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Day: 1 March 2021

Green boost

Sunak to unveil Aberdeen energy hub in Budget

Rishi Sunak at Tory conference 2020
Rishi Sunak: transition Chancellor Rishi Sunak will unveil plans to turn north east Scotland into a hub for clean energies as part of a £57 million green agenda to beRead More

Unity call

Ministers urged to work together on ‘green sea’ plan

CessCon Methil
Decommissioning is a key platform for energy policy The Scottish and UK governments have been urged to put on a show of unity to create a green energy policy forRead More

Fines issued

Businessman caught dodging rail fare 53 times

Rail staff
Rail staff are carrying out checks ScotRail is cracking down on customers who dodge buying a ticket because of the reduction in front-line staff on trains during coronavirus pandemic. SoRead More

Support call

Policies ‘must tackle barriers to women in business’

Carolyn Currie
Barriers facing women in business have been exacerbated during the Covid crisis and must be addressed by changes to government policy, according to a group representing female company owners. StudiesRead More

Retailer focused

Dobbies ‘building on progress’ pre-Covid

Little Dobbies
Little Dobbies opened in Stockbridge Dobbies, the garden centre company, said it will continue to follow its strategic plan after adjusting to the Covid crisis over the last year. TheRead More

Social enterprise

Creative Edinburgh welcomes trio to board

Creative Edinburgh board members
Jeanie Scott, Michael Turner and Brian Baglow Creative Edinburgh, the social enterprise that brings together and helps grow the city’s creative community, has appointed three directors to its board. JeanieRead More

Publisher relocates

HarperCollins leaving Bishopbriggs for new home

Harper-Collins-Bishopbriggs
Bishopbriggs has been home since 1973 HarperCollins, one of the world’s biggest publishers, is leaving its base in Bishopbriggs but remaining within the Glasgow area by relocating to Robroyston threeRead More

Retail letting

H&M is latest to sign new lease at St Enoch

St Enoch Centre
Fashion chain H&M has signed a new 10-year deal for its 32,000 sq ft store at the St Enoch Centre in Glasgow.  H&M is the latest tenant to show confidenceRead More

Office project

Haymarket towers emerge on former goods yard

Grosvenor-Street towards Haymarket
New blocks: the new Foster-designed building taking shape (pic: Terry Murden) Towers are rising on the Haymarket site in Edinburgh, derelict for more than half a century, where the city’sRead More

Employment law

Cooney joins DWF to head employment in Scotland

DWF, the integrated legal and business services firm, has appointed Ann Frances Cooney as partner in its employment practice. Ms Cooney (pictured) joins DWF from Addleshaw Goddard where she wasRead More