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Day: 1 April 2020

Cash rewards for executives

Banks ‘paid out millions’ ahead of cash bonus ban

Barclays
Cash landed in executive accounts in recent weeks Millions of pounds of bank bonuses were paid out weeks before the Bank of England this week ordered them to halt cash rewards toRead More

COP26 postponed

Glasgow climate summit delayed until next year

SSE Hydro
Glasgow events campus: summit venue (pic: Terry Murden) The COP26 climate summit scheduled for Glasgow in November will be delayed until next year because of disruption caused by the coronavirus.Read More

Arts

Cancelling the Fringe: a performer’s view

Di and Viv And Rose
ANDY MOSELEY's show won't go on, and he fears venues may not return

Papers feeling pinch

Scotsman owner puts staff on furlough, cuts salaries

Papers seeing sharp falls in advertising JPI Media, owner of The Scotsman, Yorkshire Post and Falkirk Herald, is putting 350 employees on furlough and cutting the salaries of those whoRead More

Sport latest

Wimbledon cancelled as UEFA suspends national ties

Roger Federer is “devastated” (pic: SNS Group) There will be no Wimbledon this year after organisers cancelled the championships for the first time since World War Two. The decision toRead More

Wednesday Update

Daily Business Live: Wimbledon off; climate plan delay

Jamie Murray and Martin Hingis with mixed doubles trophies
5pm: Newspaper group furloughs JPI Media, owner of The Scotsman, Yorkshire Post and Falkirk Herald, is putting several hundred employees on furlough and cutting the salaries of those who continue working. Full storyRead More

Law

Key hire as Weightmans launches private practice

National law firm Weightmans has opened a private client practice in Scotland with the appointment of family law specialist Noel Ferry (pictured) to its Glasgow team, expanding its cross-border offering. MrRead More

Biggest arts event cancelled

Edinburgh Festival off, organisers hope to ‘rekindle spark’

Clown at Edinburgh Festival
No smiles this summer (pic: Terry Murden) Edinburgh’s summer festivals – the Fringe, International, Art, Book Festival and Military Tattoo – will not take place in August, it has beenRead More

Changed landscape

Climate Change Plan delay ‘does not impact on target’

Roseanna Cunningham
Roseanna Cunningham: ‘fully committed’ Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has announced that the Scottish Government will not be publishing the Climate Change Plan update at the end of April. TheRead More

Exclusive: Tycoon instructs lawyers

Lord Sugar dismisses mentoring claims as ‘fantasy’

Lord Sugar seen in a video message Lord Alan Sugar has dismissed claims that he mentored a business coach who has been offering advice to audiences around the country. SamuelRead More