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Day: 16 June 2020

As jobless tally rises...

High growth firms secure support in £230m package

Kate Forbes
Kate Forbes: ‘harnessing Scotland’s talent’ Scotland’s vital high growth companies are to receive part of £230 million reallocated from underspent schemes. The Scottish government will divert £51m to further businessRead More

Banking

Ex-Lloyds executive joins Scottish Building Society

Former Lloyds Banking Group executive Neil Easson has joined the board of Scottish Building Society. Mr Easson (pictured), 50, has more than 20 years’ experience in the sector. As financeRead More

Clean energy contracts

Wood Group secures $200m solar deals in US

Wood Group solar
Wood says these contracts build on a 10-year relationship Aberdeen-based Wood, the engineering and consulting company, has secured two solar engineering, procurement and construction contracts from an American power andRead More

Tuesday update

DB Live: Lockdown easing; Travis Perkins; markets higher

Sturgeon
4.45pm: London close The FTSE 100 index closed firmly ahead as the volatility on markets continued. The blue-chip benchmark, which closed lower yesterday as traders fretted about a second spikeRead More

As I See It

‘Glassgow’ still pursuing hotel dream with more towers

West Nile Nyx hotel Glasgow
Glasgow Council has backed another hotel project, despite fears of a downturn, writes TERRY MURDEN

Sports first

SFA and Napier team up for football coaching degree

Shelley Kerr
Shelley Kerr: it will be incredibly valuable (pic: SNS Group) Those looking for a career in the coaching side of football can now train for a degree. In a firstRead More

Board role for Robertson

Leadership change at bus firm Alexander Dennis

Colin Robertson, Alexander Dennis, Entrepreneurial Scotland
Colin Robertson, left, hands over to Paul Davies Colin Robertson is joining the board of the owner of bus company Alexander Dennis and will be replaced as head of theRead More

Shopping centre investment

Ocean Terminal gets upgrade as rebrand dropped

Name’s the same: Ocean Terminal Plans to rebrand Ocean Terminal as ‘Porta’ have been dropped as the new owner unveils a £10 million investment to upgrade the Leith shopping andRead More

New pledge by sector

Oil and gas industry aims to halve emissions by 2030

Brent oil field
Big changes planned for oil and gas sector The oil and gas sector aims to halve emissions from production and exploration by 2030 as it aims to reach net-zero byRead More

Travel

Air travel is back: but not as we know it

Edinburgh Airport health
Flights have resumed at Scottish airports, but the experience will be markedly different