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Day: 19 November 2019

All change at Warriors

Wilson replaces Australia-bound Rennie at Glasgow

Focus: Dave Rennie (pic: SNS Group) Glasgow Warriors coach Dave Rennie will take over Australia when his contract runs out next year, Danny Wilson replacing him at Scotstoun. The 55-year-oldRead More

Leaders Debate

No clear winner in Johnson and Corbyn head-to-head

Civil order: Boris Johnson shakes Jeremy Corbyn’s hand in pledge to end hostility Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn engaged in a choreographed and predictable TV head-to-head debate with each tryingRead More

£12.5m pay-off for Argentine

Mourinho confirmed at Spurs after Pochettino sacking

Available: Mourinho (pic: SNS Group) Jose Mourinho has been appointed head coach of Tottenham Hotspur following the surprise sacking of Mauricio Pochettino after five years in charge. The Argentinian wasRead More

Firms pull plug on prince

Companies cut ties with scandal-hit Duke of York

Duke of York
Prince Andrew with former Lord Provost of Edinburgh Donald Wilson at a Pitch@Palace event at Dynamic Earth in 2015 Five businesses have cut ties with Prince Andrew’s business growth charityRead More

New CEO

Chair of Edinburgh Trams takes West Lothian Chamber role

Charlene Wallace
Charlene Wallace: new CEO West Lothian Chamber of Commerce has appointed Edinburgh Trams chairman Charlene Wallace as chief executive to succeed Linda Scott who left to join the IT trainingRead More

Expanding R&D centre

Data firm IOTech creating 50 jobs backed by £6m deal

fibre cable
New data company bases HQ in Edinburgh A £6 million investment in software company IOTech Systems (IOTech) will help establish its HQ in Edinburgh and create more than 50 jobs.Read More

Board criticised

TSB meltdown caused by inadequate upgrade of IT system

TSB
The meltdown locked out thousands of customers (pic: Terry Murden) TSB’s meltdown last year, which locked two million customers out of their accounts, was caused by a new IT systemRead More

Emissions goal

EasyJet targets carbon offsetting on all flights

Edinburgh airport Easyjet
An EasyJet plane landing at Edinburgh (pic: Terry Murden) EasyJet wants to become the world’s first major airline to operate net-zero carbon flights across its entire fleet. After posting aRead More

In testing year...

EY’s Varley admits ‘more to do’ in rebuilding audit work

Steve Varley: ‘taking steps’ Steve Varley, chairman of EY, said the firm is prioritising improvements in audit work following a year of searing criticism of the sector’s failures to spotRead More

Youngest billionaire

Kylie Jenner in $600m cosmetics deal with Coty

Kylie Jenner: youngest self-made billionaire (pic: Kylie Jenner/Instagram) Reality TV star Kylie Jenner is selling a 51% stake in her cosmetics company Kylie Cosmetics for $600m (£463m) to beauty giant Coty, ownerRead More