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Day: 24 February 2020

Exclusive: anger over lecture

Unpaid staff stunned at failed exchange chief’s new plan

Tomas Carruthers of Project Heather at Scottish parliament
Tomas Carruthers: will be addressing students (pic: Terry Murden) UPDATED 25 Feb: Outraged former staff and contractors in the failed Scottish Stock Exchange project have expressed dismay that its formerRead More

Shift on tax change

Chancellor promises soft approach on IR35 changes

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak: ‘tweaks and improvements’ New Chancellor Rishi Sunak has confirmed that HMRC will not be ‘heavy-handed’ during the first year of new IR35 tax rules affecting contractors in theRead More

Warnings over workers

Small firms want cost controls on new immigration rules

Wagamama
Firms require overseas workers to fill jobs Small firms are expected to feel the brunt of the UK government’s new immigration rules unless costs are kept down and the newRead More

Property round-up

First tenants occupy flexible workspace; tech unit sold

Clockwise office
Clockwise: serving growth firms The first tenants have moved into new flexible workspace in Leith which is providing 354 desks in 25,000 sq ft of offices in a refurbished formerRead More

Response to study

Scottish FA bans children from heading footballs

Ian Maxwell
Duty of care: Ian Maxwell (pic: SNS Group) Children under the age of 12 have been banned from heading footballs in training under updated guidelines from the Scottish FA. ThereRead More

Travel search

Beyens makes switch from eBay to Skyscanner as CFO

Kris Beyens
Travel platform Skyscanner has appointed eBay executive Kris Beyens as chief financial officer. Mr Beyens will replace Colin McLellan, who is leaving the Edinburgh firm at the end of MarchRead More

£1m contract wins

Data firm Opex investing in research and development

Euan Macalister
Euan Macalister: ‘exceptional start to the year’ Data science and predictive analysis services firm Opex Group is investing £750,000 in research and development with several new service offerings in theRead More

Software

Craneware adds two non-executives to board

David Kemp
Healthcare software company Craneware has appointed David Kemp and Alistair Erskine as independent non-executive directors. Mr Kemp is CFO of the FTSE 250 listed energy business, John Wood Group, aRead More

Strategy plan for papers

Reach unveils customer targets as revenue falls

Record and Express
Paper talk: management will update the market Reach, the owner of the Daily Record, Daily Mirror and Daily Express, saw its revenue fall by 5.3% last year to £702.5 million,Read More

Finance

KPMG hires Williams to lead corporate finance team

Graeme Williams
KPMG has hired Graeme Williams in a key move as it prepares for an uplift in Scottish deal activity in 2020. Mr Williams will lead the company’s corporate finance teamRead More