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Stark warning for economy

No Deal Brexit would see GDP and exports plummet

Port of Grangemouth
Scotland’s exports could plummet says the report   A ‘No Deal’ Brexit would wipe 7% off Scotland’s GDP, up to 20% off exports and cause widespread disruption to the supplyRead More

Valuation breakthrough

Tech start-up plans real time market for private firms

Daniel Broby
A university start-up has unveiled a breakthrough in creating a real time valuation for private companies that also creates a virtual stock market in their equity. Listings Ledger, based atRead More

Search begins for successor

Purvis to retire from digital sector body ScotlandIS

Polly Purvis
Retiring: Polly Purvis has led the digital sector through an era of change   Polly Purvis is to retire as chief executive of ScotlandIS, the trade body for Scotland’s digital technologiesRead More

Councils accused of failing to act

Care homes boss demands inquiry into ‘wasteful spending’

Robert Kilgour
Robert Kilgour: wasteful spending (pic: Terry Murden)   Scottish care homes entrepreneur Robert Kilgour has accused local authorities of failing to act after he revealed “evidence” of wasteful spending inRead More

As income tax changes approved...

Parents face £900 hike in fees at city’s private schools

The potential loss of pupils would equate to the entire roll call at George Heriot’s   Parents face paying an extra £900 to send their children to Edinburgh’s top fee-payingRead More

Fintech firms in the wings

McColl’s AlbaCo bank poised to name new partners

Jim McColl
Jim McColl’s new bank is expected to launch next year   Scottish tycoon Jim McColl’s new investment bank, provisionally called AlbaCo,  is due to announce a number of partners aheadRead More

Rally planned at Holyrood

Rail depot ‘should be brought under public control’

St Rollox Works (date and photog unknown)
St Rollox’s future is uncertain   Union leaders and Scottish Labour have called on the Scottish Government to take the threatened Gemini Rail Services depot in Springburn into public ownership.Read More

New blow for car industry

Honda to shut Swindon factory with loss of 3,500 jobs

Honda intends to close its Swindon car manufacturing plant in 2022, with the loss of about 3,500 jobs, dealing another hammer blow to the industry. The Japanese company, which hasRead More

Iconic Aberdeen building sold

G1 Group to turn former hospital into Scotsman hotel

Woolmanhill
The Woolmanhill to become a luxury hotel   An iconic hospital complex in Aberdeen is to become a 52-bedroom luxury hotel operating under the Scotsman brand. Shepherd Chartered Surveyors hasRead More

Party facing split over Brexit

Seven Labour MPs resign in protest at Corbyn policies

Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn addressing a union rally in Glasgow two years ago (pic: Terry Murden)   Seven Labour MPs have resigned from the party as a protest against leader Jeremy Corbyn’sRead More