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Day: 16 April 2019

Recruitment part of £15m investment

Hunter channel hops to key role at STV Productions

Craig Hunter
STV Productions has named Craig Hunter as creative director, factual, as the business targets continued expansion. The appointment is part of STV’s three-year strategy for creative and digital growth, through whichRead More

Devastating fire in Paris

Billionaires pledge support to help rebuild Notre Dame

Notre Dame on fire
The sight of the cathedral on fire sent shockwaves around the world French billionaires Bernard Arnault and Francois-Henri Pinault today made substantial pledges of support towards the reconstruction on Notre-DameRead More

New profits warning

Galliford Try shares sink as business to be reshaped

Queensferry Crossing
Queensferry Crossing: readjusted final cost (pic: Terry Murden)   Shares in Galliford Try, which built the Queensferry Crossing over the Forth, fell 20% after it announced another profits warning andRead More

First contract for JV

Turan joint venture wins $500m deal in Azerbaijan

BP operated Central Azeri Platform in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea (courtesy of BP)
BP operated Central Azeri Platform in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea (courtesy of BP)   Turan Drilling & Engineering, a joint venture between KCA Deutag and Socar AQS,Read More

Labour stats defy slow growth

UK unemployment falls, with record low in Scotland

JobCentre
Unemployment in the UK fell by 27,000 to1.34 million over the three months to the end of February with the rate now lower than at any time since the endRead More

Firm on target for expansion

Pure Spa & Beauty adds four outlets in UK roll-out

Becky Woodhouse
Becky Woodhouse: ‘wonderful collaboration’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Day spa group, Pure Spa & Beauty, is launching four additional outlets across the UK, bringing the total in the group toRead More

Training group expands

LOVE launches specialist publishing business

Lynn Bell
LOVE, a Scottish business that delivers staff training and recruitment services to companies and organisations, has launched a publishing arm, LOVE Publications.  LOVE Publications will publish educational and resource materialsRead More

Retailer in good shape

JD Sports defies retail woes with 15% uplift in profit

Tiso Glasgow
Tiso is part of the JD Group JD Sports continued to defy the troubles inflicting the wider retail sector with a 15.4% rise in pre-tax profit to £333.9 million duringRead More

Glasgow welcomes A380

Strike suspended as world’s biggest plane flies in

Airbus A380 (airbus)
The plane will arrive in Glasgow this evening   A threatened strike at Glasgow Airport on the day it welcomes the world’s largest passenger aircraft has been suspended following talksRead More

Low pound attracts investors

UK defies Brexit to top world ranking for investment

Liam Fox
Liam Fox: ‘UK bucking the global trend’   Britain is the top investment destination in the world, overtaking the United States which has held the top spot since 2014. TheRead More