Day: 30 January 2025

Business demands

BCC chief says ‘no time to lose’ resetting EU deal

Tax ruling

Treasury drops PAYE filing demand to cut red tape

Pay-wage-slip

Scottish Budget

Borrowing cut and wind fund intact after revision

Scottish Parliament Holyrood

Media people

Magnusson steps down, Ferguson leaves, Allan McLean dies

Sally-Magnusson

Markets

ECB cuts borrowing rate, FTSE 100 hits record

Christine Lagarde

Court ruling

Judge says North Sea fields must pass green test

Stop-Jackdaw-protest

Trade body hires

Duo join Scottish Financial Enterprise board

Roland Inglis and Andrew Wilson

Markets

Shell drops, BT on track, St James’s Place rises

Wael-Sawan-and-Shell

Legal tie-up

Law firms Macnabs and Thorntons unveil merger

Ruth Croman, managing partner, Macnabs; Lesley Larg, managing partner, Thorntons; Nick Barclay, chair, Thorntons

Growth investment

BGF sees high level of deal activity after strong year

Paddy (Patrick) Graham