Elizabeth is booked up for fest
PFT’s artistic director Elizabeth Newman relaxes with actors Alexander Bean (left) and Marc Small (right) At the Edinburgh International Book Festival this month audiences will be hearing from a shining light at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
Elizabeth Newman, artistic director at PFT has joined forces with David Greig, Scotland’s leading playwright and artistic director of Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre.
Elizabeth and David will present a theatrical response to a book by The Guardian’s culture writer Charlotte Higgins,‘Under Another Sky’at 1.45pm on Saturday, August 10.
This lunchtime spot is part of the Playing With Books section of the Edinburgh Festival.
In Under Another Sky, Charlotte Higgins set out to explore the Roman occupation of Britain as a work of serious history.
The result - an entertaining and haunting exploration of the remnants of an empire, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize - offers clues about the origins of Britain’s current political landscape.
Elizabeth’s fixture next Saturday will take place in The Spiegeltent in Charlotte Square Gardens.
To book your tickets, call Edbookfest on 0345 373 5888 or online at www.edbookfest.co.uk A Perthshire motorhome business has been put into administration, leaving 23 employees without a job.
Scot Motorhomes in Aberuthven has ceased trading and been put into administration after “intense cash flow pressure”.
A1 sold and rented a range of motorhomes under the brand Scot Motorhomes from its site in Aberuthven, and in its heyday turned over around £11 million every year.
However, the business has suffered in recent years and now Blair Nimmo and Alistair McAlinden of KPMG UK LLP have been appointed as the joint administrators of A1.
A total of 23 employees work at the site, employed by Swift Labour Supplies Ltd. This company is to be placed into liquidation, meaning all employees at the Aberuthven site will be made redundant.
Over the last 12 months, trading challenges from an increase in competition and a reduction in consumer spending has led to a downfall in Scot Motorhomes’ profits.
The stock finances available to the company were reduced and presented “intense cash flow pressures” on the business.
Efforts were made to reduce costs in running the business, however it was not possible to save the company and the director subsequently placed it into administration.
The PA had reported on Friday about Scot Motorhomes in Aberuthven