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Day: 20 December 2016

Copylab looks at the new words of 2016

Trumpatized by Brexit in a post-truth world? Go hygge yourself

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Word of the year for the OED was post-truth, but in the world of financial communications, there was only one serious contender: Brexit – without the quotation marks. The termRead More

Putting teamwork to the test

Interview: Keith Anderson, CEO, Vialex

Keith Anderson
Raising the bar

A strike by airport baggage handlers and check-in staff planned for 23 and 24 December has been called off

New rural associate

Reid joins Gillespie Macandrew team

Scottish law firm Gillespie Macandrew has recruited associate Douglas Reid to its land and rural business team. Mr Reid has more than 15 years’ experience in agricultural law, the lastRead More

Strong end to year

Perceptive adds Eagle to client roster

Communications consultancy Perceptive Communicators has added Eagle Plant Hire to its client roster and retained two existing clients.    Urban regeneration company Clyde Gateway and Kier Construction have reappointed the Glasgow agency.Read More

As FM seeks compromise solution..

Downing St offers little hope of Scots EU deal

Downing Street has again insisted that the Brexit talks will take place on a united front, pouring cold water on First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s bid for Scotland to get a separate deal...

The Queen is stepping down as patron of 25 organisations at the end of this year (click for more)

The patronages, include the NSPCC, Save the Children, Barnardo’s, the Rugby Football Union, and the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Association. The Queen, who is 90, is royal patron of more thanRead More

New academy to launch

Oil workers cutting out a future in grooming

Redundant North Sea oil workers are cutting out a future as stylists in a barbershop venture...

Explorer plans growth

Faroe secures £300m bank funding

Graham Stewart
Faroe Petroleum, the oil and gas company, has signed a near- £300 million refinancing package which will underpin the company's growth plans..

Bank's first deal since bailout

Lloyds acquires MBNA in £1.9 billion swoop

Intu credit card MBNA
Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed that it will buy the credit card firm MBNA from Bank of America..