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Day: 2 July 2020

1900 jobs lost

Cafe Rouge and Bella Italia latest restaurant victims

Cafe Rouge
Latest casualty: 91 outlets will close The owner of restaurant chains Café Rouge and Bella Italia has become the latest to collapse into administration. It will mean 91 outlets closingRead More

Whisky production

Deans and Woods join Glen Luss as directors

Gary Deans
Gary Deans: raising finance (pic: Terry Murden) Glen Luss Craft Distillery has appointed Gary Deans and Brian Woods as non-executive directors. Mr Deans, a former KPMG partner brings over 35Read More

Food and drink

Firms show their hand tackling the virus crisis

Rachel and Andrew Montague
Some firms have found salvation meeting one particular demand thrown up by the coronavirus, says TERRY MURDEN

Innovation

The Data Lab welcomes ‘influential’ deputy CEO

The Data Lab, Scotland’s innovation centre for data and AI, has boosted its executive team with the promotion of Brian Hills from head of data to deputy CEO and headRead More

Covid-19 changes

Pubs get 1-metre go-ahead, new shopping rule

Aldi shopper in mask
Coverings will be mandatory in shops (pic: Terry Murden) Face coverings will be mandatory in shops in Scotland from 10 July and there will be some relaxing of the 2-metreRead More

Scots cities hit hard

Call to scrap tourist tax as hotels face slow recovery

Huxley hotel and Caledonian
Hotels in the capital will be slow to recover, says report (pic: Terry Murden) Plans for a tourist tax must be scrapped to avoid further delaying the recovery of theRead More

Accountancy

PwC fills senior positions in key city offices

Robin-McBurnie-and-Matthew-Hall
Robin McBurnie and Matthew Hall Two senior partners have been appointed at PwC’s Edinburgh and Glasgow offices, while the firm has also admitted two partners in Scotland and appointed aRead More

Thursday update

DB Live: Market lifted by Primark; M&B loss

Primark
4.45pm: London close London stocks closed higher on renewed hopes of a potential coronavirus vaccine, and as investors digested a better-than-expected US non-farm payroll figures (see below). The FTSE 100 ended theRead More

Exclusive: Future Fund shortfall

New attack on Higgins as Scotland ‘misses out’ on new fund

Benny Higgins
Funding for Scottish startups falls short of expectations Scotland’s innovative startups are missing out on a new government support scheme – prompting more criticism of the Higgins recovery group forRead More

Pioneering project

Innovative Scots turbine blade closer to market

ACT Blade
The ACT Blade offers a number of practical benefits A consortium of engineers and technologists are working on an innovative and more energy-efficient wind turbine blade. The technology, developed byRead More