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Day: 11 November 2019

Response to criticism

Airbnb visitors spend a third more on eating out in Scotland

Wagamama, service, hospitality, restaurant
Serving up benefits: More spent on food (pic: Terry Murden) Spending in Scottish restaurants and cafes by guests using short-lettings service Airbnb is expected to rise by nearly a thirdRead More

Key NXD role

Former high speed rail manager joins Two Rivers

Jim Drain
Former BBV Joint Ventures High Speed 2 HR manager Jim Drain has joined Two Rivers Recruitment as the Glasgow-based agency’s first non-executive director. Mr Drain also spent nearly seven yearsRead More

Enterprise round-up

Instant HR app; STATS Saudi deal; Workflo heads south

Stephanie Robinson
Stephanie Robinson: second venture Entrepreneur Stephanie Robinson has launched an app designed to help distressed employees needing access to HR advice. Ms Robinson says the app, HR Solver, connects employeesRead More

Site to be transformed

Bank building to be replaced by seven-storey Bloc hotel

RBS West George St
Bank building will be demolished (pic: Google) A former RBS cash counting centre opposite Queen Street Station in Glasgow, will be demolished and replaced by a seven-storey hotel. Bloc Hotels acquired 21 WestRead More

Election campaign

Farage boost for Boris in pledge not to fight Tory seats

Nigel Farage at Edinburgh rally
Pointing to the future: Nigel Farage made an election pledge (pic: Terry Murden) Nigel Farage today handed Boris Johnson a huge election boost by declaring that the Brexit Party will notRead More

Output marginally higher

‘Come back kid’ construction helps UK avoid recession

177 Bothwell st
Construction is the ‘come back kid’ says one analyst Britain avoided recession with a 0.3% growth in output in the third quarter of the year, latest official figures show. ThisRead More

Social media

Would you add your colleagues on social media?

Mobile phones
Social media is perhaps not so social when it comes to linking up with work colleagues.

Interview

Interview: Ed Ludbrook, cryptocurrency entrepreneur

Ed Ludbrook
Ed Ludbrook is a global finance entrepreneur advising on company restructuring and now evangelising on new opportunities for ordinary investors to make money.

Fund-raising

Innis & Gunn launches £3m crowdfund call for new brewery

Innis Gunn Edinburgh brewery
Funding will enable building of new brewery: Innis & Gunn is to launch a £3 million crowdfunding campaign to help finance the Edinburgh-based brewer’s plans for a new brewery. It willRead More

Video security deal

IndigoVision acquires Lisbon-based software firm Agorasys

Max-Thowless-Reeves
Max Thowless-Reeves became chairman in management changes IndigoVision, the Edinburgh-based video security specialist, has acquired Portuguese software company Agorasys in a £2.6m (€3m) deal. Agora is a spin-out from InstitutoRead More