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Day: 8 February 2020

Scottish Budget

Holyrood facing half a billion pound Budget hit

John Ireland Scottish Fiscal Commission
John Ireland: ‘it’s about being aware’ (pic: Terry Murden) Scottish ministers are facing a half billion pound black hole in the budget because of discrepancies in forecasting tax receipts. AboutRead More

Advice and networking

Business Clubs to provide practical help for SMEs

Neil Bradbrook: ‘Running your own business can be hard’ Small firms are being encouraged to sign up to a new business club initiative aimed at providing practical training on aRead More

Six Nations

Scotland blown away as England prove too strong

Ellis Genge scores the only try of the game (pic: SNS Group) Scotland 6 (0) England 13 (3)Murrayfield England’s strength was enough to win back the Calcutta Cup in aRead More

More trains on time

ScotRail defies critics with third rise in punctuality

Glasgow station and ScotRail
Improvements: more trains are running on time (pic: Terry Murden) ScotRail operator Abellio once again defied its critics with new figures showing the number of trains running on time hasRead More

Bankier hails 'strong' results

Off-field display helps Celtic post £24.4m six-month profit

Celtic have dominated domestically (pic: SNS Group) Kieran Tierney’s transfer to Arsenal helped Celtic post a pre-tax profit of £24.4 million for the last six months of 2019. The defender’sRead More

More to be done

Target hit as third of FTSE board roles now held by women

Andrea Leadsom
Andrea Leadsom: ‘women continue to face barriers’ A third of all board positions in Britain’s FTSE 100 companies are now held by women. It means a key target of theRead More