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Day: 10 June 2020

New business leader

Former Treasury adviser to take helm at CBI

Tony Danker
Tony Danker: vital work (pic: BtB) A former Treasury adviser who has spent the last three years trying to tackle Britain’s poor productivity record is to become the next headRead More

Date set for return

Macdonalds threat to 1800 jobs as tourism gets restart date

tourist, tourism, Chinese tourists
Fergus Ewing: calling for VAT review (pic: Terry Murden) Another hotel chain announced that hundreds of jobs could be axed just hours after an announcement that Scotland’s tourism industry willRead More

Wednesday Update

DB Live: Hotels chain jobs threat; OECD warning; markets

macdonald hotel st andrews
9pm: Macdonald Hotels warns of 1,800 job cuts Macdonald Hotels has warned that it could cut 1,800 jobs due to a fall in custom during the coronavirus lockdown. The Bathgate-basedRead More

Sector consolidation

Days numbered for many small accountancy firms

Debt, money etc
Accountancy firms are consolidating Small accountancy firms are declining in number as the sector’s growth peaked and has been followed by a period of consolidation. The industry reached the endRead More

Overseas investment high

Deals ready to complete when Covid crisis eases

Leonardo
Leonardo’s aerospace facility in Edinburgh was acquired by foreign buyers Overseas investment into the Scottish property market has slowed but a number of deals are ready to be completed onceRead More

Shipping

Harbour Masters welcomes first female president

The UK Harbour Masters Association (UKHMA) has appointed Ashley Nicholson from Forth Ports to the role of president. Ms Nicholson (pictured) is the first female and the youngest certificated harbourRead More

Blow for flagship scheme

Baillie Gifford ditches planned move to new offices

Mint Building Registers
The building is part of a flagship development by Chris Stewart Group Baillie Gifford, the fund manager, is understood to have dropped its plans to move 250 staff to aRead More

10 year lease

HPE in year’s biggest west of Scotland industrial deal

Hewlett Packard Bishopton
Giant plant: HP will extend its presence Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has signed a ten-year lease at the Bishopton Campus in Erskine in what is the biggest west of ScotlandRead More

Covid-19 crisis fund

Fund manager Anderson in historic £3m SPFL deal

James Anderson
Support: James Anderson (pic: Matt Marcus) The SPFL Trust has received the single biggest personal donation in Scottish football history from asset manager James Anderson. Mr Anderson, a fund managerRead More

Subsidiary in administration

Quiz restructures stores ‘to ensure we have a future’

Gabby Allen (Quiz)
Quiz is renegotiating rents Fashion retailer Quiz Clothing is renegotiating leases on most of its loss-making standalone stores after putting Kast, the subsidiary which operates them, into administration. Another subsidiary,Read More