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Applications open

More key workers can seek exemption from isolation

More businesses are being forced to close because of staff shortages Key workers in a number of key sectors may be allowed exemption from self-isolation to prevent firms running shortRead More

Market report

Alliance Trust reviews divi | New Ted Baker HQ| Brewin Dolphin

Ted Baker
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: London edges higher London traders gave a mixed bag of UK retail sales and business activity figures the benefit of the doubt and marked the FTSERead More

Office deal

Vardy Foundation agrees terms on townhouse office

110-George-Street
New tenant for 110 George Street The Vardy Foundation, the charitable wing of car retailer Peter Vardy Ltd, is taking space in a townhouse at 110 George Street, Edinburgh. TheRead More

Property device

Utopi’s building sensor aimed at European market

Utopi device
Utopi’s device monitors a building’s performance An early stage developer of a sensor that silently measures how a building is performing is turning its attention to the European market. TheRead More

50 ships booked

First cruise ship calls in Greenock since lockdown

Anthem of the Seas in Greenock
Shipshape: the cruise ship in Greenock Cruise ship Anthem of the Seas arrived in Greenock yesterday, the first to berth on the Clyde since the Covid crisis effectively closed downRead More

Property volumes

Foreign investment drives rise in real estate deals

Neptune Energy
Neptune Energy building sold for undisclosed sum Overseas investors significantly contributed to a sharp rise in investment in Scottish commercial property in the first half, according to analysis from KnightRead More

'Unacceptable' hold up

New housing delayed by four months despite fewer plans

Housebuilding plan
Housebuilding applications have fallen, but so have approvals Major housing developments are taking four months longer to get through planning departments even though the number of applications has fallen byRead More

Shares sale

Treasury to cut stake in NatWest (RBS) to 40%

RBS banknote
The Treasury holding in the bank will fall The taxpayers’ shareholding in NatWest (RBS) Group is to be cut further after the Government announced plans to offload a stake ofRead More

'Toughest year'

BrewDog swings to loss despite rise in revenue

BrewDog Kennel
The company plans more hotels BrewDog sank to a £7.4 million operating loss last year despite seeing a rise in revenue during the lockdowns. The Aberdeenshire-based company saw revenue riseRead More

Market report

Centrica takes dispute hit | FTSE 100 slips at close

British Gas
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: ECB data dims FTSE 100 The FTSE 100 lost momentum in afternoon trade after ECB and US jobs data were released. The index closed 29.98Read More