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Day: 25 November 2019

Tech challenge

Amiqus helps civil service improve recruitment process

Sandy Crombie and Callum Murray
Sir Sandy Crombie and Callum Murray Software firm Amiqus is working with the Scottish Government to help improve the civil service recruitment process. Outdated processes mean it can take upRead More

Company changes name

Sports Direct rebrands as Frasers Group in image upgrade

Sports Direct google maps Kirkcaldy
Sports Direct: ‘now equally successful in the luxury market’ Sports Direct International is rebranding as Frasers Group as majority owner Mike Ashley takes the business upmarket. The leisurewear retailer’s rebrandingRead More

Venison in demand

Healthy eating helps Highland Game secure £2m delivery deal

Venison is growing in popularity Scottish wild venison supplier, Highland Game, has secured a partnership with the UK’s largest recipe box company, Gousto, the first time the firm has partneredRead More

New CEO seeks savings

Crosbie to shut 82 TSB branches as bank reshapes

Debbie Crosbie at CBI
Debbie Crosbie: difficult decisions (pic: Terry Murden) New TSB chief executive Debbie Crosbie is closing 82 branches next year in order to find £100 million of cost savings by 2022.Read More

Latest photo craze

Introducing the Spelfie: a selfie taken from space

Spelfie
Capturing the moment: a photo taken 400 miles above Earth The latest craze in recording our every moment has now reached the skies above us. Selfies can be taken fromRead More

Stand out candidate

EnerMech announces industry heavyweight as CEO

Christian Brown of Enermech
Christian Brown: track record Engineering company EnerMech has appointed industry heavyweight Christian Brown as chief executive. Mr Brown was previously CEO of global engineering and construction company Kentz which heRead More

Foreign interest remains

Real estate sales rebound, but still lower than last year

Leonardo
Koreans investors bought the Leonardo Innovation hub in Edinburgh in September Commercial property sales across Scotland rebounded in the third quarter (July to September), with the total £1.2 billion value ofRead More

Law moves

Housing boost at Morton Fraser, new Thorntons associate

Amar Wali
Morton Fraser has promoted commercial property specialist Amar Wali to partner within its housebuilding and commercial real estate team. His appointment follows the firm securing a number of new clientRead More

New infrastructure

Nevis Range invests to make it snow through ski season

skier at Nevis Range
Hitting the heights: new investment at ski centre The highest snowsports destination in Scotland has invested £1million to ensure it has plenty of snow throughout the skiing season. Nevis Range,Read More

Tech benefits

Scotland ‘poised to benefit’ from rising costs in Dublin

Brian Corcoran,Turing Festval
Brian Corcoran: Glasgow is ripe for growth (pic: Terry Murden) Scotland could be about to benefit from Ireland’s overheating technology sector, according to an industry leader. Dublin is home toRead More