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Day: 26 March 2020

Chancellor unveils support

Self-employed offered grants, but not until June

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak: generous Five million self-employed workers have been offered a package of grant support and tax measures to help them cope with the health lockdown. However, Chancellor Rishi Sunak saidRead More

Collapse of holiday lets

Landlords drop Airbnb for long term rental market

rent property to let
Lettings are now being diverted to residential tenants (pic: Terry Murden) Property owners are shifting from short to long term letting as coronavirus leaves a huge hole in the holidayRead More

Process now in place

Home movers caught up in registration delays

housing for sale
Home transactions delayed (pic: Terry Murden) Anxious home buyers and sellers have been caught up by delays in registering transactions because of the coronavirus. Many took to social media toRead More

Subsidy change helps

Scotland on course for 100% green consumption

Whitelee wind farm
Onshore wind was locked out of the energy market Scotland remains on course to achieve all of its electricity consumption from renewables aided by the recent lifting of a banRead More

AccelerateHER Awards

Four company owners secure place on overseas missions

Jackie Waring, Investing Women
Jackie Waring: opportunity to further profile their businesses (pic: Terry Murden) Four entrepreneurs have secured a free slot on a market-building mission to Europe or North America to showcase theirRead More

Thursday update

Daily Business Live: Dow Jones in new surge; STV update

Traders on Wall St (pic: NYSE)
10pm: Markets Wall Street shrugged off dismal jobs figures to mark its strongest three days since 1931. The Dow Jones closed at 22,552.17, up 1,351.62 points (6.38%)., That was 21% up onRead More

Help for nurses

Easdales offer former IBM plant to NHS as field hospital

Former IBM factory
The factory was occupied by IBM Owners of the former IBM factory near Greenock have offered the facility as an NHS field hospital to help with the Covid-19 crisis. SandyRead More

Business Esports launches

Business Fives kicks off online corporate tournament

Connecting businesses: esports Business Fives, the Edinburgh-based company which runs corporate football events, has kicked off an online tournament. The launch of Business Esports was scheduled for later this yearRead More

Production paused

STV saves £10m in costs as virus impacts advertising

Liar: one of a number of drama productions STV is expecting a big hit to its advertising revenue because of the coronavirus outbreak and has instigated a series of cost-cuttingRead More

Firms collaborate

Funding secured to build ‘affordable credit’ app

Marlene Shiels
Marlene Shiels: ‘game changer’ (pic: Terry Murden) A fintech company, credit union and software developer are working on a digital lending initiative to help the financially disadvantaged after securing £200,000Read More