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30 July 2010
Fife Outdoor Access Festival Gears Up for Busiest Year Ever
Organisers of the Fife Outdoor Access Festival are gearing up for a busy 9 days in Fife’s Great Outdoors as the third festival kicks off this Saturday, 31st July.
30 July 2010
Ernest Jones Perth Store to Modernise
Quality jeweller, Ernest Jones, is to close for three weeks in August as part of a major facelift which will see the store move to a new, open plan format.
20 July 2010
St Andrews to be Blown Away by Fife Outdoor Access Festival
St Andrews beaches are set to be “Blown Away” during this year’s Fife Outdoor Access Festival, which starts on Saturday 31st July, with the introduction of the festival’s first ever land yachting event delivered by local company Blown Away Land Yachts.
15 July 2010
Mountaineering Author to Speak at Fife Outdoor Access Festival
One of mountaineering’s most celebrated writers and practitioners is to speak at this year’s Fife Outdoor Access Festival, which will run from Saturday 31st July – Sunday 8th August, in the first ever “indoor” event the festival has ever held.
08 July 2010
Perth Agency Puts Highland Perthshire’s Events on the Awards Map
A Perth based PR & marketing agency, Volpa, has been shortlisted in no less than two categories at this year’s Scottish Event Awards for their work with two Highland Perthshire events The Enchanted Forest and Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia.
28 June 2010
£500 Facebook Frenzy: Comedian’s Bid to Give Away his Fringe Marketing Budget Amasses 700 fans
In a bid to cut through the traditional marketing clutter of the Edinburgh Fringe’s 2,543 shows that are promoted simultaneously, Scottish comedian Bruce Fummey has adopted an innovative approach to this year’s marketing campaign by offering to GIVE AWAY
18 June 2010
Enchanted Forest Organisers 2010 Show is a Force of Nature
Tickets have gone on sale for The Enchanted Forest, a Perthshire Big Tree Country event and Scotland’s premier sound and light show, and organisers have announced they expect this year’s event to attract over 20,000 visitors, building on its award winning
14 June 2010
Gino D’Acampo Puts Perthshire on a Plate
The fair city of Perth is getting set for a “Fantastico” food event this summer where, on a rare visit to Scotland, celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo , King of the Jungle, will head up a host of mouth watering offerings at the launch of the city’s Perthshire O
09 June 2010
Celebrating Fife’s Great Outdoors: Fife Outdoor Access Festival Launches its 2010 Programme
Fife Outdoor Access Festival has today announced an extensive programme featuring over 100 outdoor events, designed to promote access and enjoyment of Fife’s great outdoors.
02 June 2010
Pilot to Open in St John’s Shopping Centre
St John’s Shopping Centre has announced plans for fashion retailer, Pilot, to open a store in the mall in June.
26 May 2010
Registrations Soar for Etape Caledonia as Participants Commend the Community
Hot on the heels of the resounding success that was this year’s Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia event in Pitlochry, IMG Mass Participation have announced that registrations for their 2011 event are selling faster than ever before.
21 May 2010
Local Flavours in the Enchanted Forest
The Highland Perthshire Community Interest Company, organisers of The Enchanted Forest, are inviting local businesses to get involved in the delivery of outdoor catering at this year’s Enchanted Forest event.
17 May 2010
Etape Caledonia 2011 Opens for Entries
Buzzing from the success of yesterday’s event in Pitlochry, IMG Mass Participation, organisers of the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia, have announced that registrations for their 2011 event are now open for Sunday 15th May 2011.
14 May 2010
Ben Fogle and James Cracknell to Take Part in Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia
IMG Mass Participation, the premier global sports, media and entertainment company announced today that renowned adventurers James Cracknell and Ben Fogle will join the 5,000 participants in this Sunday’s Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia.
13 May 2010
Flying Scotsman, Obree, to Lead Etape Caledonia 2010
Scottish racing cyclist, Graeme Obree, nicknamed “The Flying Scotsman, will take the lead at this year’s Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia cycle challenge setting the pace for the 4,500 participants as he takes pole position at the start.
13 May 2010
Organisers Tackle Safety Fears Head On
As the hours count down to this year’s Etape Caledonia, event organisers, IMG, have issued a statement today with the intention of tackling participants’ safety fears head on.
06 May 2010
Scotland's Top Snowsport Athletes Swap Skis for Bikes
The British Alpine Ski Team and coaching staff will be hoping that the snow and ice are as far away as possible as they take on a sporting challenge of a different kind on 16 May – the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia cycle challenge.
28 April 2010
T4 stars to take on Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia
Organisers of the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia, have today announced that Matt Littler and Darren Jeffries (better known as Max and OB from the hit Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks) will be tackling the event in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
18 March 2010
Forgotten Highlander, Alistair Urquhart to Visit Waterstones, Perth on Book Tour
Alistair Urquhart, a 90 year old war veteran from Broughty Ferry and author of The Forgotten Highlander: My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East, is to make a planned stop at Waterstones in St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth.
10 March 2010
Simon King OBE to Visit Waterstones, Perth on Book Tour
Multi-award winning wildlife photographer, writer and broadcaster Simon King, is to make a planned stop at Waterstones in St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth on Friday 16th April at 1pm to promote his new book “Shetland Diaries”.
08 March 2010
People Power to Commemorate Perth800
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth, launches its search this weekend for the very best photographic memories of the city that the people of Perth have to offer.
01 March 2010
Community takes ownership of outdoor light and sound event
The Pitlochry Area Community Interest Company (CIC), a social enterprise based in Pitlochry, and covering much of Highland Perthshire, is preparing to take control of this year’s Enchanted Forest™ – Scotland’s premier outdoor light and sound show.
25 February 2010
Scotland’s Top Event Marketing Agency to Launch OOfest in Perthshire
Perthshire based marketing agency, Volpa, has announced it will launch OOfest, a Perthshire wide food festival this July.
22 February 2010
Jake Reid (8) Steals First Cateran Trophy
Jake Reid, a primary four pupil at Auchtergaven Primary School near Forgandenny, is celebrating being the first winner of the recent Name the Cateran competition run by Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust (PKCT).
22 February 2010
Photography Exhibition Makes Move to St John’s Shopping Centre
St John’s Shopping Centre has opened its doors to a photography exhibition, co-ordinated by Perth & Kinross Council’s Youth Service Team, which features work by young photographers from all over Perthshire.
01 February 2010
Etape Caledonia Sales Hit Record High as 2010 Places Sell Out
Over 4500 cyclists have signed up to take part in the 2010 Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia, taking the event to a new record high and demonstrating an increase of almost 50% on last year’s figures.
21 January 2010
Supersonic Runway for Perth Hairdresser
Perth’s top hair stylist and one of Scotland’s leading hairdressing entrepreneurs, Charlie Taylor, took on a runway challenge with a difference recently.
05 January 2010
Kinross Cycling Club Wheels in 2010 with New Uniform
Just one year after it was launched, Kinross Cycling Club in Perthshire has attracted 24 members into its ranks and will wheel in the new year with a fantastic new strip.
14 December 2009
Record Sales for Etape Caledonia 2010
Over 3500 cyclists have signed up to take part in the 2010 Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia, and organisers have confirmed that entries for the event are selling over 130% faster than in 2009.
08 December 2009
Marie Curie has Perth’s Christmas Gifts All Wrapped Up
Last minute Christmas shoppers will have the opportunity to get their Christmas gifts all wrapped up from 16th December by volunteers from Marie Curie Cancer Care, who will be wrapping gifts in St John’s Shopping Centre.
30 November 2009
Scots Historian Neil Oliver to Visit Waterstones, Perth
Scotland’s best-loved TV historian, Neil Oliver, is to make a planned stop at Waterstones in St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth on Friday 4th December at 1pm to promote his new book “A History of Scotland”.
26 November 2009
Santa Steps in to Help Scots Entrepreneurs
St John’s Shopping Centre’s Santa has joined together with young businesses funded by Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust to enable them to set up and run their own business, to help them give something back this year.
24 November 2009
St John’s Santa Ventures Online
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth, has come up with a novel way for parents to beat the queues this Christmas with the launch of their online booking system for visits to Santa’s Grotto.
18 November 2009
Santa Enlists Furry Friends for Perth Parade
As retail gears up for a busy festive period, St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth, has announced that this Christmas they will be getting into the festive spirit with a traditional Christmas theme featuring Santa (dressed in red!) and decorations.
11 November 2009
Enchanted Forest Twits Up for First Online Gong
The Enchanted Forest, Scotland’s premier sound and light show, has been shortlisted for the world’s first ever Twitter awards, The Golden Twits, which will see it battling for the top “Twit” title with some of the world’s best known brands.
02 November 2009
Enchanted Forest Smashes Credit Crunch Fears
Perthshire Big Tree Country, organisers of The Enchanted Forest, have announced that ticket sales reached an all time high of just under 20,000 tickets sold for this year’s event, demonstrating a 3.2% increase on last year’s record breaking ticket sales.
02 November 2009
Stead & Simpson-Shoe Zone Opens in St John’s Shopping Centre
Following the temporary closure of Shoe Zone in St John’s Shopping Centre a few weeks ago, St John’s Shopping Centre has announced that the store is to re-open this week as two combined stores: Stead & Simpson and Shoe Zone.
29 October 2009
Gimme Gizmo Opens its Fourth Scottish Store in St John’s Shopping Centre
St John’s Shopping Centre has announced plans for Gimme Gizmo, the innovative gift and gadgets retailer, to open a store in St John’s Shopping Centre this weekend.
22 October 2009
Pop Idol Visits The Enchanted Forest
Visitors to The Enchanted Forest on Wednesday night were treated to a little extra star quality when Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus dropped in to cover the event for STV’s The Hour.
15 October 2009
Forest Walk is a Hit with Visitors: Additional Tickets Released to Cover Demand
If you go down to the woods today, be sure of a big surprise: Dragons, Witches and Fairies! Forestry Commission Scotland’s Faskally Wood at Pitlochry has been transformed into The Enchanted Forest for the next two weeks, to host the annual sound and light
13 October 2009
St John’s Shopping Centre Shortlisted for Community Award
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth, has been shortlisted for the Business in the Community Award for the second year running in the 2009 Perthshire Chamber of Commerce Business Star Awards.
12 October 2009
Images to Expand with a New Store in St John’s Shopping Centre
St John’s Shopping Centre has announced plans for Images, the gift and accessories retailer, to open a store this week.
06 October 2009
Binifresh Signs Deal with John Lewis
Hot on the heels of their nationwide in launch in ASDA, Bini Products, makers of Binifresh, the compact hygiene device designed to fit a wheelie bin and automatically emit a purposely formulated spray every 4 hours, have signed a distribution deal with to
30 September 2009
Binifresh Inventor in Shell LiveWIRE’s Final 8
Binifresh inventor, Daniel Woolman (26), has been shortlisted to the final 8 competitors vying for the UK title of Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009. The news comes as Daniel’s invention, Binifresh, launches in ASDA.
28 September 2009
Perthshire Big Tree Country Award Winners Announced
Projects from around Perth & Kinross were awarded the highest accolades this weekend at the Big Tree Country Awards ceremony held at the luxurious Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder.
25 September 2009
Ramsdens4Cash to Open in St John’s Shopping Centre
St John’s Shopping Centre has announced plans for Ramsdens, a specialist consumer financial services organisation that primarily helps people to obtain cash, to open a store in the mall in October 2009.
24 September 2009
Binifresh Inventor Shortlisted for Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Binifresh inventor, Daniel Woolman (26), has been shortlisted for the national title of Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year, just one week before his product is due to launch in ASDA stores across the country.
23 September 2009
Enchanted Forest Creates Capital City Tourist Attraction
A temporary capital city tourist attraction with a difference has been unveiled this week under the cover of darkness by the award winning event, The Enchanted Forest.
19 September 2009
Binifresh Launches Online Sales
Bini Products have launched their online sales channel ahead of Binifresh’s nationwide release in ASDA stores across the UK later this month.
16 September 2009
2009 Perthshire Big Tree Country Awards Shortlist Announced
Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust has announced the shortlist of organisations and schools from throughout the area who are each in with a chance of receiving a coveted Perthshire Big Tree Country Award.
15 September 2009
J.Co (The Jute Company) to Open in St John’s Shopping Centre
St John’s Shopping Centre has announced plans for Dundee based retailer, The Jute Co, to open a store in the mall in October this year.
14 September 2009
Event for Event Organisers and Suppliers Goes Without a Hitch
Friday night saw the events industry gather at the Hilton, Glasgow to attend the 2009 Scottish Event Awards, organised by The Drum.
11 September 2009
Enchanted Forest Set to go Head to Head for THREE of Scotland’s Top Event Gongs Tonight
The Enchanted Forest, Scotland’s premier sound and light show, is gearing up to go head to head with rivals for no less than three titles at this year’s prestigious Scottish Event Awards, which will be held in Glasgow tonight
10 September 2009
Wheelie Good Account Win for Volpa
Scottish PR & Marketing agency, Volpa, has been appointed by Bini Products to manage the launch of its Binifresh product line in advance of its roll out into ASDA stores across the UK later this month.
09 September 2009
Calendar Club to Return to St John's Shopping Centre
St John’s Shopping Centre has announced plans for specialist retailer, Calendar Club, to open a store in the mall in October this year.
08 September 2009
Cateran Competition Calls out to Kids
Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust is calling on the school children of Perthshire and Angus to help them in naming a series of new, hand carved “Cateran” way markers that have recently been placed at various points on the 64 mile circular walk.
08 September 2009
Fresh from the Fringe: FAME First for Perth
St John’s Shopping Centre has scored a coup for Perth by securing the first local exhibition of caricaturist Craig Rogalski’s works of famous faces, fresh from their return from their first exhibition at this year’s FRINGE.
07 September 2009
Tyrannosaurus Treks Comes to Perth!
Champion charity fundraiser, Lloyd Scott, is undertaking a COLOSSAL challenge to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust by walking from Land’s End to John O’Groats with a lifesize replica of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and this week he’ll be visiting St John's!
04 September 2009
Ian Rankin OBE to Visit Waterstones, Perth on Book Tour
Master crime writer, Ian Rankin, is to make a planned stop at Waterstones in St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth on Friday 11th September at 1pm to promote his new book “The Complaints”.
27 August 2009
Getting Bums on (Toilet) Seats: The Enchanted Forest does not Rest on its Laurels
Enchanted Forest, has highlighted the importance of listening to customers and constantly innovating as a means to fending off the impact of the global credit crunch and is leading the charge by making some changes of its own.
13 July 2009
St John’s Shopping Centre Footfall Peaks with Disney Holiday Giveaway
Shoppers flocked to St John’s Shopping Centre in Perth at the weekend to take part in the centre’s latest competition to win a family holiday to Disneyland Paris, by guessing how long a massive block of ice would take to melt.
06 July 2009
Enchanted Forest Up for THREE of Scotland’s Top Event Gongs
The Enchanted Forest, Scotland’s premier sound and light show, has been shortlisted for no less than three titles in this year’s prestigious Scottish Event Awards, which will see it battling out for its place at the top.
06 July 2009
Doctor Covers the Distance to Raise £450 for Cancer Charity
A Kinross GP, Dr Roddy Pattison, who set off on a “Virtual Ventoux” bike ride in St John’s Shopping Centre on Friday, to raise vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support, has raised almost £450 for the charity in just 6 hours.
03 July 2009
St John’s Shopping Centre Brings out the Disney Magic to Combat Staycation Effect
With figures announced earlier this week by VisitBritain indicating more people than ever will be holidaying in the UK this summer, the thoughts of getting on a flight to somewhere hot and sunny is increasingly a mere fancy for many of us.
29 June 2009
Doing the Rounds: Local Doctor to do a “Virtual Ventoux” in St John’s Shopping Centre
Kinross GP, Dr Roddy Pattison, will be taking on “rounds” of a different kind this Friday, 3rd July, as he sets off on a “Virtual Ventoux” cycling fundraiser taking place in St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth.
23 June 2009
Etape Caledonia 2010 Registrations “Spike”
IMG, organisers of the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia, have announced that they have received more than 1000 pre-registrations for their 2010 event, confirming that places are selling faster than ever before.
19 June 2009
Enchanted Forest Organisers Expect Sell Out Homecoming Show as 2009 Theme Explores Scotland’s Myths & Legends
Perthshire 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, building on its record breaking success in 2008.
04 June 2009
Hazard Warning: Abandoned Suitcase leads to Full Scale Evacuation
Shoppers and retail staff at St John’s Shopping Centre in Perth participated in an unplanned evacuation this morning, following the discovery of an unmanned suitcase found in Pounland and belonging to a Mr Hazard from Aberfeldy.
20 May 2009
Etape Caledonia: 2010 Registrations Up 600%
IMG, organisers of the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia, have announced that registrations for their 2010 event are selling more than six times faster than at the same time last year.
19 May 2009
Highland Perthshire Community United in Campaign to Bring Back Etape
Bring Back Etape! This is the resounding message of a campaign of support being mounted by businesses and individuals in Highland Perthshire following the incident at the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia event on Sunday.
18 May 2009
Etape Caledonia: Organisers Defiant in the Face of Adversity
IMG, organisers of the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia, are today defiant in the wake of a deliberate attempt by mindless vandals to endanger cyclists’ lives and wreak havoc with the event.
17 May 2009
Etape Caledonia: Organisers angered at unsafe actions of local protestors
At 0930hrs this morning the organisers, IMG, were alerted to a major safety incident on a section of the Etape Caledonia, an 81 mile closed road cycle event, that required the event to be held up in the middle of the course.
15 May 2009
Minister for the Environment to Open Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia
It will be an early start on Sunday for Environment Minister, Roseanna Cunningham, who is set to launch this year's major cycling event, the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia, in Pitlochry on Sunday 17th May at 7am.
14 May 2009
St John’s Shopping Centre’s Manager Shortlisted for National SCEPTRE Award
St John’s Shopping Centre’s Manager, Siobhan McConnell, will be vying with five others for the coveted title of Shopping Centre Manager of the Year (small shopping centre) at the prestigious national SCEPTRE Awards.
13 May 2009
Rio de Caledonia: Brazil’s Former Cycling Champ to Compete in Etape Caledonia
Former Brazilian Cycling Champion, Ricardo Nogare, now living in Edinburgh, will be returning to his beloved sport this weekend to compete in this Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia, starting in Pitlochry in Highland Perthshire.
13 May 2009
Wooden Comedian’s Bid to Party in the Park
A large wood carving of the well known comedian Lenny Henry, created by St John’s Shopping Centre during their Red Nose Day fundraising events, has been donated to local charity PKAVS to showcase at this weekend’s PKAVS Party in the Park.
01 May 2009
Dermot Murnaghan & Georgie Thompson Sign Up For Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia
Leading Sky television presenting duo Dermot Murnaghan and Georgie Thompson will be swapping the safety of the studio for the open Highlands of Perthshire in May, as they saddle up for the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia.
29 April 2009
Etape Caledonia proving a Magnet for Olympic Athletes
Etape Caledonia, the UK’s only closed road cycle challenge, organisers have announced that Royal Yachting Association’s Olympic Manager, Stephen Parks, originally from Glasgow, will also be returning to Scotland to race in the event.
29 April 2009
St John’s Shopping Centre Opens its Doors for Take Your Kids to Work Day
On Thursday 30th 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
27 April 2009
Extra Spaces for Sell-Out Etape: Macmillan Hopes Last 20 Spaces will raise £10,000
An extra 20 places have been released for the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia – and organisers hope they’ll raise a massive £10,000 for people with cancer.
24 April 2009
GB’s top Snowsport athletes swap skis for bikes in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support
The British Alpine Ski Team and coaching staff will be hoping that the snow and ice are as far away as possible as they take on a sporting challenge of a different kind on 17 May – the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia cycle challenge.
23 April 2009
YouTube Stunt Cyclist to wow Cycling Enthusiasts
A Scottish stunt cyclist who has racked up millions of fans on the video sharing site YouTube is set to amaze the crowds at the Perthshire Cycling Festival which takes place on the weekend of the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia.
14 April 2009
Trail of the Unexpected
Named after notorious cattle thieves, The Cateran Trail, through East Perthshire and Angus, is a gentle 64 miles walk (103 km) through Scotland’s history, taking in sites of significance from the Roman times right up to modern day Scotland. It is also Sc
31 March 2009
Flying in from Around the Globe for Etape Caledonia
With a record 3500 people signing up to take part in this year’s Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia on Sunday 17th May, the growing popularity of the three year old event is hardly in surprising.
27 March 2009
St John’s Shopping Centre Raises £3250 for Comic Relief
A fundraising campaign, on an unprecedented scale, mounted by St John’s Shopping Centre in aid of Comic Relief has netted the charity a staggering £3250 as Perth shoppers got involved in the festivities and did something funny for money.
27 March 2009
Volpa’s Cultural Win at Perth & Kinross Council
Volpa, has been appointed by Perth & Kinross Council’s Cultural Services division to manage the development and launch of a campaign, entitled Culture Matters
16 March 2009
Cycle Event Sell-Out could raise over £150,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support
A record 3500 people have signed up to take part in the UK’s only closed road cycle event – which could raise £150,000 for a leading cancer charity.
12 March 2009
St John’s Shopping Centre Gears up for a Red Nose Day to Remember
The team at St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth, are gearing up for a Red Nose Day to remember this Friday with a whole host of events taking place to encourage you to give generously to Comic Relief.
11 March 2009
Those Perth Folk are Funny! St John’s Shopping Centre to use YouTube to Raise More Comic Cash
Visitors to St John’s Shopping Centre have been getting their best jokes out for international airing, in a bid to encourage YouTube viewers to donate to their current Comic Relief fundraising campaign.
09 March 2009
St John’s Shopping Centre Raises Over £1000 in First Weekend
Getting their Comic Relief fundraising campaign off to a whopping start, the team at St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth raised over £1000 through a series of fundraising activities this weekend.
04 March 2009
St John’s Shopping Centre Nose How to Raise the Cash!
With Red Nose Day 09 fast approaching, the team at St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth reckon they NOSE just how to get you to part with your cash.
20 February 2009
St John’s Shopping Centre’s Wall-E Raises £600 for Charity
The WALL:E wood carving, donated by St John’s Shopping Centre in Perth, has this week raised £600 at a London charity auction for Make a Wish, a charity that grants magical wishes to children facing life threatening illnesses.
16 February 2009
Perth Agency comes Highly Recommended
Perth based marketing agency, Volpa, is the first local agency to be included in the Recommended Agency Register, following a review of hundreds of UK marketing agencies.
01 February 2009
Race to the Finish Line for Places in Etape Caledonia 2009
With interest in cycling in the UK at fever pitch this year following Chris Hoy’s sweeping wins at the 2008 Olympics, it will come as no surprise that IMG, the organisers of Scotland’s top cycling event, the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia, have
20 January 2009
St John’s Shopping Centre’s New Year Gifts to Charities: Chainsaw Carvings to go Under the Hammer
Two very large wood carvings, by world championship chainsaw carver Peter Bowsher, have this week been donated for auction to benefit two major charities, Make a Wish and the Princes Trust, by St John’s Shopping Centre in Perth, Scotland.
15 January 2009
Russian Revolution: From Perth....... with Love
Perth’s top hair stylist and one of Scotland’s leading hairdressing entrepreneurs, Charlie Taylor, has leant her support to the latest Russian revolution: Hairdressing.
15 December 2008
Marie Curie has Perth’s Christmas Gifts All Wrapped Up
Last minute Christmas shoppers will have the opportunity to get their Christmas gifts all wrapped up this weekend by volunteers from Marie Curie Cancer Care, who will be wrapping gifts in St John’s Shopping Centre.
15 December 2008
Room at the Inn? St John’s Shopping Centre Opens its Doors to the Nativity
An ecumenical body with representatives from 27 churches and Christian communities from Perth and the surrounding area have been offered the use of an unusual "room at the inn" this year to stage a nativity scene right at the heart of Perth’s city centre.
01 December 2008
Etape Caledonia 2009 Names Macmillan Cancer Support as Lead Charity Partner
Scotland’s top cycling event, Etape Caledonia has named Macmillan Cancer Support as the title partner for the 2009 event to be held on 17th May 2009.
28 November 2008
He’s got my Irn Bru! Peter Bowsher’s Snowman will Schlurp a Phenomenal Scottish Bru for St Andrews Day
Be on your guard, that cheeky snowman is back! The award winning chainsaw carver, Peter Bowsher, will be outside St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth this Sunday from 12pm – 3pm, carving out his latest masterpiece: Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman.
25 November 2008
Kate Adie OBE to Visit Perth on Book Tour
The multi-award winning BBC war correspondent, Kate Adie, is to make a planned stop at Waterstones in St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth on Tuesday 25th November at 12.30pm to promote her new book “Into Danger: Risking your Life for Work”.
22 November 2008
Will-E? Peter Bowsher to Carve out Place in History for Disney’s Wall-E
The award winning chainsaw carver, Peter Bowsher, will be outside St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth this Sunday from 12pm – 3pm, carving out a place in history for Disney’s blockbuster character Wall-E.
19 November 2008
Perthshire Big Tree Country Award Winners Announced
Wildlife conservation projects from around Perth & Kinross were awarded the highest accolades this weekend at the Big Tree Country Awards ceremony held at the luxurious Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder.
12 November 2008
2008 Perthshire Big Tree Country Awards Shortlist Announced
Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust has announced the shortlist of organisations and schools from throughout the area who are each in with a chance of receiving a coveted Perthshire Big Tree Country Award.
10 November 2008
It’s the Thought that Counts: St John’s Shopping Centre’s Santa to Go Green
It’s the Thought that Counts: St John’s Shopping Centre’s Santa to Go Green
04 November 2008
St John’s Shopping Centre Shortlisted for Community Award
St John’s Shopping Centre Shortlisted for Community Award
23 October 2008
BBC Environment Correspondent to Present 2008 Perthshire Big Tree Country Awards
BBC Environment Correspondent to Present 2008 Perthshire Big Tree Country Awards
20 October 2008
Perthshire Big Tree Country Calls for Awards Entries
Perthshire Big Tree Country is inviting entries from Perthshire businesses, schools and community groups for its 2008 Big Tree Country Awards. The theme of the awards, which are in their second year, is WILDLIFE CONSERVATION.
17 October 2008
Supersonic Ticket Sales: Additional Capacity Release Due to Strong Demand
Perthshire Big Tree Country, organisers of The Enchanted Forest, have announced they are releasing additional tickets for shows taking place between Monday 20th October and Thursday 23rd October due to a surge in demand for tickets for the event.
16 October 2008
Star Trek: Lunar Walk Through Forest is a Hit
If you go down to the woods today, be sure of a big surprise: Spacemen! Forestry Commissions Scotland’s Faskally Wood at Pitlochry has been transformed into the Enchanted Forest for the next two weeks, to host the annual sound and light spectacular.
15 October 2008
Calendar Club to Open in St John’s Shopping Centre
Calendar Club to Open in St John’s Shopping Centre
06 October 2008
Poundland to Open in St John’s Shopping Centre
The credit crunch may be hitting the high street hard but shoppers should rest assured that they can find amazing value at Poundland, which has just announced plans to open in St John’s Shopping Centre later this year.
30 September 2008
Beam me up Scotty! Scotland’s Space Mania Boosts Festival Sales
As the world’s astronauts descend upon Glasgow in their masses for the largest astronomical conference in the world, the wave of interest in all things extra-terrestrial has provided an unexpected boost in sales for Scotland’s premier sound and light show
29 September 2008
Perth Opens its Doors to the Republic
St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth has announced that Coffee Republic Deli is due to open this month at the King Edward Street entrance to the shopping mall.
12 September 2008
Help ma Boab! Scottish Woodfair Carves out Place in History for Oor Wullie
Organisers of Scottish Woodfair 2008 have arranged for a live, public demonstration of a chainsaw carving of Scottish comic book figure Oor Wullie outside St John’s Shopping Centre in Perth this Saturday.
12 September 2008
A Hundred Yellow Ribbons: Scottish Woodfair 2008 Returns to Perth
Organisers of Scottish Woodfair 2008 have adorned the ancient trees of Perth’s main thoroughfare with 100 Yellow Ribbons to welcome the event back to the Fair City this weekend.
11 September 2008
Simply Red-Faced: Scottish Woodfair’s Pinnochio Poster Has the Last Laugh
Organisers of Scottish Woodfair 2008, a celebration of Scotland’s wood and timber industries hosted by Forestry Commission Scotland, are having the last laugh this weekend when they open the doors to their sixth successful event.
09 September 2008
Perthshire School Children Sharpen their Pencils for Scottish Woodfair 2008
Over 200 Perthshire schoolchildren are sharpening their pencils this week in preparation for the return of the Scottish Woodfair, a celebration of Scotland’s wood and timber industries hosted by Forestry Commission Scotland.
08 September 2008
Perth Travel Agent Hopes to Cause Waves in National Cruise Week
The world’s largest cruise campaign launches this week and Thomson, in St John’s Shopping Centre is one of 2,000 travel agencies in Britain holding events to highlight the world of cruising.
08 September 2008
On Yer Bike! Bonmarche Manager to Cycle 40 Miles towards £40,000 Target
Staff from the Bonmarche store in St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth, will be waving goodbye to their area manager today – with a difference!
27 August 2008
Sandi Thom’s Love Bug Jute Bag a Hit with Local Fans
The Love Bug Jute Bag, design by pop icon Sandi Thom exclusively for St John’s Shopping Centre in Perth, Scotland, has proved a hit with local fans on the first weekend of the campaign.
20 August 2008
Scottish Woodfair Returns to Perth
The Scottish Woodfair, a celebration of Scotland’s wood and timber industries hosted by Forestry Commission Scotland, is set to make a welcome return to Perth this September.
12 August 2008
St John’s Shopping Centre Bags a First for the Planet
St John’s Shopping Centre has bagged a UK first with the launch of their very own eco-bag, designed by international pop star Sandi Thom.
06 August 2008
Young Snapper Wins Photography Competition
Crieff High School pupil, Jack Ward (16) has snapped up the top prize in St John’s Shopping Centre’s Pop into Perth photography competition, netting himself a top of the range digital camera worth £200.
22 July 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.
05 July 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.
01 July 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
26 June 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
26 June 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.
20 June 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.
20 June 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.
20 June 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.
05 June 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.
30 May 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.
28 May 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.
21 May 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
19 May 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
15 May 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.
14 May 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.
14 May 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.
12 May 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.
08 May 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.
07 May 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.
07 May 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
04 May 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.
29 April 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.
25 April 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.
23 April 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.
23 April 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
11 April 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
08 April 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
04 April 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.
17 March 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.
10 March 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.
05 March 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.