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Article: 'Glasgow and Edinburgh- I love them equally!'
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- October 3, 2006
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THE job advert, Laura Gordon recalls, "jumped out of the paper" at
her. Quickly, excitement gave way to apprehension - could she do it?
As head of technology and media at Boyd's, she was a successful
and award-winning lawyer. Did she really want to throw herself
between the warring factions of Edinburgh and Glasgow - and try to
make them work together?
Well, yes, Gordon decided, she did. And yes, she decided, she
could do it. The rest, as they say, is history, and she is now the
proud owner of a weighty title - project director of the Glasgow-
Edinburgh City Collaboration.
So why has it taken so long to kick-start such a link between
Scotland's two premier cities?
"The economic ...