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Day: 30 June 2020

Pay package for CEO

New Standard Life Aberdeen boss in line for £6.3m deal

Stephen Bird
Stephen Bird: golden handshake Standard Life Aberdeen is handing its new boss a pay and bonus package worth up to £6.3 million – almost £2m more than the company veteranRead More

Commuting

Change of rules may see more of us scooting about

escooter
E-scooters may soon become the choice of commuters, says JULENA DRUMI

Review of operations

Robertson considering job cuts as work ends

Springside in Edinburgh’s Fountainbridge area is one of Robertson’s projects Robertson Group may have to make redundancies as work dries up during the slowdown. The company has confirmed that it wasRead More

Top restaurant shuts

Castle Terrace adds to grim roll-call of closures

Dominic Jack
Dominic Jack: chef patron at the now-closed Castle Terrace Another of Edinburgh’s top restaurants has closed its doors as a result of current economic conditions. Castle Terrace in the shadowRead More

Pensions team changes

Curran moves in as McInnes retires from Phoenix

Susan McInnes of SLAL
Susan McInnes and Andy Curran Susan McInnes is retiring from her role as CEO of Standard Life Assurance and group director for Phoenix’s Open business later this year. Ms McInnesRead More

Whisky challenge

Distiller Edrington facing ‘significant decline’ in sales

Scott McCroskie of Edrington
Scott McCroskie at the Speyside distillery (pic: Terry Murden) Famous Grouse and Macallan distiller Edrington anticipates a “significant decline” in global sales and profits in the current financial year. ItRead More

Change at top

Skeoch steps down as CEO at Standard Life Aberdeen

Keith Skeoch
Keith Skeoch: managed the merger Keith Skeoch is to step down as chief executive of Standard Life Aberdeen and will be replaced by former Citigroup banker Stephen Bird. Mr Bird,Read More

Plan includes A1 dualling

Johnson evokes Roosevelt in pledge to rebuild Britain

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson: ‘putting arms around the people’ Boris Johnson today promised to “tackle this country’s great unresolved challenges” backed by £5 billion in capital investment to accelerate infrastructure projects thisRead More

Recovery plan

SCDI calls for ‘green stimulus’ to kickstart growth

Sara Thiam
Sara Thiam: ‘we need to work together’ The Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI) has today called for the Scottish and UK governments to deliver an ambitious ‘green stimulus’Read More

Tuesday update

DB Live: Shell; TM Lewin closures; BoE chief’s forecast

4.45pm: London close London stocks closed lower after the release of weaker-than-expected GDP figures and amid ongoing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. The FTSE 100 ended the session 56.03 points down (0.9%)Read More