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Day: 17 February 2021

Ambitious project

BrewDog’s Watt admits Vegas venture is huge gamble

BrewDog Las Vegas
The Las Vegas venture will have an open air pool BrewDog is preparing what its co-founder James Watt concedes could be a huge gamble by opening a brewery and rooftopRead More

Adviser promoted

Lord Frost to join Cabinet in UK-EU trade role

David Frost with John Swinney
Lord Frost during his time at the SWA in talks with John Swinney (pic: Terry Murden) Lord Frost, the UK’s Brexit trade negotiator, is to join the Cabinet as aRead More

Mistakes penalised

Traders rejected for support over errors in system

Alex Rowley
Alex Rowley: ‘easy to make a mistake’ (pic: Terry Murden) Small traders are being rejected for government support because of errors in the system and in their applications, says aRead More

Coronavirus concern

Players’ futures under discussion after Covid breach

Steven Gerrard
Let down: Steven Gerrard (pic: SNS Group). Talks between Rangers, the Scottish FA and the Scottish Government could determine the futures of the five players who breached coronavirus rules. BossRead More

Sports facility

R&A planning family golf centre in Glasgow

RA-golf-facility-in-Glasgow
Proposed facility in Glasgow Golf’s governing body The R&A wants to build a community golf centre in Glasgow that it hopes will encourage people into the sport. It aims to redevelop theRead More

Scheme backed

New Town homes and office development approved

New Town Quarter
The development will replace RBS offices A hotel and 350 homes will be built on the site of former Royal Bank of Scotland offices in Edinburgh’s new town have the plan wasRead More

Network resilience

SE grant funding supports DTG’s cybersecurity tool

Ian Campbell
Ian Campbell: ‘breakthrough’ Digital Technologies Group has received Scottish Enterprise Research & Development (R&D) grant funding to develop a tool to help pharmaceutical and process industries build their resilience toRead More

Shipping

Marine veteran Bruce joins board of CNE

Callum Bruce
Hybrid power solutions company, Carbon Neutral Energy (CNE), has appointed Callum Bruce as its first non-executive director to help build the business, following the announcement that it is to embarkRead More

Daily Business Live

Inflation spooks market; retail weakens; Commsworld update

Charles Quinn
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 4.30pm: Inflation spooks investors The FTSE 100 ended the session down 0.56% at 6,710.90 as investors digested a rise in inflation. Sterling fell 0.4% against the dollar toRead More

Watchdog critical

Scottish ministers accused of pandemic planning failures

Jeane Freeman
Pandemic preparations ‘were not fully implemented’ The Scottish Government failed to fully follow guidance on planning for a pandemic, the public spending watchdog has found. Audit Scotland said that in theRead More