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200 jobs under threat

Row over work switch as rail depot scheduled to close

Michael Matheson
A rail maintenance depot near Glasgow is scheduled to close with the loss of 200 jobs and work on Scottish trains being switched to England. The Springburn depot carries outRead More

Tory rebellion fails

May resumes Brexit talks after surviving leadership coup

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Theresa May: headed off a no confidence vote   Theresa May will seek further amendments to her Brexit agreement after surviving a confidence vote that threatened to plunge the governmentRead More

Markets

US stocks rise on hopes of China trade thaw

London Stock Exchange
US stocks were boosted by indications that Beijing would ease its tariff policy and in particular that it would cut tariffs on US-made cars to 15%, the same tax levied onRead More

Scottish Budget

Higher earners hit as Mackay rejects Hammond’s tax cut

Derek Mackay delivers budget 12 Dec
Derek Mackay: ‘now not the time to cut tax for high earners’   Finance Secretary Derek Mackay today announced he was freezing income tax bands, confirming that higher earners willRead More

Running a pub

What you need to know about alcohol licensing

sheep Heid
Running a pub is a dream job for many people   So, you want to run your own pub? It’s a dream shared by many, whether it’s a gastro pubsRead More

Green vision launched

Letting agent pioneers electric charging points for tenants

Derek Macdonald
Derek MacDonald: ‘driving change’   Scottish letting agent Newton Property is to install electric vehicle charging points in properties it factors as part of a £100,000 initiative. Newton is theRead More

Output falls sharply

5,000 building jobs lost amid Interserve concerns

Completion of the Queensferry Crossing (left) has left a void (pic: Terry Murden)   Trade body the Scottish Building Federation has voiced concerns about the outlook for the construction industryRead More

MPs will vote on a confidence motion on Theresa May’s leadership of the Tory party after threshold reached

Scottish Budget

Mackay sticks to tax divergence in pledge to public services

Derek Mackay pictured yesterday with apprentices working on the St James shopping development in Edinburgh (pic: Terry Murden)   Finance Secretary Derek Mackay is expected to resist calls to narrowRead More

21-month low for retailers

Scottish shops face ‘nerve-wracking’ Christmas as sales slump

Multrees Walk, shop, retail, Edinburgh
Retailers are seeing sales slump (pic: Terry Murden)   Shoppers failed to offer the struggling high street any Christmas cheer as new figures showed a slump in sales last month.Read More