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Day: 7 December 2018

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Early payback for backers of fledgling Scots energy firm

Karin Sode
Karin Sode: ‘People are fed up with being taken for a ride’   Customers who funded one of Britain’s smallest gas and electricity suppliers will enjoy an early Christmas presentRead More

Concern over cost pressure

Hospitality group warns hotels will suffer from tourist tax

The Bonham Hotel
Edinburgh hotels are facing a tax on tourists   Trade group UKHospitality has published data which it says demonstrates how a ‘tourist tax’ will further disadvantage hotels struggling to keepRead More

First woman in role

Business charity champion Wood switches to BT

Jane Wood
Jane Wood: experience in public and private sector   Jane Wood, a familiar figure in the business charity sector, is joining BT Group to lead the company’s policy and public affairsRead More

Agreement worth £12m

Guinness signs six-year deal to sponsor Six Nations

Guinness is the new sponsor of the Six Nations championship
  Guinness will be the title sponsor of the Six Nations championship for the next six seasons   Guinness has signed a six-year deal to become the new title sponsorRead More

Supporting good causes

Why supporting charity is good for business

Lookers Nacro
Young people from Nacro were given a tour of Lookers North East Repair Centre by head of business, David Morallee   A recent study found that, if given the choiceRead More

New posts for January

Top level editorial shake-up at DC Thomson

Richard Neville
Dundee-based publisher DC Thomson Media has announced a number of changes to its editorial management team from next month. Richard Neville, pictured, currently editor-in-chief of The Courier and The Press and Journal, will become headRead More

Blockbuster plan for waterfront

Former turbine plant poised to become film studio

Pelamis warehouse Leith
The giant shed in Leith will become new film studios   A former renewables manufacturing plant in Leith is likely to be transformed into the centrepiece of a national filmRead More

Markets

US jobs growth softens prospects for rate hike

London Stock Exchange
Expectations of a slowdown in America’s jobs juggernaut were confirmed with figures showing non-farm payrolls rose 155,000 in November against the 198,000 consensus forecast. Markets were left to ponder the nextRead More

Full list of recipients

EDGE delivers record £1.8m of support to startups

Scottish Edge winners
Winners shared almost £2 million   Scottish EDGE, the funding support system for startups, has awarded a record £1.8 million to 24  businesses. Earlier this month, Scottish EDGE announced aRead More

O2 says its network has been restored following a software glitch which affected 32 million customers

The outage was caused by a problem with software installed by Ericsson. “A review will be carried out with Ericsson to understand fully what happened”, said O2, which is ownedRead More