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Day: 14 October 2019

Unrivalled skill set and experience

Engineer comes full circle as AFRC chief operating officer

The University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) has appointed a chief operating officer to head up its operations as it evolves as part of the National Manufacturing InstituteRead More

New Ibrox sporting director

Second time lucky for Rangers after netting Wilson

Delight: Stewart Robertson (pic: SNS Group) It was second time lucky for Rangers after finally persuading Ross Wilson to become the club’s new sporting director. The 36-year-old turned down theRead More

PR: Obituary

Pagoda chairman Ian Coldwell dies, aged 60

Ian Coldwell, chairman of Pagoda PR, has died at the age of 60 after a long battle with illness. A keen sailor, Mr Coldwell had been at the helm ofRead More

Digital solutions

Exception offers route map to the cloud

Scott McGlinchey and Alasdair Hendry
Digital solutions company Exception is advising companies to make the transition to the cloud or get left behind

Date set for statement

Javid aims for 6 November Budget if UK agrees Brexit deal

Sajid Javid
Sajid Javid; ‘We have to get on with governing’ Chancellor Sajid Javid has announced that his first Budget will take place on 6 November, assuming Britain leaves leave the EuropeanRead More

Aviation line-up

Menzies unveils two senior hires and new executive board

Menzies Aviation
Aviation services firm has completed its top line-up Logistics company John Menzies has appointed a CFO and COO and has created an executive management board. Alvaro Gomez-Reino joins as chiefRead More

Support for new firms

Call to scrap entrepreneurs tax relief and invest in start-ups

Scottish banknotes
Savings ‘should be diverted into helping start-ups’ A tax relief for entrepreneurs should be scrapped and the the money diverted into supporting start-ups and those firms looking to grow, saysRead More

Report on renationalisation

Labour’s public ownership plan would cost £196bn, says CBI

Richard Leonard at rail demonstration
Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard at a nationalisation rally (pic: Terry Murden) Labour’s plans to nationalise swathes of industry would cost at least £196bn, according to the CBI. The employers’Read More

Call to halt tax

MPs sign letter urging Trump to reverse tariff hike on whisky

Macallan single malt whisky
Single malts face tariff hike this week A cross-party group of Scottish MPs is calling on President Donald Trump to rethink a hike in import tariffs on Scotch whisky. DistillersRead More

Legal merger

Lindsays acquires Edinburgh law firm Hadden Rankin

Lindsays and Hadden Rankin
Dot Rankin, Ross Hadden, Alasdair Cummings, Ian Beattie (COO) Lindsays, the Scottish legal firm, has acquired the Edinburgh-based practice Hadden Rankin.  The deal, which is termed a merger, takes effectRead More