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Day: 16 January 2015

Austin Reed to close 31 stores and inject £3m of shareholder funds in restructuring of the high street chain

Shareholder Dave King calls general meeting at Rangers to vote four directors off the board

Currency broker and West Ham sponsor Alpari UK files for insolvency following end of Swiss franc cap

Hugh Aitken confirmed as Scottish director

CBI boss Cridland insists ‘We are not irrelevant in Scotland’

CBI director general John Cridland today defended the organisation against claims that it has become “irrelevant” in Scotland following the debacle last year involving the Electoral Commission. The organisation wasRead More

A 170% surge in vinyl sales helped one-time struggler HMV re-take number 1 physical music retailer from Amazon

US chain snaps up Town House Collection

Taylor sells top Scots hotels to Starwood

Blythswood
Hotelier Peter Taylor has sold two of Scotland’s luxury hotels in an undisclosed deal with US Starwood Capital Group. Starwood will add the five-star Blythswood Square hotel in Glasgow, formerly theRead More

Fund manager Blaikie retires

Brodie steps up to partner at Baillie Gifford

Fund manager Baillie Gifford is promoting Douglas Brodie to partner following the retirement of Robert Blaikie. The Edinburgh-based company, which sells  open-ended funds and investment trusts, stated Mr Blaikie, theRead More

As First Minister writes to Downing St

Sir Ian Wood says 10% oil tax cut needed to stabilise North Sea

Ian Wood
Oil veteran Sir Ian Wood is the latest to urge the UK government cut taxes while admitting the industry must take some of the blame for the industry’s plight. SirRead More

Goals Soccer Centres says its 5-a-side facility in LA is trading strongly and it will open another in US this year

JD Sports resists competition from rival Sports Direct with like-for-like sales up 12% in five weeks to 3 January