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Day: 10 August 2020

Admission by FM

Sturgeon on grades row: ‘we did not get this right’

Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon: admitted mistakes made First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today accepted the government made mistakes in the grading of school tests. Ahead of a statement from the Education Secretary onRead More

As I See It

Time to get John Swinney back to business

The First Minister should respond to the education crisis by shuffling her Cabinet, says TERRY MURDEN

Champions League qualifiers

Draw favours Celtic with another home tie

Slip: Celtic drew at Kilmarnock (pic: SNS Group) Celtic will host Hungarian champions Ferencvaros or Swedish title holders Djurgarden should they progress to the second qualifying round of the ChampionsRead More

Monday Update

DB Live: Steedman and Scotia merge; FirstBus; Superdry

London Stock Exchange
4.45pm: London higher despite tensions The FTSE 100 index closed higher, although tensions between the US and China kept a lid on gains.  Britain’s blue-chip benchmark closed 18.4 points (0.31%)Read More

£4.5m Series A funding

Latin investor backs Sunamp’s battery vision

Andrew Bissell of Sunamp
Andrew Bissell: ‘driving down energy consumption’ Thermal energy technology company Sunamp has raised £4.5m in a Series A financing round led by an investor in Latin America who believes itRead More

Drilling firm deal

Garrick seeks new markets after acquiring MRDS

Ian McGillivray and MRDS Executive Chairman, Ronnie Garrick
New team: Ian McGillivray and Ronnie Garrick Investment firm Garrick Group plans to take Aberdeen-based drilling repair company MRDS into new markets after acquiring the business for an undisclosed sum.Read More

Financial pressures

Five Scottish universities on Covid ‘at risk’ list

Heriot Watt University
On the list: Heriot-Watt at Edinburgh Five universities in Scotland – three in Edinburgh – are listed as among the most financially at risk as a result of the impactRead More

Cost of crisis

Royal London falls to loss as Covid-19 payouts mount

Barry O'Dwyer
Barry O’Dwyer: joined from Standard Life Britain’s biggest mutual pensions and life insurance group slumped to a £181 million loss before tax for the first half from a profit ofRead More

Quick response system

Scots-based firms develop Covid screening app

Mark-Rushton-and-Arrash-Nekonam-of-Tracepass
Joining forces: Mark Rushton and Arrash Nekonam Two Aberdeen-based firms have joined forces to launch a mobile screening app for businesses to monitor employees for symptoms of COVID-19. The TracepassRead More

Scottish Whisky Awards

Deadline looming for Scotland’s distillers

whisky awards
The 2nd annual Scottish Whisky Awards closes to entries on Friday and the judges will begin blind tasting later this month when a world class judging panel will assess thisRead More