on adopting and developing the most advanced techniques in cosmetic dentistry to Scotland’s ever-growing portfolio of private patients

Dr Krishnan said: “We’re really excited about the possibilities at the new practice. Scotland has a patchy dental record and we are now at the leading edge of bringing the best new techniques and technology into the country.”

You can read the full press release at the website of media experts Holyrood Partnership, PR in Scotland for Lubiju