also Scotch Scots wiktionary Scottish may refer to something of, from, or related to Scotland , a country in northern Europe, part of the United Kingdom since 1707. Scottish may also refer to TOCRight Languages Scottish English , the varieties of English spoken in Scotland Scottish Gaelic , a Celtic language native to Scotland Scots language , a language variety spoken in Lowland Scotland and parts of Ulster People Scottish people List of famous Scottish people Culture Scottish American Scottish national identity Other uses Scottish cuisine Schottische , a dance Scottish card game , a Shedding type card game, also known as shirts and boots Scottish Crofting Foundation Scottish Reformation , 1560 Symphony No. 3 Mendelssohn Scottish Symphony , Mendelssohn s third symphony Scottish Television , currently known as STV TV network STV , the ITV licensee for Central and Northern Scotland Scottish Terrier dog breed disambig Category Scottish people Category Scotland an Escoz s desambigazi n ca Escoc s de Schottisch es Escoc s fr cossais homonymie no Skotsk andre betydninger os pt Escoc s sv Skotska ... more details
Scottish council may refer to Scottish Arts Council , a Scottish public body Local government in Scotland Scottish council , a form of local government in Scotland Scottish Council for Development and Industry , a non governmental, membership organisation which aims to strengthen Scotland s economic competitiveness Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations , the national body representing the voluntary sector in Scotland Scottish Funding Council , the body in Scotland that distributes funding from the Scottish Executive to the country s colleges and universities Scottish Refugee Council , a charity disambig ... more details
Scottish Crown can refer to Crown coin , see Scottish coinage Crown of Scotland , part of the Honours of Scotland, kept at Edinburgh Castle Scottish monarchy , see List of Scottish monarchs The Crown dab ... more details
Scottish Highlander may refer to The people and culture of the Scottish Highlands Scottish Highlander barge Scottish Highlander barge a boutique hotel barge cruising the Caledonian Canal in Scotland Highland cattle are an ancient Scotland Scottish breed of beef cattle disambig ... more details
Scottish nationalism is a variety of nationalism surrounding the Scottish people and Scottish national identity Scottish identity . Used as a term, it may refer to Political Nationalism, as a political ideology in Scotland, has often supported greater national autonomy for Scotland as part of the United Kingdom , or the recreation of Scotland as a sovereign state again. In this context, Scottish nationalism may refer to Scottish independence the advocacy of Scotland becoming a sovereign state again. The Scottish National Party the main political party which supports Scottish independence History of Scottish devolution Scottish home rule a movement, particularly notable before the creation of the devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999, to give Scotland greater autonomy within the United Kingdom or the British Empire. Cultural Scottish national identity Scottish folk revival Category Nationalism by country or region Category Secession in the United Kingdom Category Celtic nationalism fr Nationalisme cossais ... more details
There have been events known as the Scottish Open in several sports Scottish Open golf , a golf tournament on the European Tour. Scottish Seniors Open , a golf tournament on the European Seniors Tour. Scottish Open badminton , an open international badminton championships held in Scotland since 1907. Scottish Open darts , a professional darts tournament first held in 1983. Players Championship snooker , defunct professional snooker tournament, formerly known as Scottish Open Scottish Open fencing , a fencing competition held in Edinburgh in early January disambig de Scottish Open nl Schots Open no Scottish Open ... more details
London Scottish may refer to London Scottish regiment , a former regiment of the British Territorial Army, now a company of the London Regiment London Scottish Bank , a British bank London Scottish F.C. , a British rugby union club disambig ... more details
Scottish court may refer to Courts of Scotland , Scottish courts of law The noble court of the Kingdom of Scotland, see List of monarchs of Scotland Disambig ... more details
Articles on Scottish Oil include Scottish Oils Ltd , a shale oil company It s Scotland s oil , a political slogan relating to North Sea oil disambig ... more details
Infobox Company company name Scottish Equitable plc company logo File AEGON.svg 200px Scottish Equitable parent AEGON N.V. foundation 1831 headquarters Edinburgh , Scotland , UK key people Adrian Grace, CEO UK industry Life insurance and pensions products Pensions , Investment , Protection homepage http www.aegon.co.uk www.aegon.co.uk Scottish Equitable plc is a pensions and life assurance company with its head office in Edinburgh , Scotland . It rebranded to AEGON in 2010. History 1831 Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society began in Edinburgh 1994 Scottish Equitable plc was formed and since then has been part of the AEGON Group 2006 Scottish Equitable became known as AEGON Scottish Equitable 2010 AEGON Scottish Equitable became known as AEGON, though its legal entity is still Scottish Equitable plc Category Insurance companies of the United Kingdom ... more details
Scottish constituencies may refer to Scottish Westminster constituencies , constituencies of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to present Scottish Parliament constituencies , also known as Holyrood constituencies disambig ... more details
Scottish Students may refer to Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland Federation of Student Nationalists National Union of Students Scotland Scottish Conservative and Unionist Students Scottish Labour Students A former rugby union team that competed in the 1994 Women s Rugby World Cup disambig ... more details
Scottish republicanism refers to the advocacy position held by some Scotland Scottish pro Scottish independence independence organisations for a Republic of Scotland with an elected head of state . Scotland s largest pro independence party, the Scottish National Party , is not explicitly ideologically republican, though republican members exist. The foremost documentation of this ideology is the Declaration of Calton Hill 2004 . List of pro republican independence organizations Scottish Socialist Party Scottish Republican Socialist Party now a non party movement Solidarity Scotland Solidarity Scottish Workers Republican Party See also Politics of Scotland English republicanism Irish republicanism Welsh republicanism Republicanism in the United Kingdom Celtic nationalisms Nationalism in the United Kingdom Category Secession in the United Kingdom Category Scottish independence movement Category Republicanism in the United Kingdom Category Republicanism in Scotland ... more details
Scottish language can refer to Scots language Lowland Scots , a West Germanic language spoken in the Lowlands of Scotland and Ulster. Scottish Gaelic G idhlig , a Celtic language spoken in the Hebrides and parts of mainland Scotland Scottish English , the English language as spoken in Scotland Scottish Language , a peer reviewed journal of Scottish languages and linguistics, published by the Association for Scottish Literary Studies See also Languages of Scotland disambig an Idioma escoc s ca Escoc s el es Idioma escoc s ko id Bahasa Skotlandia os la Lingua Scotica pl J zyk szkocki pt L ngua escocesa ru sco Scottis leid simple Scottish language tt tr sko a anlam ayr m uk zh ... more details
A Scottish soldier is a Scotland Scottish folk song . The lyrics were written by Andy Stewart musician Andy Stewart . The song is about a dying Scottish soldier, wishing to return to the hills of his homeland rather than die in county of Tyrol Tyrol . The song was one of two US chart entries by Andy Stewart. A Scottish Soldier reached no. 1 in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, spent 36 weeks in the UK Singles Chart in 1961 and was in the top 50 in the USA for over a year. Citation needed date January 2012 The tune, The Green Hills of Tyrol , is a well known melody in the Scottish bagpipe tradition and was transcribed by John MacLeod during the Crimean War from La Tua Danza S Leggiera, a chorus part in the third act of Gioachino Rossini s 1829 opera William Tell opera Guglielmo Tell William Tell . Citation needed date January 2012 Rossini adapted that tune from Alpine folk music. This song was also the entrance theme of professional wrestler Roderick Toombs Rowdy Roddy Piper . External links http www.clandavidsonusa.com thescottishsoldier.htm About the tune Youtube SCSB BiNSZo A Scottish Soldier Youtube nzIqfny6HhA La Tua Danza S Leggiera DEFAULTSORT Scottish Soldier Category Scottish songs Category Scottish folk songs Category Scottish patriotic songs Category Songs about the military ... more details
Infobox political party country Scotland party name Scottish Party colorcode 99CCFF party logo leader chairman founder foundation 1930 dissolution 1934 ideology Scottish national identity Scottish Nationalism br Scottish Independence br Imperial Unity position Centre right international european europarl predecessor Unionist Party Scotland Unionist Party colours headquarters website merged Scottish National Party The Scottish Party was formed in 1930 by a group of members of the Unionist Party Scotland Unionist Party who favoured the establishment of a Dominion Scottish Parliament within the British Empire British Empire and Commonwealth . They differed with the existing National Party of Scotland NPS on the grounds that their Scottish independence was ambiguous about the Empire, and also disagreed with the left of centre platform of the NPS. The Scottish Party initially acted more as a think tank than an active political party, but received overtures from the founder of the NPS, John MacCormick , to merge with the NPS to unify the elements of the Scottish independence movement. The party s candidate for the Kilmarnock by election, 1933 November 1933 by election in Kilmarnock UK Parliament constituency Kilmarnock received NPS backing, and this co operation concluded with the merger of the two parties in 1934 to become the Scottish National Party . A minor, though unrelated, political party of the same name was founded in 2004 by a former member of the Scottish National Party, and changed its name to the Free Scotland Party shortly thereafter. References http www.archiveshub.ac.uk news 02102901.html Archives Hub Collection of material relating to the Scottish National Party Category Political parties established in 1932 Category Political parties disestablished in 1934 Category Defunct political parties in Scotland Category Scottish National Party Scotland org stub UK party stub sv Scottish Party ... more details
Refimprove date February 2011 A Scottish regiment is any regiment or similar military unit that at some ... items of Scottish dress. These regiments were and are usually a product of the British Empire , either ... due to recruitment in Scotland nor any proportion of members of Scottish ancestry. Traditionally, Scottish regiments cultivate a reputation of exceptional fierceness in combat and are often given romantic portrayals in popular media. Within Scotland, itself, regiments of the Scottish Lowlands did not adopt as strong a Scottish specifically Highland Scottish character until the late Victorian ... known as Highland regiments or Highland Scottish Scot Scots regiments due to their adopting of Scottish Highlands Highland Scottish apparel . Many extant Highland regiments that are not in the armed .... Scottish Regiments of the British Army Current Regiments Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 1st Royal Tank ... Artillery 105th Regiment Royal Artillery Volunteers 32 Scottish Signal Regiment The Scottish Transport Regiment The London Scottish a Company of The London Regiment The Liverpool Scottish a platoon of the 4th Battalion, Duke of Lancaster s Regiment Lowland Line Infantry Lowland Brigade Scottish Lowland ... Scots Fusiliers 1678 1959 King s Own Scottish Borderers The King s Own Scottish Borderers 1689 2006 The Cameronians Scottish Rifles 1881 1968 52nd Lowland Regiment Highland Line Infantry Highland Brigade Scottish Highland Brigade Black Watch The Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment 1725 2006 Highland ... Queen s Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Scottish Horse Lovat Scouts Queen s Own Lowland Yeomanry Scottish Yeomanry Current Yeomanry of Scotland A Ayrshire Earl of Carrick s Own Yeomanry & C Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Scottish Horse Squadrons of the Queen s Own Yeomanry Regiment Scottish ... Regiment Victorian Scottish Regiment 10th 27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment Boothby and South Australian Scottish Regiment 16th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment Cameron Highlanders ... more details
people products num employees parent subsid Scottish Aviation Limited was a Scottish aircraft manufacturer ... school operator the company took on maintenance work in 1938. During the Second World War, Scottish ... of the Consolidated Liberator bomber. The factory building of Scottish Aviation, which still .... Post war it built robust military STOL utility aircraft such as the Scottish Aviation Pioneer Pioneer and larger Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer Twin Pioneer . Much later the company ... the collapse of the Handley Page Aircraft Company which designed the type . It built Scottish ... Beagle Aircraft Limited . Scottish Aviation merged with the British Aircraft Corporation , Hawker ... Scottish Aviation assets now belong to Spirit AeroSystems . Aircraft first flight in brackets Scottish Aviation Pioneer 5 November 1947 Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer 25 June 1955 Scottish Aviation Bulldog Handley Page Jetstream Scottish Aviation Jetstream gallery Image scottish.twin.750pix.jpg Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer Image JetstreamXX500.JPG Scottish Aviation Jetstream T1 Image bulldog g bhzr arp.jpg Privately owned Scottish Aviation Bulldog, formerly of the Botswana Air Force and in their colours, at an English rally in 2005. gallery Cars Image Scottish Aviation Scamp 1966 red.jpg thumb right 1965 Scottish Aviation Scamp Between 1964 and 1966 Scottish Aviation designed a small battery electric car, the Scottish Aviation Scamp , of which twelve pre production examples were built ... reading Berry, P 2005 Prestwick Airport and Scottish Aviation Robertson, A 1986 Lion Rampant and Winged ... Directory lisitng Scottish Aviation aircraft BAE Systems evolution Defunct aerospace companies ... Scottish Aviation no Scottish Aviation sv Scottish Aviation ... more details
ref improve date December 2011 Infobox Sport governing body assocname Scottish Cyclists Union logo Logo of Scottish Cycling.jpg sport bicycle racing Cycle racing abbrev SCU founded 1952 aff British Cycling president Alasdair MacLennan Chief Executive Jackie Davidson coach Graeme Herd url www.britishcycling.org.uk scotland countryflag Scotland Scottish Cycling , legally the Scottish Cyclists Union SCU , is the national Sport governing body governing body for bicycle racing in Scotland . Scottish Cycling ... , mountain bike racing , cyclo cross , BMX racing and individual time trial time trialing . Scottish Cycling introduced the Scottish Mountain Bike Leader Award , qualification in the UK for leading organised .... Scottish Cycling has a performance department to help train and develop Scottish athletes. It also enters Scottish teams for events such as the Commonwealth Games and Tour of Britain . History In 1931, Scottish cycling clubs formed a loose association named the Scottish Amateur Racing Association ... of all Scottish clubs resolved to form a new body to represent all road time trialling. This body, the Scottish ... Cyclists Union NCU formed a Scottish section to regulate mass start road and track cycling ... British League of Racing Cyclists BLRC in 1945. The following year, the Scottish section of the NCU reformed itself into an autonomous body affiliated to the NCU, the Scottish National Cyclists Union SNCU . In response, in 1947, the Scottish BLRC reconstituted itself into the Scottish Cyclists ... into a single body, which retained the Scottish Cyclists Union name. More recently, the Scottish Cyclists Union changed to Scottish Cycling SC .. See also Sport in Scotland British Cycling List of cycling ... www.pedalforscotland.org Pedal for Scotland 2010 http cycling.visitscotland.com Scottish Tourist Board ... CTC Scotland http www.scottishmountainbike.com Scottish Mountain Bike http scotlandinter.net cycling.htm List of Scottish cycling websites Scottish Sport Category Sports governing ... more details
Primary sources date May 2010 Image ScottishEnterprise.jpg 150px right Scottish Enterprise is a sponsored non departmental public body of the Scottish Government which encourages economic development , Business enterprise , innovation and investment agency investment in business. The body covers the eastern, central belt central and Southern Uplands southern parts of Scotland whilst a similar body, Highlands and Islands Enterprise , operates in north western Scotland. History Scottish Enterprise started operations on 1 April 1991 under the Enterprise and New Towns Scotland Act 1990. That act merged the former Scottish Development Agency SDA , created in 1975 and the Scottish Training Agency to form one integrated body. On 1 April 2008, the skills function of Scottish Enterprise moved out of the organisation to the newly formed Skills Development Scotland . Structure Scottish Enterprise has approximately 1,000 staff and operates from 12 offices Aberdeen , Bellshill , Clydebank , Dundee , Dumfries , Edinburgh , Galashiels , Glasgow , Glenrothes , Kilmarnock , Paisley and Stirling . The eight members of the senior management team of Scottish Enterprise are referred to as the Executive Leadership Team. Current membership is as follows Lena Wilson Scottish Enterprise Chief Executive br ... br Anne MacColl Scottish Development International Chief Executive br Julian Taylor Director ... of Business Networks and Communications br The current Chairperson of the Scottish Enterprise Board is Crawford Gillies. Finances Scottish Enterprise is largely funded by the Scottish Government ... of Scotland Politics of Scotland External links http www.scottish enterprise.com Scottish Enterprise http www.scotland.gov.uk Scottish Government http www.opsi.gov.uk acts acts1990 Ukpga 19900035 en 1.htm Enterprise and New Towns Scotland Act 1990 http www.sdi.co.uk Scottish Development International ... Scotland Europa Scottish Executive NDPBs Category Economy of Scotland Category Public bodies of the Scottish ... more details
Scottish Gas is the trading name of British Gas in Scotland . Use dmy dates date April 2011 Infobox company company name Scottish Gas company logo Image Scottish Gas logo.png company type Public limited company traded as foundation location key people industry Utilities products revenue operating income net income num employees parent subsid See below homepage http www.britishgas.com www.britishgas.com footnotes See also British Gas Centrica Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom List of power stations in Scotland External links http www.scottishgas.co.uk Scottish Gas http www.centrica.co.uk Centrica br Scottish energy Category Companies of Scotland Category Scottish brands Scotland company stub ... more details
Update date November 2010 Unreferenced date April 2007 Scottish Screen is the Scottish public bodies national body for film and television in Scotland , established in April 1997. It took on the functions of the Scottish Film Council , the Scottish Film Production Fund , Scottish Screen Locations and Scottish Broadcast and Film Training , forming a unitary organisation. Scottish Screen works in the areas of production, development, location assistance, exhibition and festivals, training, media education and preserving the heritage and history of the moving image developing, encouraging and promoting every aspect of film, television and new media in Scotland. Working with the Scottish Government , their goal is to establish Scotland as a major screen production centre and project Scottish culture to the world. It was announced in January 2006 that Scottish Screen would amalgamate with Scottish Arts Council to form the newly created Creative Scotland , and Creative Scotland is intended to take over these functions in 2010. The Archive The Scottish Screen Archive was established in 1976 and previously a department of Scottish Screen, it has been part of the National Library of Scotland ... reflecting Scottish twentieth and twenty first century culture and history. In addition the Archive ... of the Scottish Archive Network SCAN . Principally non fiction, the Archive s collection to date ... acquired from the former Scottish Central Film Library and Films of Scotland Committee. The strengths ... recently the broadcasting sector and burgeoning Scottish film industry. The television material in the Archive ... links http www.scottishscreen.com Scottish Screen http ssa.nls.uk Scottishg Screen Archive CinemaoftheUK Scottish Executive NDPBs Category Film archives Category Archives in Scotland Category Arts organisations based in Scotland Category Entertainment in Scotland Category Scottish media Category Scottish culture Category Public bodies of the Scottish Government Screen Category Scottish Government ... more details
Refimprove date February 2011 Infobox Ethnic group group Scottish Chilean br small chileno escoc s small image Image Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald.jpg 94px File Agust n Ross.jpg 94px caption Notable Scottish Chileans Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald Lord Cochrane , Agust n Ross poptime 80,000 popplace Chile langs Chilean Spanish Spanish . Minority speaks English language English , Scottish Gaelic and or Scots language Lowland Scots as first language. rels Roman Catholicism , Protestantism Presbyterianism , Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America Episcopalianism et al. related Scottish people , Scottish Argentines Scottish Chileans are Chileans of Scottish people Scottish descent who came from Scotland and in some cases, Ulster Scots people Scots Irish people from Northern Ireland . A large proportion of Scottish Chileans are sheep farmers in the Magallanes region of the far south of the country, and the city of Punta Arenas has a large Scottish foundation dating ... family of Scottish and English people English descent prominent in Chilean society. In part of the region s Scottish settlement and leanings to United Kingdom British culture, Pichilemu was sometimes .... The number of Scottish Chileans is still higher in Patagonia and Magallanes regions. The Mackay School , in Vi a del Mar is an example of a school set up by Scottish Chileans. The Scottish and other ... s cultural life. Citation needed date September 2010 Easter Island Scottish Chileans also ... trance annex.html Annexation by Chile. ref The Williamson Balfour Company , a Scottish Chilean firm ... de la Isla de Pascua CEDIP , up until it was handed over to the Chilean Navy . Scottish Chilean ... Osorno , Puerto Aisen , Puerto Montt , Valdivia , Valparaiso and Vina Del Mar . Prominent Scottish Chileans ... See also Scottish place names in other countries Chile Scottish place names in Chile Ethnic groups in Chile Category Ethnic groups in Chile Category Chilean people of Scottish descent Category Scottish ... more details
advert date November 2011 Infobox company company name Scottish Friendly company type Private company foundation 1862 location Scottish Friendly House, 16 Blythswood Square, Glasgow G2 4HJ br Glasgow , Scotland ... Scottish Friendly Assurance is a financial services group based in Glasgow , Scotland. The group ... of market open architecture wrap investments. History Scottish Friendly Assurance has its roots ... 1992 after it purchased Scottish Friendly Assurance, a friendly society . Scottish Friendly has continued its merger and acquisition activity and took over Scottish Legal Life in October 2007 ... Society LANMAS in 2007 ref http business.scotsman.com business Friendly takeover as Scottish ... and has over 400,000 members. As a Mutual company Scottish Friendly Assurance has no shareholders and profits are distributed back to its members. Scottish Friendly Assurance is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority FSA and is a member of ABI and AFM . Companies The Scottish Friendly group is structured as an incorporated mutual friendly society , Scottish Friendly Assurance Society Limited , which issues all insurance products, with three subsidiaries Scottish Friendly Asset Management provides Scottish Friendly Investment Funds ICVC, an umbrella OEIC , as well as Individual Savings Account ISA and Child Trust Fund CTF wrappers. Scottish Friendly Insurance Services ... such as Self invested personal pension SIPPs and direct holdings. Scottish Friendly Trustee Company Ltd provides asset holding services for the Scottish Friendly Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme .... Neil Lovatt ACII, BA Hons , MSc Sales and Marketing Director. Community Support Scottish Friendly ... through its sponsorship of The Scottish Friendly Children s Book Tour, an outreach tour organised by Scottish Book Trust . Scottish Friendly has also become a supporter of the Meet Our Authors programme ... created by the Scottish Book Trust to allow young people, parents and teachers to meet some of the world ... more details
of Scotland Infobox Government agency agency name Scottish Government br Riaghaltas na h Alba type Government logo width logo caption seal Scottish Government logo.png seal width 150px seal caption Logo of the Scottish Government formed 1999 preceding2 dissolved superseding jurisdiction Scotland headquarters ... website http www.scotland.gov.uk Home www.scotland.gov.uk footnotes PoliticsScotland The Scottish ... devolved government of Scotland . It was established in 1999 as the Scottish Executive , from the extant Scottish Office , and the term Scottish Executive or Administration remains its legal name under ... Section 44 of the Scotland Act 1998 retrieved from the Statute Law Database ref Following the Scottish Parliament election, 2007 2007 Scottish Parliament election , the term Executive was changed to Government by the Scottish National Party administration in 2007. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi scotland 6974798.stm Scottish Executive renames itself , BBC News , 3 September 2007. ref The Scotland Bill .... Executive arm of government The Scottish Government is responsible in Scotland for all issues that are not explicitly ... transport . The Scottish Government has the responsibility for an annual budget of more than .... ref http www.scotland.gov.uk About The Scottish Government , scotland.gov.uk ref The Government is led by the First Minister of Scotland First Minister . The Scottish Parliament nominates one of its ..., who are appointed by him with the approval of Parliament. Junior Scottish Ministers are similarly appointed to assist Cabinet Secretaries in their work. The Scottish Law Officers, the Lord Advocate and Solicitor ..., but are subject to its approval. The First Minister, the Cabinet Secretaries and the Scottish Law Officers are the Members of the Scottish Government. They are collectively known as the Scottish Ministers . The members of the Government have substantial influence over List of Acts of the Scottish ... in becoming Acts of the Scottish Parliament. ref http www.scottish.parliament.uk business ... more details
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