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Day: 12 May 2015

Presenter leaving station

STV Claire tweets she’s going off air

Claire Stewart
STV presenter and political correspondent Claire Stewart announced tonight she was leaving the station, and appears to be heading for a job with the police. Stewart, who has been aRead More

Tue close: Greece tips FTSE into a fall

Ongoing fears about Greece sent shares 1.4% lower, with Easyjet leading the fallers following a cautious outlook. Election euphoria was absent from trading floors as the FTSE 100 ended the session downRead More

Marine engineer Subsea 7 is to cut up to 410 jobs in Aberdeen and London in order to cut costs

Grimstone in second warning

Standard Life repeats threat to leave if Scotland quits UK

Gerry Grimstone
Standard Life chairman Sir Gerry Grimstone today threw down a renewed challenge to Scottish nationalists by saying the company would again consider leaving Scotland if the country voted for independence. The company wasRead More

Chuka Umunna confirms he will stand in Labour Party leadership election

Comment: Terry Murden

Wanted from party leaders: an Anglo-Scottish ‘peace’ deal

Cameron and Sturgeon
As the newly-empowered ‘fifty-six’ descended on London with a message from home to do their duty, they may find they are pushing at a door that has been left slightlyRead More

New capital raising record

Investors pour £5m into BrewDog crowdfunding campaign

Brewdog dream
Craft brewer BrewDog has raised £5 million in the first 20 days of its record-breaking £25m crowdfunding scheme. Achieving the milestone in three weeks breaks the previous record set by BrewDog inRead More

The treasury has sold another tranche of shares in Lloyds Bank, reducing its stake to 19.93%

Mixed outlook for budget airline

EasyJet back in profit but facing £25m hit from strikes

Budget airline easyJet beat expectations and returned to profit in the first six months of the year, but has warned that it will take a £25 million hit from strike action inRead More

Pensions boss in plea to minister

Britain needs to ‘swap debt habit for savings culture’

Phil Loney
Royal London boss Phil Loney has urged the new government to replace Britain’s addiction to debt with a desire to save for the future. Mr Loney, whose company is oneRead More