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Day: 19 March 2021

New settlement due

Queen ‘accepts’ need for pay cut in Covid-squeezed UK

The Queen understands the need for a smaller budget The Queen is expected to take a substantial “pay cut” as she accepts the need to share some of the hardshipRead More

FM refutes verdict

Sturgeon faces confidence vote after attacking committee

First-Minister- Nicola Sturgeon pledges-the-truth
The whole truth: Nicola Sturgeon giving evidence Bute House stepped up the battle over the First Minister’s future ahead of a key week that will see publication of two reportsRead More

Home working plan

Daily Record owner to close one of London offices

Record and Express
Newspaper staff working from home Reach, the owner of Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Daily Express and the Daily Record is closing one of its London offices, two in Ireland andRead More

Scottish Premiership

Old Firm clash at Parkhead gets the green light

Game on: Celtic v Rangers (pic: SNS Group). Sunday’s Scottish Premiership meeting between Celtic and Rangers will take place as scheduled at Parkhead after authorities gave it the go-ahead. TheRead More

Air Charter move

Glasgow-based private jet for key workers

Cessna-private-jet
Private jet for hire Private jet operator Air Charter Scotland is basing one of its aircraft in Glasgow for the first time to serve key workers facing an absence ofRead More

Fund management

Anderson’s lasting legacy + nationalising ScotRail

Terry Murden
TERRY MURDEN on the handover at Scottish Mortgage ... and why nationalising ScotRail is no guarantee the trains will run on time

Property briefs

Police base for housing; plunge in bars; green port plea

Fettes police station
Unloved: the dated building is in poor condition A former police headquarters in Edinburgh is to be sold and demolished to make way for hundreds of homes in a dealRead More

Bank transaction

NatWest RBS cuts state’s holding with shares buyback

RBS Gogarburn
NatWest Group is based at RBS headquarters in Edinburgh NatWest (RBS) Group has cut the state’s holding to 59.77% from 62% after the bank agreed with the Treasury to makeRead More

Fund manager retiring

Anderson to leave Baillie Gifford and Scottish Mortgage

James Anderson
James Anderson: four decades with the firm James Anderson, one of the UK’s longest-serving fund managers, is leaving Baillie Gifford and stepping down as joint manager of its Scottish MortgageRead More

Daily Business Live

Wetherspoon ‘mayhem’ blast; CMA lease order; Halfords deal

JD Wetherspoon
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 4.30pm: London closes lower The FTSE 100 closed at 6,708.71, down 70.97 (1.05%). 8am: FTSE 100 falls on bond rise The FTSE 100 fell in early trade,Read More