Main Menu

Friday: updated business, political and sports headlines

| April 7, 2017
Today’s updates…

+ Media: European regulators give their verdict on Murdoch’s Sky bid

+ Sport – football: latest news from Celtic re Brendan Rodgers

+ Something for the Weekend: Terry Murden begins a light-touch Weekend Column looking back at the week’s events

+ Shops crisis: A new report warns of dire consequences for retailers without a change of government policy

+ Banking: Lloyds has issued an update on the HBOS fraud case

+ Tech / energy: two utilities heavyweights have joined the board of a Scots technology company

+ Scottish Beer Awards: An update on entries for this year’s celebration of Scottish beer

+ More beer: A Scottish brewery has got bank support to expand overseas

+ Sport – rugby: Gregor Townsend to make a bit of history for his Scotland managerial debut

+ Syria / oil: Crude prices rose after US President Donald Trump ordered a cruise missile attack on Syria early this morning

+ Food and drink: Scotland’s food and drink sector has hit a key new milestone

+ Banking: The Co-operative Bank has issued an update on its sale or refinancing plans

+ Independence: Businessman Robert Kilgour speaks exclusively to Daily Business about why he is launching a campaign against a second referendum

+ Finance: Standard Life is looking at switching part of its business to Dublin

+ Road contract: Four bidders are shortlisted for a £50m road upgrade

+ Game changer: FanDuel, the Scottish games company, has quietly changed its Edinburgh strategy

+ Tourism: US hotel chain Marriott confirms expansion in Scotland

+ Closing the gap: Scotland’s tech skills academy CodeClan is raising its target following a surge in demand

+ Comment – are high taxes really a cause of Scotland’s economic woes?

+ Bug buster: A drugs company targeting hospital infections has raised almost a million pounds

+ Housing – failed pledge: Why Homes for Scotland is unhappy with ministers

+ Latest appointments: SwarmOnline + BTO + Buccleuch + JLL Scotland + Blackadders + other latest hires and promotions

+ Media: Daily Business has launched a new features and opinion website…full details here

+ New fund: Par Equity, the Edinburgh based venture capital firm, has unveiled a ground-breaking fund 

+ Sport: A campaign has been launched to persuade more women to take up rugby. Paul Kiddie reports

Daily Business Magazine:

+ Something for the Weekend: Terry Murden begins a light-touch Weekend Column looking back at the week’s events

+ Restaurant opening: Daily Business was at last night’s launch party at Wagamama in Edinburgh…see our report and photos

+ Food review – Raeburn Hotel, Stockbridge

+ Film: a  festival of independent international film making is heading to pop-up venues in Edinburgh and Scotland

+ Style: An Edinburgh retailer is upholding the tailoring tradition and is about to launch in Glasgow…Daily Business Magazine gets the inside story at Walker Slater 
Stay ahead by following the Daily Business news website throughout the day here: www.dailybusinessgroup.co.uk 
Uncategorized No Comments » Print this News


Recent Posts

Euan McSherry

Interview: Euan McSherry, dispute lawyer

The dispute resolution lawyer talks to TERRY MURDEN about the impact of Covid, data protection and social media

Stevie Kidd

Interview: Stevie Kidd, motivational coach

A desire to help others rediscover their purpose inspired Stevie Kidd’s coaching business, finds TERRY MURDEN

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked as *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.