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Monday, March 17, 2008
Local Boss Battles it out with TV Bright Sparks
Perth based entrepreneur, Tricia Fox, is set to battle it out on 27th March at 4.35pm on BBC1 for the winning place in the BBC’s top business show for kids: Beat the Boss.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Volpa Enchants Locals with Forest Win
Volpa has been appointed by Forestry Commission Scotland to manage their PR and Marketing requirements for the major tourist event The Enchanted Forest 2008.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
St John’s Shopping Centre has Shop for Agency in the Bag
Volpa has been appointed by St John’s Shopping Centre to manage their PR and Marketing requirements for 2008 following a competitive three way pitch.
Friday, April 04, 2008
St John’s Shopping Centre Aims High with Mountain Rescue Fundraiser
St John’s Shopping Centre has set its sights high for a 9 day long charitable fundraising campaign to raise money for local rescue service Tayside Mountain Rescue.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Bike Signed by the Hamster up for Grabs at St John’s Shopping Centre Fundraiser
A Suzuki GSX650F motorbike signed by Top Gear’s Richard Hammond is one of the top prizes up for grabs in St John’s Shopping Centre’s Full Throttle raffle
Friday, April 11, 2008
Roaring Welcome for Full Throttle Bikers at St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth
St John’s Shopping Centre in Perth gave a roaring Scottish welcome to the team of Full Throttle Fundraisers from the West Midlands
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Volpa Wins Local Challenge for Etape Caledonia Work
Perth based agency, Volpa, has been appointed by IMG World, the world's premier and most diversified sports, entertainment and media company, to manage their Scottish PR and Marketing requirements for premier cycling event Etape Caledonia 2008.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Take Your Kids to Work meets Beat the Boss in Perth
On Thursday 24th April, five Perthshire school children will be taking home a work experience day to remember. St John’s Shopping Centre in Perth is playing host to five local school children in part of the national initiative “Take Your Child to Work Day
Friday, April 25, 2008
Caledonia Calls: Scots World Record Breaker Comes Home for Cycle Challenge
Mark Beaumont, the fastest man to cycle around the globe, has announced he will be taking part in this year’s only closed road cycling event, Etape Caledonia, which takes place in Highland Perthshire on Sunday 18th May.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
British Ski team swaps blades for bikes at Etape Caledonia
As Scotland draws breath after the best ski season in years, its top professional skiers have their minds focussed on an entirely different sport; cycling.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
How Clean is Your Bike? Scots Clean Queen gets on her Bike to Raise Some Money
Scottish TV star, Aggie MacKenzie, will be swapping her ice skates for a bike later this month when she competes in a gruelling 81 mile bike ride through the Perthshire Highlands for national health charity Action Medical Research.
Sunday, May 04, 2008
St John’s Shopping Centre Raises £2300 for Local Heroes
St John’s Shopping Centre has raised a whopping £2300 for Tayside Mountain Rescue in its recent fundraising campaign which featured a week long series of events in and around the centre.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Enchanted Forest Flushed with Success of LAVY Award Win
Two major Highland Perthshire events, The Enchanted Forest, the innovative outdoor sound and light show at Faskally Wood in Perthshire, and the Pitlochry Autumn Festival are flushed with success at the news that they have been voted Event of the Year
Thursday, May 08, 2008
City of Perth Set to Make way for the Republic
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced that work has now begun in earnest on a new Coffee Republic Deli outlet at the King Edward Street entrance to the shopping mall.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Commonwealth CEO Pays Homage to Economic Impact of Cycling Event
The UK’s only closed road cycling event, Etape Caledonia, which takes place in Highland Perthshire on Sunday 18th May, has been credited with bolstering the local tourist economy.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Highland Perthshire Gears Up for Etape Caledonia
The Highland Perthshire business community is gearing up for a weekend festival of food, fun and fitness to entertain the influx of several thousand spectators and participants who have travelled to the area for this Sunday’s Etape Caledonia cycle event.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
New Technology Takes Cycle Race onto Global Platform
New tracking technology developed by a Perthshire company, BlueSky Telemetry, will enable sporting enthusiasts from around the globe to track the movements of the fastest man in the world at this weekend’s Etape Caledonia cycling event.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Free Perth Festival Fringe Concerts to Launch Late Night Shopping
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced a series of free “fringe” Perthshire Festival of the Arts concerts to celebrate the launch of its late night shopping which will start on Thursday 22nd May, the same night as the launch of this year’s PFA.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Sandi Thom to Busk in St John’s Shopping Centre
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced that Scottish singer-songwriter, Sandi Thom, will celebrate the release of her new album, ‘The Pink & The Lily’, with a free gig and album signing at Perth’s HMV in St John’s Shopping Centre on Tuesday 27th M
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Enchanted Forest Appoints Big Ben’s Lighting Company
The Enchanted Forest, the innovative outdoor sound and light show at Faskally Wood in Perthshire, has appointed Sound 2 Light, the company responsible for projecting provoking charity messages onto the side of Big Ben, to produce this year’s light show: A
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Simply Terrific Jobs: St John’s Shopping Centre Launch New Job Alert Service
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has launched a free weekly job alert service to promote retail career opportunities to local job seekers.
Friday, May 30, 2008
St John’s Shopping Centre Welcomes True Scots
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced a new retail unit for the clothing and gift retailer “True Scots” will open in South Street Mall just in time for the start of the high tourist season in Perthshire.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Pop into Perth: Are you Perth’s Best Young Snapper?
St John’s Shopping Centre is issuing a call to action to all budding young photographers to take part in their latest competition, run in conjunction with Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Pop into Perth: Now and Then which starts Saturday 7th June.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Perthshire’s Best Shortlisted in National Business Awards for Scotland
Two Perthshire organisations are in line to win one of Scotland’s major business gongs in the 2008 National Business Awards for Scotland.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Volpa Wins Woodfair Work
Volpa, has been appointed by Forestry Commission to manage their PR, marketing and event management requirements for this year’s Scottish Woodfair which is set to take place in September 2008.
Friday, June 20, 2008
St John’s Shopping Centre Signs Deal with BSkyB
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has concluded a deal with retailer BSkyB for a new retail kiosk in the centre.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Late Night Shopping in St John’s Shopping Centre Bucks National Decline
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced positive first month results, which shows them bucking a national trend of declining footfall in UK shopping centres, following their introduction of Thursday late night shopping which started in Perth, in Ma
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Enchanted Forest Organisers Expect Sell Out Show as 2008 Theme Launches them into Space
Big Tree Country, the organisers of Scotland’s premier sound and light show, The Enchanted Forest, have announced they expect this year’s event to attract over 20,000 visitors, setting a new record for The Enchanted Forest.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Jamie Takes Home the Treasure
Young Jamie McNair, 6, from Auchterarder will be getting his school holidays off to a playful start after winning the top prize in St John’s Shopping Centre’s recent Young Jones and the Temple of Lost Treasures competition which ran alongside the launch
Saturday, July 05, 2008
Dundee Woman Scoops Top Prize in Mrs Jones Competition
Dundee woman, Debbie MacFarlane, has scooped the top prize worth over £500 in St John’s Shopping Centre’s recent Mrs Jones and the Temple of Shopping competition.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Old Photos Find a New Home
Rannoch Day Centre clients are enjoying a fresh view this month with the arrival of three very large scale posters, recently shown in St John’s Shopping Centre during their Pop into Perth photographic competition.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Out of this World Experience Beats Grim Reality of Credit Crunch: Enchanted Forest Ticket Sales Defy Economic Downturn
Big Tree Country, the organisers of Scotland’s premier sound and light show, The Enchanted Forest, have announced that ticket sales, at the end of their first month, are defying the impact of the global credit crunch.
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
