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Day: May 30, 2019

Duties to be shared

Cybercrime role split in two after Haeburn-Little quits

Mandy Haeburn-Little
Mandy Haeburn-Little is stepping down from the organisation leading Scotland’s fight against cybercrime and her duties will be shared between two officers. Ms Haeburn-Little has been at the helm ofRead More

Shock Fiscal Commission alert

Tax hike warning as £1bn budget black hole emerges

Murdo Fraser
Murdo Fraser: ‘disastrous news’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Further tax rises and spending cuts have been forecast after a £1 billion black hole emerged in Scotland’s budget as a resultRead More

£1.6bn deal with Israeli firm

Chevron becomes latest major to sell North Sea assets

Alba owned by Chevron (Chevron pic)
Chevron has become the second major oil firm in under two months to pull out of exploration and production in the North Sea after agreeing the sale of its assetsRead More

Snapshot of data on the economy

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Confirms jobs expansion

Craig: ‘FCA needs to plug into Scotland’s ‘zeitgeist’

Maggie Craig at Lang Cat
Maggie Craig: ‘we need to breathe the Scottish air’ (pic: Terry Murden)   The financial services regulator is to step up its activities in Scotland to ensure it “gets theRead More

Enhancing company's presence

Industry specialist returns to Close Brothers team

Martin Mackenzie
Close Brothers Asset Finance has appointed industry specialist, Martin Mackenzie, to further enhance the company’s presence in the north of Scotland – specifically Inverness & Moray. Mr Mackenzie, who isRead More

Exciting time for water firm

Business Stream strengthens senior leadership team

Margaret McLay
Water retailer, Business Stream, has appointed Margaret McLay as director of business transformation. Most recently, Ms McLay was head of management operations at Tesco Bank.  She was part of theRead More

Company signals break-up

FirstGroup puts bus and rail businesses under review

FirstBus
  Unwanted: FirstGroup bus business   Transport company FirstGroup has announced that it will break itself up, sell its UK buses and review its rail operations as it focuses onRead More

Film

Boyle’s ‘Beatles’ film in focus at Edinburgh film festival

Mark Adams and Danny Boyle

New milestone reached

100 fintech firms keep Scotland on track to hit target

Stephen Ingledew
Stephen Ingledew: ‘growing interest’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Scotland now boasts more than 100 fintech companies, according to new data which shows the sector remains on schedule to become oneRead More