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Day: March 7, 2019

Project Heather on track

Scottish Stock Exchange close to accepting first firms

Tomas Carruthers
Tomas Carruthers, presenting Project Heather to delegates (pic: Terry Murden)   A new Scottish Stock Exchange is scheduled to go live by the end of the year, with a headRead More

Guinness Six Nations

Price is right as Laidlaw dropped for Wales clash

Greig Laidlaw, dropped for Wales game
Greig Laidlaw has been benched for the visit of Wales (pic: SNS Group)   Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw has been dropped by Gregor Townsend for the Guinness Six Nations meetingRead More

Mayfield: challenging year ahead

Bonuses cut as John Lewis profits plummet 45%

John Lewis
Staff bonuses are the lowest since 1954   A downturn in high street sales has seen the annual profits at the John Lewis Partnership fall by more than 45% to £160 million.Read More

City round-up

Quiz issues fresh profits alert after poor start to year

Quiz Clothing
Quiz: sales slump Scottish fashion retailer Quiz has warned that it will not meet a profit forecast made on 11 January after a poor start to the year. The companyRead More

Changes 'taking effect'

Elliott steps aside as IndigoVision cuts annual losses

George Elliott
George Elliott has handed over the chairmanship of IndigoVision, the Scottish video security firm, after reporting a turnaround in performance. Mr Elliott noted in today’s annual results statement that lastRead More

Report backs campaign

Rural university ‘would give £4.5bn economic boost’

Speciality Food Fair Olympia
A rural university could help boost the food industry   An enterprise university for Scotland’s rural sector could bring a £4.5 billion boost to the economy, according to a reportRead More

Concern over commitment

Demand for ‘level playing field’ as subsidised rivals win deals

Pat Rafferty
Pat Rafferty: ‘We were promised a ‘Saudi Arabia of Renewables’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Trade unions are furious that lucrative contracts for offshore wind farms have been awarded to overseasRead More

Plea for delay

Call to delay Making Tax Digital ‘as firms not prepared’

Making Tax Digital
Business leaders want the government to delay a planned switch to digital bookkeeping as thousands of firms say they are not ready for the change. With just weeks to goRead More