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Day: 19 May 2020

Lockdown

Birdsong, silence and the joy of Grayson Perry

JULENA DRUMI reflects on the highs and lows of two months of lockdown 

Letter from food sector

Top chefs warn that social distancing isn’t workable

Nick Nairn
Nick Nairn: among those expressing concern Concern over the future of Scotland’s hospitality industry is growing as top chefs and restaurant owners say that new social distancing measures are unworkable.Read More

Top board hire

Ex-PayPal EMEA CEO takes Money Dashboard chair

Renier Lemmens
Renier Lemmens: top level experience Money Dashboard, the Scottish tech company which has developed a personal finance app, has appointed former PayPal EMEA CEO Renier Lemmens as its new chairman.Read More

Softening of quarantine

‘Air bridges’ plan offers prospect of summer holiday

Grant Shapps
Grant Shapps: ‘we should consider further improvements’ Overseas holidays from the summer remained a possibility after the UK Transport Secretary proposed the idea of “air bridges” connecting the UK withRead More

Property

Coulson to head Edinburgh team at Offices.co.uk

Edward Coulson
Flexible workspace specialist Edward Coulson has moved to office space start-up Offices.co.uk to head up its new Edinburgh sales team. Mr Coulson (pictured), formerly with Instant Group, said: “Flexible workspace is anRead More

Finance

Ex-Metro banker joins payday loan disruptor Karma

UK banker Darren Schindler has been appointed chief operating officer of Karma, the fintech company seeking to disrupt the payday loan market. Mr Schindler (pictured), 52, joins after successful ScottishRead More

Intestine treatment

MGB Biopharma closing in on ‘gold standard’ drug

Miroslav Ravic CEO MGB Biopharma
Miroslav Ravic: the world urgently needs new anti-infective treatments MGB Biopharma says its new drug has the potential to become the new gold standard for treating a deadly intestine infectionRead More

Call for distinction

Don’t treat business events as mass gatherings – EICC chief

Marshall Dallas
Marshall Dallas: ‘we need to get the wheels turning’ Conference centre boss Marshall Dallas wants the Scottish Government to follow Europe’s example and allow business events to take place. TheRead More

Tuesday update

DB Live: CLBILs boost; job figures; French Connection

French Connection
4.45pm: London close The morning’s uplift was short-lived and the FTSE 100 soon turned negative while managing to stay above the 6,000 threshold. It closed at down 46.36 points (0.77%)Read More

Setback after merger

Ovo Energy accused of betrayal after axeing 2,600 jobs

electricity
Switched off: employees feel they have been let down Ovo Energy, a challenger to the big six, is to cut 2,600 jobs this year – a third of its workforceRead More