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Day: 7 November 2019

Europa League

Celtic, Rangers ensure famous night for Scottish clubs

Joy: Rangers celebrate (pic: SNS Group) Lazio 1 Celtic 2Stadio OlimpicoRangers 2 Porto 0Ibrox Stadium Scottish football’s reputation in Europe was given a real shot in the arm after CelticRead More

SPF dinner

Balls: a Boris Johnson majority is ‘heroic assumption’

Ed Balls
Ed Balls: ‘we are set for more division’ (pic: Terry Murden) Former Treasury Secretary Ed Balls told a Scottish business audience to prepare for another year of “uncertainty, division andRead More

PM's duty pledge

Scotch leaders welcome Johnson’s review of whisky tax

Boris Johnson in Elgin
Boris Johnson at a distillery in Elgin Scotch whisky leaders have welcomed Boris Johnson’s pledge to review the tax paid on a bottle of whisky. The Prime Minister said theRead More

Plans for expansion

Founder buys out partner in Livingston James Group

Jamie Livingston
Buy-out: Jamie Livingston now has 100% control Jamie Livingston, founding director of recruitment agency Livingston James Group, has bought out business partner Andy Rogerson. The pair set up the companyRead More

Two wanted cut

Bank of England in surprise split on interest rate policy

Mark Carney
Mark Carney: may extend his term Two members of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee (MPC) unexpectedly voted to lower interest rates over concerns of economic slowdown. Others onRead More

CEO 'brought game into disrepute'

Scottish Rugby fined £70,000 after Dodson comments

Mark Dodson, Scottish Rugby's chief executive
Ill-judged: Mark Dodson (pic: SNS Group) The comments made by Scottish Rugby chief executive Mark Dodson in the build-up to the World Cup showdown against Japan have landed the organisationRead More

Legal merger

Millar Campbell Solicitors teams up with Gilson Gray

Joanna-Millar-and-Laura-Campbell
Joanna Millar and Laura Campbell Gilson Gray, the law firm, has acquired Glasgow-based licensing specialist Millar Campbell Solicitors, run by Joanna Millar and Laura Campbell.   The Millar Campbell client portfolioRead More

Fifth UK outlet

SME investor Foresight takes office in central Edinburgh

Graeme McKinstry and Dan Halliday
New team: Graeme McKinstry and Dan Halliday Foresight Group, an investor in small companies, has opened an office in central Edinburgh, its fifth across the UK. The company is oneRead More

City round-up

Aston Martin Q3 loss; Sainsbury’s falls; Bovis homes deal

Aston Martin DB11
In the slow lane: Aston Martin says trading is tough Luxury carmaker Aston Martin has blamed “tough trading conditions” for a third-quarter pre-tax loss of £13.5m against a profit ofRead More

Garages acquisition

Halfords snaps up McConechy’s tyre fitting chain

Good fit: tyre chain joins UK group Halfords Group has acquired the Scotland-based tyres and MOT business McConechy’s, one of the largest independent garage chains in the UK. Founded inRead More