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Day: August 20, 2018

Savings plan for elderly

Care ISA ‘would only benefit wealthy’, say critics

Elderly care
A new 'Care Isa' that allows people to ringfence some of their savings from inheritance tax will only benefit..

Biggest delegation

Seafood majors join export mission to Japan

Scottish seafood, langoustine
Some of the biggest companies in the Scottish seafood sector are attending this year’s mission to ..

Chancellor warned

Hammond tax plan ‘could undermine North Sea recovery’

Philip Hammond, reversing national insurance pledge
Chancellor Philip Hammond is being warned that he could undermine the North Sea’s recovery if..

Labour leader at bus firm

Corbyn launches industrial plan amid Brexit betrayal claim

Jeremy Corbyn at Alexander Dennis
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today faced claims he is supporting the Tories' jobs-destroying Brexit ...

Edinburgh Fringe

Dylan Moran: misery makes for a great one-hour comedy set

Dylan Moran

Funding for tech firm

Late payments AI firm Previse raises $7m

Gillian Docherty at Datafest17 - 2
Tech firm Previse which has set up a data science base in Scotland has raised $7m in a Series A funding round.

Incentives needed says SNP

Businesses ‘should be encouraged to cut packaging’

McDonalds packaging
Ministers at Westminster are being urged to better incentivise business to reduce their waste and take more

Higher level of comfort

High speed trains ready to link Scottish cities

High Speed Train
ScotRail says its fully upgraded InterCity trains will enter service in the coming weeks once crew training is complete.

Hot on the heels of Swoop

Duo strengthen SnapDragon’s top team

Alexis Overstone
Disruptive legal tech startup SnapDragon has strengthened its management team..

Supporting continued growth

Lindsays expands corporate team

The Glasgow branch of Lindsays law firm has taken on Ian Mitchell (pictured) as a partner.