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Day: 7 September 2021

World Cup qualifier

Clarke wants more respect for Scots after crucial win

Winning feeling: Lyndon Dykes (pic: SNS Group) Austria 0 Scotland 1Group FErnst Happel Stadion Steve Clarke says his Scotland team deserves more respect after reigniting their World Cup qualifying campaignRead More

Tax rising

Boris mounts raid on NICs, dividends and pensions

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson: reasonable and fair A new health and social care tax will be introduced on all workers from next year along with a hike in tax on income fromRead More

Revealed: policy dropped

Holyrood scraps plan for public energy company

Michael Matheson and ChargePlace
Michael Matheson: no longer planning for an energy company A plan to set up a state-owned energy company has been dropped by the Scottish Government, Daily Business has learned. FourRead More

Carbon beaters

Lumo tempts air travellers with low-cost electric trains

Lumo
New era of travel promised by low carbon trains A fully-electric low-cost rail service will connect Edinburgh and London from next month in one of the boldest attempts to cut emissionsRead More

Tax settlement

Cairn shareholders poised for $700m India payout

Cairn-Energy-India
A long-running dispute in India is close to settlement Cairn Energy, the Edinburgh-based oil and gas explorer, said it expects near term resolution to the India tax issue that will enableRead More

Board departure

Ferguson quits Nucleus following acquisition

David Ferguson
Leaving: David Ferguson Nucleus founder David Ferguson is to leave the company following its £145 million acquisition by James Hay. Mr Ferguson will step down from the board with immediateRead More

Daily Business Live

Market digests tax rises | Ted Baker sales shift

London Stock Exchange
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: London lower The FTSE 100 index was down 37.81 points, or 0.5% at 7,149.37, only just above the session low of 7,147.94, as investors digested newsRead More

Shares plunge 13.6%

Parsley Box ‘encouraged’ despite loss widening

Parsley-Box-founders
Kevin Dorren with founder Adrienne MacAuley Shares in Parsley Box, the Scottish direct to consumer ready meals firm, plummeted 13.6% after pre-tax losses widened to £5.4 million for the halfRead More

120 jobs saved

Lorry firm MV Commercial buys Fruehauf

Tom O'Rourke
Tom O’Rourke: significant day MV Commercial, the Airdrie-based lorry and van dealer, has made the largest acquisition in its 20-year history, buying Lincolnshire tipping-trailer and truck-body manufacturer Fruehauf out ofRead More

Europe's Solheim glory

History-maker Matthew not tempted by hat-trick

Solheim smiles: European captain Catriona Matthew and Emily Pedersen North Berwick’s Catriona Matthew made golfing history by becoming the first European captain to win back-to-back Solheim Cups, but said sheRead More