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Day: 31 January 2020

Mack and Wheelhouse under fire

Union points finger of blame as wind farm turbine jobs lost

Claire Mack
Claire Mack: accused Union leaders have accused the Scottish Government and renewables industry of talking up the green revolution while jobs are being lost. Fife fabrication firm BiFab has confirmedRead More

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Marketing

Digitonic hires former SE adviser to boost top team

Raymond McGovern
Glasgow based smart mobile marketing agency, Digitonic, has announced a former Scottish Enterprise adviser as operations director. The newly-created role will task Raymond McGovern with developing a strategy for the business.Read More

Medicine

Invizius welcomes industry heavyweights for next stage

New team: (back left to right) are co-founders Dr Andy Herbert and Richard Boyd; and front, from left, James Robson, Dr Sandra Neumann, Eric Beard and Dr Magnus Nicolson. Invizius,Read More

Back in black

TSB back in profit after hit from IT meltdown

Debbie Crosbie at CBI
Debbie Crosbie: new CEO delighted with turnaround (pic: Terry Murden) TSB has bounced back from its catastrophic IT meltdown and reported a return to profitability.  The Edinburgh-headquartered bank, owned by Sabadell ofRead More

Referendum call

Sturgeon not ruling out legal test for indy poll

Nicola Sturgeon at SNP spring conference, EICC
Nicola Sturgeon: may take issue to court (pic: Terry Murden) SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said today she would consider testing a “consultative” referendum in court if the UK government continuesRead More

Two people in England have been diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus, the first cases in the UK

China’a deadly coronavirus has reached the UK with two people in England diagnosed with the disease. They are related have become the first English people to be diagnosed with itRead More

Car maker in cash call

Aston Martin unveils £500m rescue plan and board changes

Aston Martin DB11
Driving a deal: ‘2019 has put the company in a stressed position’ Aston Martin Lagonda has confirmed plans to raise £500 million to bridge a cash crisis. The company willRead More

Plea to government

SSE calls for new subsidies to support onshore wind farms

SSE
SSE has issued a warning to government (pic: Terry Murden) Scotland’s newest onshore wind farm will be built subsidy-free but the rate of developing new projects will slow down withoutRead More

Wrap platform grows

Nucleus enjoys uplift in assets under administration

David Ferguson
David Ferguson: ‘enhancements’ Nucleus, the financial wrap platform provider, has grown assets under administration by 2.8% to £16.1 billion over the three months to 31 December over the previous quarter.Read More