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Day: 11 March 2015

Former Rangers player Stuart McCall has been appointed manager; Sandy Easdale former chairman has resigned

Figures reveal extent of compensation

Bank of Scotland PPI provisions close to £1bn last year

Bank of Scotland
Bank of Scotland set aside £918 million last year to compensate customers who were wrongly sold Payment Protection Insurance. The figure compares to a charge of £800m in the previous yearRead More

New hire and new deal for Beattie Comms

Laurna Woods
Sarah Long, head of corporate communications at VisitEngland, has joined Beattie Communications to lead Only Travel, its travel PR, social and digital boutique. Her arrival coincides with the agency winning anRead More

Channel 4 faces renewed contest

Door open for BBC to re-bid for horse racing

The BBC is being encouraged to bid for a return of horse racing to the corporation after losing all its coverage in the last round. Channel 4 has been praisedRead More

Reform needed says employers' group

CBI urges shake-up of key skills deliverer in Scotland

Hugh Aitken
Skills Development Scotland needs to be reformed to put business at the centre of its activities, says employers’ group CBI Scotland. The CBI says it should be part of a widerRead More

New hires lead to relocation

CityPress on the move as office expands

Beth Nicol
PR agency CityPress Scotland is relocating from its shared office space in the south side of Edinburgh to the West End. Head of the agency Beth Nicol says the growingRead More

Wed City brief: Cairn plunges on India tax demand

Cairn Energy shares plummeted by more than 16% at one point after being served with a £1bn bill by the Indian government claiming unpaid tax in relation to the IPO of Cairn India.Read More

City centre unit on the block

‘Rare opportunity’ as Princes Street offices on sale for £16m

Urban Oufitters
A seven-storey office block in Princes Street, Edinburgh is on the market with an asking price of more than £16 million. The building includes Urban Outfitters in 15,000 sq feetRead More

FirstGroup announces that Intertek CEO Wolfhart Hauser will succeed John McFarlane as chairman at the agm in July

Williams and Thicke to pay up for hit

Blurred Lines writers fined over Gaye ‘copy’

There was no blurring of lines as far as a jury in the US was concerned after it awarded the estate of Marvin Gaye a record $7.4 million in aRead More