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£2bn price tag

GIP ‘ready to sell’ Edinburgh Airport as value rockets

Edinburgh airport
Edinburgh Airport is seeing regular passenger records broken (pic: Terry Murden)   Edinburgh airport is to be sold this year for as much as £2 billion, according to City sources,Read More

Concerns in other cities of mis-use

Aberdeen launches controversial free wi-fi kiosks

David Wallace (BT), Innes Walker (Aberdeen Inspired); Jenny Laing and Douglas Lumsden (Aberdeen City Council)
David Wallace (BT), Innes Walker (Aberdeen Inspired); Jenny Laing and Douglas Lumsden (Aberdeen City Council)   Aberdeen has become the second city in Scotland to install a free wi-fi networkRead More

CEO departs following row

Donnelly quits Marketing Edinburgh after cuts row

John Donnelly
John Donnelly: outspoken critic of budget cut   Marketing Edinburgh’s chief executive John Donnelly has left the organisation just weeks after its budget was slashed in savage council budget cuts.Read More

$2.68bn transaction

ConocoPhillips sells North Sea assets to Chrysaor

ConocoPhillips rig
Rigs will switch to new owner   ConocoPhillips is pulling out of UK oil and gas exploration and production and has sold two subsidiaries in the North Sea to ChrysaorRead More

Business facing 'pincer movement'

Firms put brakes on Investment to focus on costs

Pressure on Scottish business is rising, says SCC president   Scottish industrial sectors have experienced an investment slowdown as business costs and Brexit preparations take top priority.  Firms are switchingRead More

Dugdale secures 'fair comment verdict

Campbell seeks advice after losing defamation case

Kezia Dugdale speaking
Kezia Dugdale: ‘an important judgement’ (pic: Terry Murden)   Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has won a legal case brought by a pro-independence blogger who accused her of defamation.Read More

Accountants in tie-up

Scott-Moncrieff in merger with Campbell Dallas

Scott Moncrieff
New team: Chris Horne, Shaun Knight and Stewart MacDonald   Scott-Moncrieff, Scotland’s longest established accountancy firm, is to merge with Campbell Dallas to become part of the fast-growing CogitalGroup. TheRead More

Top investor and protestors urge action...

Carney and LGIM unite as climate demo hits streets

North Bridge demo - Extinction Rebellion
Demonstrators gathered on North Bridge (pic: Terry Murden)   Demonstrators brought disruption to Edinburgh city centre as the worldwide move to tackle climate change reached the streets, the Bank ofRead More

£1 in every £20 could be lost

No deal Brexit risks plunging Scotland into recession

scottish economy
Business is wary of a disorderly Brexit   Leaving the European Union without a deal Brexit risks plunging Scotland into a deep recession, according to new research. The worst-case scenarioRead More

Labour stats defy slow growth

UK unemployment falls, with record low in Scotland

JobCentre
Unemployment in the UK fell by 27,000 to1.34 million over the three months to the end of February with the rate now lower than at any time since the endRead More