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Pay exceeds inflation

Wage growth on the rise as unemployment eases

Money - own pic
Wages excluding bonuses have risen at their fastest pace since the financial crash, according to official figures. Pay rose by 3.1% in the three months to August, compared with aRead More

Latest market share figures

Big supermarkets slip as discounters make ground

Aldi Port Glasgow
Aldi opening in Port Glasgow: the chain was a big winner in the last figures Co-op, Aldi and Lidl have made further gains in the supermarket sector at the expenseRead More

Major shift for energy firm

ScottishPower wholly focused on wind after £702m Drax deal

Cruachan power station
The imposing Cruachan hydro station is part of the deal   ScottishPower has sold its hydro and gas-fired generation to Drax in a deal that will make the Glasgow-based companyRead More

Vital to rural economy

Scottish salmon farming hits new record

Salmon industry is vital to the rural economy   Scottish salmon farmers produced a record harvest and exports last year as the industry continues to underpin the rural economy. TheRead More

Warning from think tank

Chancellor may be forced to raise taxes to end austerity

Philip Hammond
Philip Hammond: does not believe austerity is over Taxes will have to rise to their highest since the 1940s if Theresa May is to meet her goal of ending austerityRead More

Rare new role for tech tycoon

Apple pioneer Wozniak teams up with Mone in venture fund

Doug Barrowman, Michelle Mone,Steve Wozniak pic EquiGlobal
Game changers: Doug Barrowman,  Steve Wozniak and Lady Mone   Apple Computer tycoon Steve Wozniak has confirmed that he is joining Baroness Michelle Mone and her partner Doug Barrowman as a co-founder of EquiRead More

Funding rises for care firms

Ageing population drives venture capital to health sector

Chris McCann and Stewart Whiting
Chris McCann and Stewart Whiting of Snap40 who raised £6.1m in seed funding   Healthcare is heading a list of sectors attracting investment from venture capital providers as an ageingRead More

Aberdeen engineer acquired

EnerMech in £450m sale to US asset manager Carlyle Group

Doug Duguid
Doug Duguid: ‘positive news for staff and clients’   Engineering company EnerMech Group has been acquired from Lime Rock Partners by global alternative asset manager and Nasdaq listed Carlyle GroupRead More

Technology partnership

Big Data to extend global customer base after Incremental deal

Neil Logan and Peter Ellen
Neil Logan, CEO Incremental Group, Peter Ellen, CEO Big Data for Humans   A Scottish customer insights company has forged a strategic partnership with a data science firm to enableRead More

New plan approved

Ardgowan unveils revamped distillery design

Ardgowan Distillery
New look: distillery will produce a million litres a year   Ardgowan Distillery has revealed new designs for its £12 million plant being built on the Ardgowan Estate 30 milesRead More