Thursday, February 4th, 2016
Drink-drive laws partly to blame
Wines and spirits depot to close in Perthshire
Scotland’s largest independent wines and spirits merchant, Inverarity Morton, is closing its regional depot in Perthshire.
Stirling takes new role at SL Investments
Standard Life Investments has appointed Euan Stirling to the new role of head of stewardship and ESG Investment. READ MORE
Scott Logic welcomes graduate intake
Software development consultancy Scott Logic has welcomed the first of its 2016 graduates to its growing workforce. Laurie Collingwood (pictured far left), who was recently awarded an MSc in Computing from Edinburgh Napier University, and Saber King (right), who studied Maths at Imperial College London, will be based in the Edinburgh office. Richard Beckett, who holds an MSc in Computer Science from Newcastle University, and Andrew Jones, who recently completed an MComp in Computing Science with Game Engineering at Newcastle University, will work in the Newcastle office. Recruitment Manager JohnRead More
Crossing closed until mid-March
Fraser demands answers over bridge delay
Scottish Conservatives are calling for assurances that re-opening the Forth road bridge will not suffer further delays … READ MORE
Government amends bill
Student reprieve under new tenancy rules
Scotland’s property industry has today welcomed the Government’s decision to exempt student accommodation developers from the new rules on tenancies. READ MORE
Chinese 'exporting below cost of production'
Rates cut at steel plants as Tata boss urges action
Business rates at the Tata Steel plants at Clydebridge and Dalzell will be reduced from April while the search for a buyer continues. READ MORE
MPC votes unanimously for no change
Bank downgrades growth and stalls rate rise
The Bank of England governor played down the likelihood that the record low interest rate could be CUT amid growing expectations that inflation will remain below 1% this year. READ MORE
Lettings at prestige address
IoD and Lomond move to Charlotte Collection
The Institute of Directors and Lomond Capital have taken offices in the The Charlotte Square Collection… READ MORE
New task for political adviser
McTernan signs up for public affairs post
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s director of political operations, John McTernan, has joined a public affairs agency. READ MORE
As I See It
Why Holyrood should drink to alcohol-free beer
Those of us old enough to remember some of the early versions of alcohol free beers will know that they were enough to put any drinker off for the rest of their life. READ MORE