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Day: 16 September 2019

11pm UPDATE

Wall St closes weaker as oil price surges after drone attack

Fires over the oilfields Wall Street stocks closed weaker on Monday after a drone attack on two Saudi Arabian oil facilities sparked fears that a surge in crude prices couldRead More

Notebook

Notebook: new IoD chief’s Brexit day debut

Malcolm Cannon
Malcolm Cannon will have good cause to remember his first official engagement as director of the Institute of Directors Scotland.

Distilleries hit

Diageo whisky workers prepare for strikes over pay dispute

Ivan Menezes with Johnnie Walker man
Ivan Menezes: £11.7m salary (pic: Terry Murden) Whisky distilleries will be hit by strike action this week after last-ditch talks with Diageo failed to resolve their pay dispute. Hundreds ofRead More

Profits soar at Big 4 firm

PwC partners enjoy £765,000 pay day amid attack on audit work

Kevin Ellis
Kevin Ellis: ‘We welcome more choice‘ PwC partners were paid an average £765,000 in the past 12 months, up 7.4% from £712,000 in 2018 in spite of the firm beingRead More

Deal strategy

Workflo buys Pyramid and seeks further acquisition targets

Michael Field
Michael Field: seeking other attractive acquisition opportunities Workflo Solutions, a managed serviced provider, has acquired neighbouring West Lothian IT Support company Pyramid IT and is on the lookout for furtherRead More

Ideal start

Johnston Financial hires Rowntree after MBO deal

Steven-Rowntree
Johnston Financial has appointed Steve Rowntree as a financial planner. He joins from another city practice where he has spent 12 years. Mr Rowntree’s move to the firm comes asRead More

HALO contract

Morrison secures contract to transform former whisky site

Halo 1
The HALO aims to regenerate the Ayrshire town Morrison Construction has been appointed main contractor for the first phase of a £63 million plan to regenerate the site of theRead More

Scale up plan

Cheeky Chompers sees crowdfund campaign beat target

Julie Wilson and Amy Livingstone Cheeky Chompers
Scaling up: Julie Wilson and Amy Livingstone (pic: Terry Murden) Baby products company Cheeky Chompers has seen its crowdfunding exercise oversubscribed, enabling it to accelerate global growth plans. The Edinburgh-headquartered companyRead More

Non-executive appointment

Housing veteran Rae joins Springfield Properties board

Springfield Properties has appointed Colin Rae as a non-executive director of the group with immediate effect.   Mr Rae, aged 54, is a chartered quantity surveyor with nearly 40 years’Read More

Film

Film review: Should Downton Abbey be in cinemas?

Downton Abbey