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Day: 29 June 2020

Business park sale

Montrose site ready for take-off after Crown Estate deal

Zero Four: huge development opportunities Crown Estate Scotland has acquired one of Scotland’s most ambitious commercial development sites near Montrose, Angus. The 123-acre Zero Four site has been bought fromRead More

Innovative tech

QIoT raises funds to develop smart asthma inhaler

Frank Quinn
Frank Quinn: ’empowering physicians’ Medical devices specialist QIoT has been awarded almost £50,000 by the UK’s Innovation Agency, Innovate UK, to develop an inhaler that tells clinicians remotely whether patientsRead More

More criticism

‘Poor’ Higgins report ‘written by civil servants’

Tony Mackay
Tony Mackay: ‘no new or radical thinking’ Another analyst in Scotland has heavily criticised the Higgins report on reviving Scotland’s economy, describing it as “very poor and very disappointing”. TonyRead More

Recovery plan

Holyrood calls for VAT and National Insurance cut

Kate Forbes
Kate Forbes: the UK Government’s fiscal policies are still key The Scottish Government is calling for a cut in VAT and National Insurance contributions as part of an £80 billionRead More

Ratcliffe boosts empire

Ineos acquires BP chemicals unit in $5bn deal

Grangemouth
Grangemouth: a petrochemicals hotbed (pic: Terry Murden) Wealthy industrialist Sir Jim Ratcliffe has added to his Ineos empire after sealing a $5 billion (£4bn) deal to buy a slice ofRead More

Law

Addleshaw Goddard unveils Kirchin as head of Scotland

David Kirchin
Addleshaw Goddard has appointed David Kirchin as head of Scotland, combining the additional responsibility with his advisory role as a corporate partner. Mr Kirchin (pictured) succeeds Malcolm McPherson who has retiredRead More

Despite club's uncertain future...

Gordon nets Hearts contract after Celtic departure

Return: Craig Gordon (pic: SNS Group) New Hearts boss Robbie Neilson has started his rebuilding job with the recruitment of Scotland goalkeeper Craig Gordon. The 37-year-old has signed a two-yearRead More

Advertising slump

More staff cuts due at Herald group amid revenue slump

Sunday National and Herald on Sunday - first copies
Paper cuts: company cannot support staff levels Newsquest, which publishes 160 titles including The Herald titles in Glasgow, is expected to announce further redundancies after “heavy declines” in revenue. ChiefRead More

Monday Update

DB Live: Greece off holiday list; Omega Covid test progress

Omega Diagnostics
4.45pm: London close Markets shook off concerns over Covid-19 second wave worries amid surging infections in the US to end the session higher. The FTSE 100 index closed up 66.47Read More

Critical report

Big firms ‘saving themselves’ through late payments

Mike Cherry
Mike Cherry: ‘this behaviour must stop’ Unscrupulous big companies are tying to inoculate themselves from the impact of Covid-19 by withholding or delaying payments to smaller firms, says a newRead More