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Day: June 12, 2019

As new strategy unveiled...

SE chief: ‘I suffer imposter syndrome but I’ll give it a go’

Claudia Cavalluzzo and Steve Dunlop
Steve Dunlop with Claudia Cavalluzzo, director of Converge Challenge, at the organisation’s dinner   Steve Dunlop, chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, admitted to an audience of early-stage growth companies thatRead More

Landlords agree terms

Stores saved as Green secures backing for rescue deal

Top Shop
Topshop will continue to trade following the agreement   Sir Philip Green has secured support by a narrow margin for his rescue package that will allow him to proceed withRead More

Debate in parliament

Holyrood urged to create cheaper Co-op homes

Nathan Bower-Bir of Edinburgh Student Housing Co-Op
Nathan Bower-Bir of Edinburgh Student Housing Co-Op   The Scottish Parliament is being urged to consider creating more more housing co-ops to deliver cheaper rents, safer communities and more powerRead More

Deal creates 250-employee firm

ECS Group offloads cybersecurity business in MBO

David Calder
Scottish IT consultancy ECS Group has offoaded its cybersecurity division in a management buyout creating one of the largest independent security services companies in the UK. The MBO of newly-namedRead More

EIFF

Film Festival: here’s a taste of what’s on

Mark Adams and Helen Hunt

MSPs hear project ready to launch

Euronext almost quit stock exchange plan over Brexit

Tomas Carruthers of Project Heather at Scottish parliament
Tomas Carruthers: launch of Scottish Stock Exchange on track (pic: Terry Murden)   Euronext, which will help power the new Scottish Stock Exchange, threatened to quit the project over Britain’sRead More

Sector booming across UK

Edinburgh now offering among UK’s top paid tech jobs

Skyscanner
Travel search engine Skyscanner is one of Edinburgh’s success stories (pic: Terry Murden)   Edinburgh is providing some of the best paid jobs in the technology sector, according to aRead More

Partnership with Qinetia

Western Isles Spaceport plan preparing for take-off

Spaceport at Western Isles
Preparing for launch: the Spaceport in the Western Isles   North Uist will enter the space age as a project to create the UK’s first vertical launch commercial spaceport isRead More

Forecasts point to rise in sales

‘Trading up’ helps Scotch whisky return to growth

Macallan single malt whisky
Whisky sales are on the rise   A growing taste for single malts will help the whisky category return to growth, according to new research. By 2022 Scotch will beRead More

As Mackay raises pressure on Davidson...

Johnson urged to trim income tax cut in Scots backlash

Boris Johnson: under pressure   Boris Johnson may be forced even by his own supporters to water down his proposed income tax cut for higher paid workers amid growing outrageRead More