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‘Plant people’ take control of TV presenter’s garden

Morag Macrae, Lesley Watson and Dougal Philip
Morag Macrae, Lesley Watson and Dougal Philip   Beechgrove Garden presenter Lesley Watson and her husband Dougal Philip have handed ownership of their New Hopetoun Gardens to their employees. TheRead More

Ahead of talks this week...

£100m wind power fund offers lifeline to Bifab yards

Pat Rafferty
Pat Rafferty: ‘last chance saloon’ (pic: Terry Murden) BiFab’s mothballed yards in Fife have been thrown a possible lifeline in the form of a £100 million UK government fund toRead More

New Changeworks vehicle

First all-electric recycling van hits Edinburgh streets

Changeworks
Forbes Connor, Lord Provost Frank Ross and Roddy Smith, Essential Edinburgh’s chief executive   Businesses in central Edinburgh will benefit from the first all-electric waste and recycling vehicle designed specificallyRead More

Funding deal

Matheson flicks switch to electric vehicle charging hubs

Falkirk electric hub
New charging hub   Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity Michael Matheson has announced £20.6 million funding package to support electric vehicle charging across Scotland. Falkirk Council has been awarded overRead More

Bid to cut waste

Boots stores replace plastic carriers with paper bags

Boots: reducing plastic waste   High street health and beauty chain Boots is switching to paper bags from today in a move that will take 40 million plastic carriers aRead More

McQueens buys facility

Revival of doorstep deliveries drives dairy expansion

Calum McQueen, Mick McQueen and Ruairidh McQueen
Calum McQueen (commercial director), Mick McQueen (chairman) and Ruairidh McQueen (sales director)   A revival in demand for doorstep milk deliveries has led to 100 jobs being created at anRead More

Neighbour hears screaming

Police called to Johnson home after ‘loud altercation’

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson was facing a potential setback to his campaign to become Tory leader after police were called to the London home he shares with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds. ARead More

Statement from union

Dwindling Scotsman staff ‘struggle’ to produce papers

Scotsman
Journalists at The Scotsman newspaper have criticised “constant cost-cutting” by owner JPI Media as more staff leave amid concern that the printed paper could be lost. JPI Media, owned byRead More

Regulator cracks down on fraud

Bank of Scotland fined £45.5m over Reading scandal

A fine imposed on the bank was reduced after it agreed to early settlement (pic: Terry Murden) Bank of Scotland has been fined £45.5m by the financial regulator for delayingRead More

Tycoon demands new review

Sports Direct wants removal of Goals board in tax row

Mike Ashley Sky vid
Mike Ashley: unhappy at probe into Scottish firm   Retail tycoon Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct is demanding the removal of the entire board of five-a-side football company Goals Soccer CentresRead More