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Day: 30 July 2020

International rugby

2020 Six Nations to be completed in October

Sean Maitland
Sean Maitland scores a try against France at Murrayfield in March (pic: SNS Group) The 2020 Six Nations Championship will be completed in the autumn with matches played on 24Read More

Return to work

How much will it cost to get the UK back to work?

FFP3 face masks
The 'new normal' is looming and the cost of returning to work may surprise you , writes GARY PEELING (promotion)

Scheme submitted

New Town plan could help speed city’s recovery

New drawing of the development One of the largest developments to come forward in Edinburgh’s city centre for a generation could help with the city’s recovery from the Covid crisis,Read More

Tory leader resigns

Carlaw quits saying ‘he’s not best placed to lead case for union’

Jackson Carlaw and press
Jackson Carlaw after his election in February (pic: Terry Murden) Scottish Tory leader Jackson Carlaw today resigned saying that he is not the person best placed to lead the party’sRead More

Thursday Update

DB Live: Car output; BAE Systems; Pure Spa; Shell; Omega

5pm: Market close Investors turned negative after digesting a series of disappointing results from some of Britain’s blue chip companies. The FTSE 100 index dipped below 6,000, closing down 141.47Read More

Dismay at delay

Pure Gym says FM gave little time to discuss reopening

Pure Gym
Pure Gym: First Minister has not prioritised talks Britain’s biggest gym company has expressed dismay over the First Minister’s delay in reopening leisure centres and accused her of shunning theRead More

40 staff become owners

MHB Consultants opts for employee ownership

Hendrie-Barbour-Alistair-Gray-Fergus-Aitchison of MHB
 Hendrie Barbour, Alistair Gray, Fergus Aitchison Civil engineering firm MHB Consultants has become employee-owned, with 40 members of staff given a stake in the business.  Founded in Glasgow by managingRead More

Sturgeon 'misleading' public

Officials challenge FM’s claims over Covid cases

Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon: accused of using flawed data Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s claims that the prevalence of the Covid virus was five times higher in England than it was inRead More

Stark warning in survey

Majority of firms to cut staff when furlough ends

Graeme Roy
Graeme Roy: ‘long road ahead’ (pic: Terry Murden) More than half of firms say they plan to make redundancies once the government’s furlough support scheme comes to an end, accordingRead More

Squeeze on bank

Lloyds slumps to rare loss as bad loans take toll

Bank of Scotland
Lloyds bank trades as Bank of Scotland north of the border Lloyds Banking Group, which includes Bank of Scotland, Scottish Widows and Halifax, plunged to a pretax loss in theRead More