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Day: July 16, 2019

CEO for jobs initiative

Reid hired to lead Michelin joint venture’s search for new work

Michelin Dundee
Michelin’s Dundee plant will close next year   Former Michelin veteran John Reid has been installed as chief executive of the body set up to breathe new life into theRead More

Tech driving margin growth

Retailers benefit from Mallzee’s pioneering customer data

Cally Russell
Cally Russell: ‘authentic customer opinion’ Retailers taking part in a menswear trade show in London will be offered pioneering direct feedback from consumers through a tie-up with Glasgow-based retail analyticsRead More

Glasgow firm targets Asia

Cricket fever is a platform for Digitonic to grow in India

Cricket News
Glasgow-based mobile marketing agency Digitonic is hoping to cash in on recent cricket fever through a new office in India – its first foray into Asia. Digitonic has appointed digitalRead More

As I See It

Will Irn-Bru investors suffer a long term hangover?

Irn-Bru
A slump in AG Barr's shares should not be a reason to panic

Seven-figure agreement

Scottish Rugby extends Macron kit deal to 2026

Dominic McKay and Gianluca Pavanello of Macron
Deal: Macron’s Gianluca Pavanello (left) with Dominic McKay and various internationalists   Scottish Rugby has agreed a six-year extension to its partnership with kit suppliers Macron which will run untilRead More

Scotland 'most affordable' area

Price of homes to rise by 14% if UK avoids disorderly Brexit

Aberdein Considine sale
Prices are rising, while rents are ‘affordable’ (pic: Terry Murden)   The average price of a home in Scotland is expected to grow by 14% to £170,000 by 2022, assumingRead More

Pay rising in real terms

Wages growing at fastest rate since 2008 crash, says ONS

Money - own pic
Wages grew by 3.6% in the year to May 2019, the highest growth rate since 2008, according to Office for National Statistics figures. However, adjusting for inflation, wages held steadyRead More

New rights deal

Grant’s Oceanic Media in food technology partnership

Colin Grant
Colin Grant: excited to partner BigDish   Oceanic Media, run by Scottish PR executive Colin Grant and business partner Irfan Younis, has agreed a partnership with stock market listed BigDish,Read More

Shares plunge in soft drinks maker

Barr faces 20% profits fall from wet weather and recipe change

Irn-Bru
Sales are down for Scotland’s biggest soft drinks manufacturer   Shares in Irn-Bru maker AG Barr plummeted by 24% after announcing that it expects profits to plunge by 20% thisRead More

Staff consulted

Ryanair unveils cuts and revision to schedules over 737 delays

Ryanair
Fewer flights scheduled by Ryanair Ryanair will be forced to revise its schedules and impose cuts at some of its bases because of delays to the delivery of new BoeingRead More