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Day: 23 December 2020

Live TV football

Rangers and Celtic Boxing Day matches free on Sky

Rangers face a tough test against Hibs (pic: SNS Group) Rangers will face one of their stiffest tests of the season when third-placed Hibs visit Ibrox on Boxing Day inRead More

Twickenham honour

Scot Adamson to referee his first Six Nations fixture

First: Mike Adamson (pic: SNS Group) Former Glasgow Warrior Mike Adamson will become the first Scot to referee a men’s Six Nations match for 19 years when he takes chargeRead More

Treasury support

New £400m handout to help prop up Scottish economy

Stephen Barclay
Stephen Barclay: ‘funding provides certainty’ A further £800 million to support businesses and public services is being handed to the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Half theRead More

3pm update

Scots testing plan to ease lorry delays in Kent

lorries at Dover
Lorries stacked up at Dover Lorry drivers were still facing frustrating delays crossing to France today as medics and army personnel began the slow process of testing for coronavirus. TheRead More

Opinion poll

Starmer steals lead on Johnson amid Covid chaos

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Sir Keir Starmer has an opinion poll lead on Boris Johnson Boris Johnson appears to have paid the price for cancelling Christmas as support for Labour has risen to itsRead More

India to pay oil explorer

Cairn shares surge after $1.2bn damages success

Cairn-Energy-India
Cairn’s claim in India has been running since 2014 (pic: Cairn Energy twitter) Shares in Cairn Energy closed 22% higher after the Edinburgh-based oil explorer won $1.2 billion in damagesRead More

12.30pm update

Sturgeon caught breaking Covid rules in pub

Nicola Sturgeon
Unmasked: the First Minister has been forced to apologise Nicola Sturgeon today pledged “not to drop my guard again” after being forced to apologise for not wearing a mask in aRead More

Financial computing

Beeks hints at M&A after top adviser joins board

Kevin Covington
Beeks Financial Cloud Group, the Glasgow-based cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets, hinted at an acquisitions strategy after appointing a non-executive director with M&A experience. Kevin Covington hasRead More

Daily Business Live

Trump threat to stimulus bill; Arcadia update awaited

Donald Trump
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 4.30pm: Pound up on Brexit hopes Sterling rose amid speculation that a Brexit deal is imminent and could be announced before Christmas Day, or on theRead More

Busy year

Shepherd and Wedderburn reports strong deal activity

Fiona Buchanan
Fiona Buchanan: we have operated seamlessly during restrictions Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance team has reported a busy 12 months, supporting clients with a mix of strong deal volumesRead More