diff --git a/css/ebi-global-includes/_ebi_foundation_overides.scss b/css/ebi-global-includes/_ebi_foundation_overides.scss
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+++ b/css/ebi-global-includes/_ebi_foundation_overides.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// nothing as of yet
diff --git a/css/ebi-global-includes/_ebi_theme_settings.scss b/css/ebi-global-includes/_ebi_theme_settings.scss
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+// EBI Colours
+$ebi-colour-dark: #222;
+$ebi-colour-light: #f8f8f8;
+$ebi-colour-dark-grey: #666;;
+$ebi-colour-light-grey: #f7f7f7;
+$ebi-colour-light-green: rgb(109,171,73);
+$ebi-colour-dark-green: rgb(2,100,105);
+$ebi-colour-petrol: rgb(0,124,130);
+$ebi-colour-gold: rgb(233,180,0);
+$ebi-colour-orange: rgb(251,106,42);
+$ebi-colour-blue: rgb(0,134,180);
+$ebi-colour-white: rgb(255,255,255);
+
+$primary-color: $ebi-colour-petrol;
+$secondary-color: $ebi-colour-dark-grey;
+
+$ebi-colour-main: $ebi-colour-petrol;
+$ebi-colour-services: $ebi-colour-dark-green;
+$ebi-colour-research: $ebi-colour-light-green;
+$ebi-colour-training: $ebi-colour-gold;
+$ebi-colour-industry: $ebi-colour-blue;
+$ebi-colour-elixir: $ebi-colour-orange;
+
+
+// Generic colours not attached to the EBI brand
+$success-color: #3adb76;
+$warning-color: #ffae00;
+$alert-color: #ec5840;
+$light-gray: #e6e6e6;
+$medium-gray: #cacaca;
+$dark-gray: #8a8a8a;
+
+$body-background: $ebi-colour-white;
+$body-font-color: $ebi-colour-dark;
+$body-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;
+$body-font-family-serif: 'EB Garamond', 'georgia', serif;
+
+// These don't do anything yet...
+$global-margin: 1rem;
+$global-padding: 1rem;
+$global-weight-normal: normal;
+$global-weight-bold: 700;
+$global-radius: 0;
+$global-font-size: 100%;
+$global-width: rem-calc(1200);
+$global-lineheight: 1.5;
diff --git a/css/ebi-global.scss b/css/ebi-global.scss
index 7f6c37746665780a3e72c95874eb3b9e6ea69e7d..8c479f466dc2cb4f13d6afa3c3bc97cf08f5b7ab 100644
--- a/css/ebi-global.scss
+++ b/css/ebi-global.scss
@@ -1,57 +1,9 @@
-
-// to be moved to _theme_settings.scss
-
-    // EBI Colours
-    $ebi-colour-dark: #222;
-    $ebi-colour-light: #f8f8f8;
-    $ebi-colour-dark-grey: #666;;
-    $ebi-colour-light-grey: #f7f7f7;
-    $ebi-colour-light-green: rgb(109,171,73);
-    $ebi-colour-dark-green: rgb(2,100,105);
-    $ebi-colour-petrol: rgb(0,124,130);
-    $ebi-colour-gold: rgb(233,180,0);
-    $ebi-colour-orange: rgb(251,106,42);
-    $ebi-colour-blue: rgb(0,134,180);
-    $ebi-colour-white: rgb(255,255,255);
-
-    $primary-color: $ebi-colour-petrol;
-    $secondary-color: $ebi-colour-dark-grey;
-
-    $ebi-colour-main: $ebi-colour-petrol;
-    $ebi-colour-services: $ebi-colour-dark-green;
-    $ebi-colour-research: $ebi-colour-light-green;
-    $ebi-colour-training: $ebi-colour-gold;
-    $ebi-colour-industry: $ebi-colour-blue;
-    $ebi-colour-elixir: $ebi-colour-orange;
-
-
-    // Generic colours not attached to the EBI brand
-    $success-color: #3adb76;
-    $warning-color: #ffae00;
-    $alert-color: #ec5840;
-    $light-gray: #e6e6e6;
-    $medium-gray: #cacaca;
-    $dark-gray: #8a8a8a;
-
-    $body-background: $ebi-colour-white;
-    $body-font-color: $ebi-colour-dark;
-    $body-font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;
-    $body-font-family-serif: 'EB Garamond', 'georgia', serif;
-
-    // These don't do anything yet...
-    $global-margin: 1rem;
-    $global-padding: 1rem;
-    $global-weight-normal: normal;
-    $global-weight-bold: 700;
-    $global-radius: 0;
-    $global-font-size: 100%;
-    $global-width: rem-calc(1200);
-    $global-lineheight: 1.5;
+// Various includes
+@import 'ebi-global-includes/ebi_theme_settings'; // default EBI styling
+// @import 'ebi-gloabl-includes/ebi_foundation_overides';
 
 // This code is the EBI layer atop the Foundation base styling
 
-//This is your _settings.scss file where you can override foundation variables.
-//@import 'theme_settings';
 
 
 /*