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Day: 2 March 2021

Finance and law

Webster takes on property role at Watermans Legal

Watermans Legal has appointed Tzana Webster head of property sales. The move comes follows growth in the Edinburgh legal market which has seen the business double its turnover in the lastRead More

More help offered

Budget to extend support lifeline for sole traders

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Businesses hope soon to come out of hibernation (pic: Terry Murden) Sole traders will be offered further help in the Budget after months warning they are living on a knifeRead More

Pressure mounts

Sturgeon facing call to resign over new Salmond evidence

Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon: faces inquiry First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is facing a No Confidence vote and calls to resign after new documents emerged concerning her involvement in the Alex Salmond affair.Read More

£500,000 raised

Investors tune in to doctor’s online training company

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Right note: Eoghan Colgan and Graham McDonald A musician-turned-doctor has raised almost £500,000 in equity finance for his online training business from a consortium of private investors. Continulus, founded twoRead More

Doubt on benefits

Freeports ‘not a magic bullet’ to trade growth

Port of Cromarty Firth
Port of Cromarty: keen to develop a freeport Freeports are unlikely to lead to the sort of transformation the Government hopes for, according to a new report by an academicRead More

Hurdles remain

Drift of jobs to EU slows as talks remain ‘challenging’

Sue Dawe
Sue Dawe: firms were well-prepared Fears of a large scale shift of financial services jobs and assets from the UK to the EU appear to have subsided. While some movementRead More

Logistics deal

Bullet Express adds storage to meet online surge

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David McCutcheon, Joint CEO; and John McKail, MD Bullet Express, the Glasgow-based international logistics, transport and storage company, has acquired a 30,000 sq ft  pallet storage facility and will createRead More

Logistics deal

Haulier Pollock acquired by Gregory Distribution

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Familiar livery: Pollock operates 150 vehicles Haulier Pollock, one of Scotland’s best known logistics brands, has been acquired by west country firm Gregory Distribution (Holdings). The deal involves Bathgate-based PollockRead More

Daily Business Live

No French Connection offer; Taylor Woodrow; Weir; Omega

French Connection
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 12.30pm: No French Connection bid French Connection said that further to the recent announcements made in relation to a possible offer for French Connection Group byRead More

Ban relaxed

Sainsbury’s Bank resumes self-employed loan deals

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Sainsbury’s Bank at Edinburgh Gyle Sainsbury’s Bank has relaxed its ban on issuing loans and credit cards to self-employed workers. The Edinburgh-based bank stopped accepting applications from the self-employed last JulyRead More