Queen Margaret University students: no excuse now for missing your bus
November 14, 2007
The new Grant Management sponsored internet cafe at Queen Margaret University in Musselburgh was covered by the Edinburgh Evening News last night.
The newspaper also mentions the electronic bus time system we are installing. This will let students at the campus near Edinburgh know when their bus is about to arrive and how much time they have left to finish their donuts, I mean, their class assignments.
The article continues:
The new £105 million eco-campus near Musselburgh has the lowest carbon footprint of any UK campus, and includes a biomass heating system, fuelled by wood-chip, and more than 26,000 new trees and hedgerows.
Grant Management’s sponsorship deal with the new-look QMU has also seen the company itself go carbon neutral.
Chief executive Peter Grant said: “Helping the planet is a big issue for the students and young professionals who form the bulk of our tenants, so it also has to be a big issue for us as a business.
“By going carbon neutral we’re offering students the choice to live in a more sustainable way.”
And by installing the electronic bus time system at Queen Margaret University, we’re also offering them the chance to get back to their student accommodation in time for tea.
Spotted! Edinburgh blogger eyeballs our new carbon neutral letting signs
November 12, 2007
Remember we mentioned the new Grant Management carbon neutral to let signs a few days ago? Well let’s hear it for one of Edinburgh’s most environmentally conscious bloggers who spotted our sign on a property on Leith Walk and was inspired enough to write a post about carbon neutral letting. His blog is called Suitably Despairing and he is committed to highlighting environment issues. He certainly has positive things to say about our stance on carbon neutrality:
They’re called Grant Management, and seem to have their head screwed on about the environment. They offer their staff fresh fruit and fair-trade tea and coffee, and a bicycle allowance if they cycle to work. All their properties are fitted out with energy saving appliances and CFLs, and the tenants are informed of the local recycling schemes.
He goes on to mention Global Trees and the campaign to offset carbon emissions. He concludes:
It’s unusual to find a mainstream company so overwhelmingly embrace a green ethos, but it should definitely be encouraged which is why I’m highlighting them.
We really appreciate it, thanks and keep looking out for those signs!
Design a mural for Queen Maragaret University: win £1000!
November 7, 2007
The writing is on the wall for students at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh. You may remember Queen Margaret recently opened an environmentally friendly new campus at Musselburgh and to celebrate, Grant Management is running a competition for students to design a mural for the university’s internet cafe.
As all of Grant Management’s student accommodation and properties to let are 100% carbon neutral, you won’t be surprised to know the theme of the design is carbon neutral living.
You don’t have to paint the wall yourself - Grant Management will do that for you as part of its Queen Margaret University sponsorship. Just get creative in the medium of your choice, and to any scale, and submit your ideas, marked “QMU Mural competition” with your name, matriculation number and contact details to Grant Management, 14 Coates Crescent, Edinburgh, EH3 7AF before 31 January 2008.
Never mind the student union, win the £1000 first prize and you could afford to paint the whole town red.
Finding rented accommodation for the Polish community
October 9, 2007
You may not have heard of it and, who knows, you probably don’t know to pronounce it, but Szkocja is one of Edinburgh most successful websites, You can probably guess by the way it is spelled that the site provides support, help and ideas for Scotland’s Polish community, greeting as many 650,000 unique visitors every month with news, listings and links.
Many of these Polish visitors are looking for accommodation in the UK and happily many end up at our Edinburgh office where Joanna and Gosia, our two Polish members of staff are able to find them flats or houses for rent and can provide support and help in the event of problems. Such is our commitment to our Polish tenants, several areas of our Grant Management website are translated into Polish.
Back to the gym for her Race for Life
October 1, 2007
Hot news from the water cooler – or more accurately the bowl of fruit at reception. A mere nine months before she sets off again round Arthur Seat, Anna, who works in our property buying department, is hitting the gym again later today to train for the next Race for Life.
Four of our staff pulled on their trainers In Edinburgh this summer in aid of Cancer Research – you can see the photos on our Flickr page. That’s Anna, number 928 on the right with Colette Grant, one of our directors and co-founder.
It’ll be Anna’s first day back at Ballantine’s gym at Newcraighall this evening where she says her favourite training aid is the rowing machine! Not quite sure how that helps her run round Arthur’s Seat – unless she falls into St Mary’s Loch along the way – but good luck to her. I’ve got a feeling she’ll be round the office looking for sponsorship before too long.
Closer links with Edinburgh University
August 29, 2007
Grant Management has taken our complaints and suggestions seriously
Our relationship with Edinburgh University has had its ups and downs over the past year - but, thankfully, things are on the up. We are delighted that EUSA have acknowledge the recent improvements we have made and I would like to assure students at the Uni that we will continue to keep customer service as our top priority. Here is what the Edinburgh Students’ Association said today.
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