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Day: 4 September 2020

Public anger over mixed messages

Tories in disarray over airport testing demands

Glasgow Airporrt and face coverings
Airports are facing severe pressures due to restrictions Prime Minister Boris Johnson was at loggerheads today with a senior Tory MP and the Scottish Tory transport spokesman over calls toRead More

Whisky distilling

Whisky ambassador makes move to Lagavulin

Pierrick Guillaume has been appointed as manager to run the Lagavulin Distillery on Islay, making the short journey from the Caol Ila Distillery at the other side of the island,Read More

Campaign toned down

Firms wary as new return to offices plan hatched

Financial services
Office area, such as the Glasgow financial district, are ‘eerily’ quiet (pic: Terry Murden) The UK Government is expected make a renewed attempt to persuade millions of office staff toRead More

Retirement change

Pension freedom age will rise from 55 to 57

pension pot
Keep saving: pension age is changing Those who are now in their 40s will have to wait an extra two years before they can access their private pension. The governmentRead More

Forestry

Forestry industry names Lords speaker as chairman

Lord Duncan of Springbank, deputy speaker of the House of Lords and former MEP, has been named as the independent chairman of forestry and wood body Confor. The peer’s appointmentRead More

Friday Update

DB Live: St Andrews Day gold; Centrica deal; footfall update

Richard Gray
4.45pm: London closes lower After spending most of the day in positive territory the FTSE 100 fell near the close on weak US payroll and employment data to close 51.78Read More

Hirer acquired

Star snaps up Covid victim Maitland Selwyn

Ally-Robin-and-Nick-McVeigh-Crabbe-of-Star
Directors Ally Robin and Nick McVeigh-Crabbe Property recruitment firm Star Group has acquired specialist new homes hirers Maitland Selwyn out of administration after it suffered from the coronavirus lockdown. MaitlandRead More

US Open

Murray meets his match in early New York exit

Out: Andy Murray will now head to Paris Andy Murray’s return to top class tennis action was cut short overnight as he was overpowered by 20-year-old Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime inRead More

As I See It

HS2 no match for high speed broadband

HS2 train
As HS2 marks a key milestone TERRY MURDEN asks if it is a badly needed project or a white elephant in the making