Saturday’s edition of the Press & Journal featured a great piece about our Carbon Fivers and the Highland 500 Challenge which started earlier today. The paper caught up with the team following their final training session on Saturday and Richard Wadsworth, … Continued
Read PostWe were delighted with the article in last Monday’s edition of The Scotsman which featured our Carbon Fivers team which is raising funds for Winning Scotland Foundation. The Carbon Fiver team started their grueling five day challenge early this morning leaving … Continued
Read Post29th August 2016
Beware the lure of complexity
We live in a bafflingly complex world, and we tend to assume, wrongly, that complex problems require complex solutions. Often the best way to deal with a complex issue is to reduce it down to its bare essentials — to … Continued
Read Post29th August 2016
Lists are fine for shopping, but not for investing
The investing industry and the financial media love their lists. Open any investment magazine or the money pages of a newspaper and chances are you’ll find a list somewhere. It might be a list of stocks that are set to … Continued
Read Post26th August 2016
SARN Technologies
Thank you SARN Technologies Ltd – for supporting the ‘Carbon Fivers’ challenge to raise funds for Winning Scotland Foundation. Managed IT services provider SARN Technologies Ltd deserves a huge thank you for generously supporting our 500 mile cycle challenge … Continued
Read Post26th August 2016
Johnston Smillie
Thank you Johnston Smillie – for supporting the ‘Carbon Fivers’ challenge to raise funds for Winning Scotland Foundation. Chartered accountants and business advisers Johnston Smillie deserve a huge thank you for generously supporting our 500 mile cycle challenge around the … Continued
Read Post26th August 2016
Craneware
Thank you Craneware – for supporting the ‘Carbon Fivers’ challenge to raise funds for Winning Scotland Foundation. Medical billing software developer Craneware deserves a huge thank you for generously supporting our 500 mile cycle challenge around the north of Scotland. … Continued
Read Post24th August 2016
Carbon team tackling Scotland’s toughest road trip
Perth businessman Mark Christie will toast his 44th birthday by tackling the toughest sporting challenge of his life. The father-of-three is part of the Carbon team preparing to cycle the gruelling North Coast 500 and targeting a £50,000 windfall for … Continued
Read Post22nd August 2016
Carbon Social Cycle Club – Deeside Royal Ride
Thirteen of us, including Winning Scotland ambassador and former professional triathlete Cat Morrison, took to the hills of Deeside on Saturday for a loop of a little under 60 miles. We set off along the South Deeside Road towards Braemar … Continued
Read Post19th August 2016
Training and reflection from Carbon’s riders
A couple of months ago, motivated by the Carbon Fivers Highland 500 challenge, Mark, Iain and Richard, headed north for their grandly labelled ‘training camp’. The aim was to see some of the route, and to also get some back-to-back … Continued
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