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Day: 17 April 2020

Friday Update

Daily Business Live: Higgins leads advisory group; Open delay

Benny Higgins
5.40pm: Higgins leads advisory group An independent advisory group has been set up to provide expert economic advice to the Scottish Government in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The groupRead More

Grants boost

Pressure on firms eased as Sunak extends jobs support

Carolyn Fairbairn
Dame Carolyn Fairbairn: ‘Government deserves credit’ (pic: Terry Murden) The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the Job Retention Scheme to the end of June. It allows firms to “furlough” employeesRead More

Support for public sector

Capito and HP recycle unwanted tech kit to home workers

Capito - Mark Gibson
Mark Gibson: ‘the right thing to do’ Two technology firms have joined forces to distribute unwanted equipment to public sector organisations to help those forced to work from home. ITRead More

Investment from bank

Angel funds back subsea firm’s battery technology

EC-OG battery system Subsea clean energy specialist EC-OG has received £1.6m to develop its battery technology from a fund launched by the British Business Bank. The investment will create upRead More

Key worker flights

Loganair secures first Eastern Europe deal

The services may continue after initial deal Loganair has made a first foray into Eastern Europe, supporting travel for key workers from Latvia and Poland in the North Sea emergencyRead More

Horse Racing

Musselburgh assessing key Ladies Day meeting

Ladies Day
Musselburgh hopes it will be all smiles in June (pic: Terry Murden) Musselburgh Racecourse is assessing whether its lucrative Ladies Day meeting in June will go ahead after a furtherRead More

Tour may reschedule

Blow for Renaissance Club as Scottish Open postponed

Off: Scottish Open (pic: SNS Group) The Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open may be rescheduled by the European Tour after being postponed due to coronavirus. The news had been widelyRead More

Office opens

Taylor & Martin expands factoring offer to east coast

Michael Martin and Marc Taylor
Expansion: Michael Martin and Marc Taylor Taylor & Martin, the Glasgow-based factor, has opened an Edinburgh office and appointed David Jones to head the company’s east coast operations.  Mr Jones,Read More

Light tech firm's growth

PureLiFi ‘close to getting chips into more devices’

Pure Lifi
Edinburgh firm is making progress Wireless communications firm PureLiFi, which uses light to connect to the internet, believes it is close to getting its chip into more consumer devices asRead More

As I See It

Factories and the young must be first in return to work

women female engineeer (Institute of Engineering and Technology)
No exit strategy will be pain-free, writes TERRY MURDEN