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Key comms role for ex-MP

Facebook hires Clegg as head of global affairs

Nick Clegg

New service to US

Delta to launch daily Edinburgh-Boston flights

Edinburgh airport

Price changes with index

BrewDog opens bar with FTSE tracking beer

BrewDog Canary Wharf

'Not enough opportunities'

SBNN shuts ‘stagnated’ business news website

SBNN announcement

Plea to keep investment flowing

Call to back whisky ‘at home’ to help exports

Karen Betts

Investment in UK R&D

Amazon unwraps 250 jobs at Edinburgh tech centre

Amazon parcels - Amazon website

Markets

US plunges as Saudi crisis adds to economy fears

Movement ban instigated

Mad cow disease detected on Aberdeenshire farm

Fergus Ewing

As I See It

Brian Monteith

A Brexit budget is becoming more necessary by the day

Business confidence is being sapped by delayed decisions in the Brexit talks, says BRIAN MONTEITH

Theresa May at Downing St after Syria attack

We may have to get used to having No Deal

A crucial week of Brexit talks lies ahead and we must brace ourselves for the outcome, says BRIAN MONTEITH

RBS Gogarburn

RBS should think again before changing name

Changing the RBS name may distance it from previous excesses but may also be a little short-sighted, writes TERRY MURDEN

Banking on another recession, are we?

Dancing May struggling to find willing partners

SNP’s double-take on whisky is a taxing issue

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Magazine

Trevor Jones

Augmenting art brings paintings to life

Moulin Rouge dancers

Bringing the Belle Epoque to Scotland

The Glee Mark Tugham

Comedy Club opens Glasgow venue

CBFS generates huge investment in culture

Mission to revive city’s live music scene

Flexible working rising up the list of benefits

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Interview: Andrew Brookes, tailor

Getting a measure of men’s fashion

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Interview: Ann Leslie, LAR Housing Trust

Putting trust in affordable homes

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Interview: Rachel Lund, retail economist

Counting the cost of change

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Sport

Jim McIntyre

McIntyre handed the reins at Dens Park

Uncapped trio in Scots squad for Autumn Tests

McCann pays the price for Dundee’s poor start

Pressure builds on McLeish after another defeat

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Appointments

Barclays bolsters wealth management team

Four business leaders join SCC board

CBRE appoints Scottish rating team director

Johnston Carmichael partner joins charity panel

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Arts & Leisure

Concert hall ‘too large and too tall’ says heritage group

Endurance challenge Rat Race heads for US

Johnnie Walker hosts Edinburgh’s Hogmanay party

Appeal opens over future of long-neglected gem

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Awards

Beer Awards winners 2018

Stewart Brewing takes top prize in night of celebration

Kozlova steps down from company startup programme

Isle of Harris takes top distillery prize

Flockhart honoured for services to accountancy

Lewis named top SME for workplace culture

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Careers & training

GWOF

India deal marks milestone for simulation firm GWOF

Data Lab expands in response to growing demand

Russian leaves IIP group Re:markable for US role

Universities unite to boost digital skills training

Cyber skills course focuses on staff shortages

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Consumer

Electricity bill

Customer switching wipes 10% off energy giants’ profits

Trade group steps up battle against fake goods

Car sales plummet as buyers beat emissions deadline

Cleaning tycoon Green launches waste management firm

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Deals & Enterprise

Brian Souter

Souter venture raises funds for Wallyford development

TLT expands Scots offering with Wolfson deal

‘Fluff’ and overlap blights startup ecosystem, says adviser

Vidatec steps up care tech plan with stake in CareZapp

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Economy & Markets

Neil Amner

Holyrood urged to ‘play a part’ in easing Brexit worries

Productivity plan calls for ‘cohesive’ action from agencies

Wage growth on the rise as unemployment eases

Chancellor may be forced to raise taxes to end austerity

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Energy

Cruachan power station

ScottishPower wholly focused on wind after £702m Drax deal

SSE-Npower merger ‘does not pose competition risk’ says CMA

BP gets go-ahead for £200m North Sea oil fields

SSE extends wind portfolio with Forth acquisition

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Food & Drink

Tomatin whisky

Tomatin is fastest growing top ten malt in US

Record crowdfund raises stakes on BrewDog exit route

Boathouse is latest casualty of dining out downturn

Big supermarkets slip as discounters make ground

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Management

Humza Yousaf 2

Yousaf demands tougher action on modern slavery

Swinson forces firms to declare parental policy

Staff take control of cyber firm i-confidential

PBAs having little impact on late payment problem

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Media

Scotsman cover

Scotsman owner Johnston Press puts itself up for sale

Lewis boosts teams with two recruits

Virgin Active signs up Equator for digital revamp

Herald & Times group slumps to £7m loss

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Money

Money - own pic

Inflation fall means £220 boost to state pension

Scots support tax hikes to pay for public services

Public unclear over which parliament is raising taxes

Tax advisers pounce to offer R&D relief to Scots firms

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Notebook

Joanna Lamb Kiltwalk 1

Kiltwalkers raise £4.5m for Scottish charities

Social enterprise delegates at Castle event

Whisky on ice with a mission to save a continent

BrewDog’s Watt in a froth over attack on big beer

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Politics

David Mundell

Mundell: ‘I did not threaten to resign over Brexit plan’

Forbes heads to Dublin for Scots-Irish ‘cluster’ talks

Davidson and Mundell in ‘quit threat’ over Brexit deal

Westminster urged to come clean on gagging orders

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Property

The Exchange Aberdeen

SentinelMarine takes space at The Exchange

Maven sells Marketgait student block for £9.5m

Clyde property acquired in £55 million deal

Israeli fund Migdal pursuing £60m deal for Tanfield

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Results & Updates

Leeann Dempster and Rod Petrie have overseen a positive year of financial results for Hibs

Hibs progress gives £200,000 boost to profits

Ashley named as French Connection seeks buyer

Print revenue plunges as Reach hits savings targets

Deal flow up sharply at Shepherd and Wedderburn

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Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Baillie Gifford gifts £5m to probe ethical challenges of AI

TSG among 11 firms on Microsoft programme

Females now account for a quarter of Scottish tech jobs

National Trust turns to ‘tap and pay’ tech to raise funds

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Tourism

Jacqueline Dobson (MD of Barrhead Travel), Stuart Taylor (CFO of TLG UK), Sharon Munro (President of Barrhead Travel)

Barrhead Travel sees income breach £300m

Council clashes with hoteliers over tourist tax plan

Glasgow takes top spot for UK hotel growth

Using technology to improve the hotel experience

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Transport

Hitachi trains

ScotRail withdraws new trains over defective brakes

Emirates flies flag for Edinburgh’s link to Dubai

Norwegian Airlines scraps Edinburgh flights to US

British Airways launches probe into customer data theft

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