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Day: 27 March 2015

Fri City brief: Miners hit, pushing FTSE to further fall

The UK stock market continued its losing streak into a fourth day on a bad day for commodities. The FTSE100, which is heavily-weighted in mining and commodity stocks, closed down 40.31 pointsRead More

DWP creates new capital rule

Webb ‘turning pensions freedom to serfdom’

A Scottish savings firm has criticised the government for turning pensions ‘freedom’ into pensions ‘serfdom’ just weeks before the reforms are introduced. A new Deprivation of Capital rule means theRead More

Business clashes with Labour over NHS

CBI warns Labour over threat to cap profits on health care

The CBI has warned that Labour leader Ed Miliband’s threat to curb private sector involvement in the National Health Service will be damaging for British business. Labour is proposing toRead More

Government urged to take action

Living Wage a bigger driver than Minimum Wage in pay awards

The Living Wage is a bigger factor than the National Minimum Wage in determining pay awards, according to new research. A third of organisations were more likely to use theRead More

Scottish Legal Awards

Top legal talent honoured in Edinburgh

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Top legal talent in Scotland was recognised at the 12th Scottish Legal Awards in Edinburgh. Personal injury specialists, Digby Brown collected five awards including the ultimate prize Law Firm of theRead More

New government role for ex-bank boss

Lady Rice succeeds Mercer as chairman of Scottish Water

Lady Susan Rice
Former Lloyds TSB Scotland chief executive and chairman Lady Susan Rice is to succeed Ronnie Mercer as chairman of Scottish Water. Lady Rice will take up the four-year appointment onRead More

Pritchard to help drive FarrPoint growth

FarrPoint, one of Scotland’s fastest growing technology and telecoms consultancies, has appointed Alan Pritchard as principal consultant. Mr Pritchard has more than 25 years’ experience in the information and computerRead More

Micro-brewery West, based on Glasgow Green, has received a £140,000 RSA grant to help exports and add 5 jobs to existing 13

   

Barral leaves in Aviva-Friends Life shake-up

Aviva’s UK and Ireland life chief executive David Barral (pictured) will leave the group, after Friends Life shareholders backed the merger of the two companies which is likely to see hundreds ofRead More

CEO says 'journey ahead will take time'

Co-op cuts losses but customers close accounts as branches cut

Co-operative Bank says it has drawn a line under its troubled recent past, with a reduction in losses, although it will close more branches. Chief executive Niall Booker, who was appointedRead More