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Deadline set for Sports Direct

Ashley ordered to ‘put up or shut up’ over Debenhams

Debenhams
Debenhams: wants clarification from Mike Ashley   Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct has been issued with a ‘put up or shut up’ order from Debenhams after he indicated that he isRead More

Which? report

Scots ‘face loss of bank services’ by branch closures

Bank branch closure closed
Banks have stepped up the closure of branches (pic: Terry Murden)   Scotland has lost more than a third of its bank and building society branches in just eight years,Read More

Rise in price of accommodation

Glasgow leads UK growth for cost of a hotel room

GoGlasgow
Glasgow Hotels are seeing price rises   A significant boost to hotel room numbers in Glasgow helped meet surging demand as the cost of staying in the city rocketed overRead More

Unprecedented move in Commons

MPs vote to seize control of parliamentary business

Theresa May 29 Jan 2019
Theresa May: rapidly losing friends   MPs have delivered another blow to Prime Minister Theresa May’s authority by taking control of Commons business for a day in an unprecedented moveRead More

700,000 customers switched

Shell turns green in major push on renewables market

Shell Energy
Shell has become a major electricity supplier   Royal Dutch Shell is switching all its household customers to renewable electricity and is seeking to become the world’s biggest electricity supplier. TheRead More

Scottish Enterprise invests £20m

Maven Capital Partners hits £100m for buy-out fund

Maven Capital Andrew Craig
Maven Capital Partners, the Glasgow-based private equity firm, has raised a £100 million fund focused on management buyouts and backed by a range of investors. Scottish Enterprise has invested £20mRead More

Leadership on the line

May to update ministers as Cabinet tension mounts

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Theresa May is fighting to stay in Downing Street   Prime Minister Theresa May will update ministers on her Brexit strategy today as she fights to retain her grip onRead More

As financial services slows...

Activity in Scotland continues to grow despite Brexit

Wireline industry
Business activity continues to grow in Scotland, despite continuing uncertainty over Brexit and anecdotal evidence of a slowdown.  The first quarter Scottish Business Monitor compiled by the Fraser of AllanderRead More

Export potential

Scotland urged to drive hydrogen-powered revolution

Prof Ronald MacDonald
A breakthrough in renewables technology could see Scotland develop a new source of energy supply with huge export potential. Scientists in Australia have found a way to store and exportRead More

As a million march through London

May facing Cabinet coup to oust her from Number 10

Theresa May after Brexit debate
Theresa May: steadily losing friends in Cabinet   Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a full-blown cabinet revolt with up to 11 ministers wanting her to resign, according to aRead More