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Day: 4 December 2015

Pre-tax profits fall

Macdonald hit by higher interest charges

Gordon Fraser
Macdonald Hotels, the UK’s largest independent hotel group, saw profits hit by higher interest charges... READ MORE

Stocks slide on US payroll data

London Stock Exchange
Shares slid as a rise in US interest rates seemed inevitable on the back of an upwardly revised non-farm payrolls report. US non-farm payrolls in November rose by 211,000 compared with October’sRead More

Bid to rescue archive

Blipfoto users launch crowdfund campaign to save site

Blipfoto
Users of the troubled online daily photo journal, Blipfoto, where people chronicle their lives through one image each day, have launched a crowdfunding campaign to buy the site. READ MORE

As I See It

Interest rates will go up, and here’s when

Terry
US interest rates will rise on 16 December and there will probably be .... READ MORE

Celebration of small firms

A Treasury visit with Love from Edinburgh

Rebecca and Osborne
A gift voucher firm from Edinburgh was one of 100 independent businesses from around the country invited to a special event at the Treasury to mark the UK’s third Small Business Saturday. READ MORE

Nish joins LSE as non-executive director

David Nish
Former Standard Life chief executive David Nish has joined the London Stock Exchange as an independent non-executive director. READ MORE

Firm pays price of cheating scandal

VW takes sales hit following emissions scandal

Sales of Volkswagen vehicles in Britain dropped by a fifth in November, the first full month since the emissions scandal rocked the German company. READ MORE

Commuters face disruption

Chaos as Forth Road Bridge closure extended to New Year

The Forth Road Bridge is to remain closed until the new year in order for essential repair work to be carried out. READ MORE

Baking company one of three new tenants

Cupcake firm steeled for growth at Grovewood

My Cupcake Toppers
A business born on a kitchen table is one of three new tenants to take space at Strathclyde Business Park. READ MORE

Scottish Green Energy Awards

Much to celebrate in green energy says Stuart

Green energy awards
Niall Stuart, chief executive of Scottish Renewables, congratulated the 21 winners of the Scottish Green Energy Awards presented in Edinburgh last night. READ MORE