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Biggest arts event cancelled

Edinburgh Festival off, organisers hope to ‘rekindle spark’

Clown at Edinburgh Festival
No smiles this summer (pic: Terry Murden) Edinburgh’s summer festivals – the Fringe, International, Art, Book Festival and Military Tattoo – will not take place in August, it has beenRead More

Changed landscape

Climate Change Plan delay ‘does not impact on target’

Roseanna Cunningham
Roseanna Cunningham: ‘fully committed’ Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has announced that the Scottish Government will not be publishing the Climate Change Plan update at the end of April. TheRead More

Help for stretched service

Cosmedicare helps ease treatment pressure on NHS

Gill Baird
Gill Baird: ‘people will be concerned’ (pic: Terry Murden) A private health clinic has stepped in to help patients whose NHS treatments have been postponed because of the coronavirus emergency.Read More

Call for 'rates holidays'

Landlords ‘should not be penalised’ by new powers

Robin Blacklock
Robin Blacklock: ‘we must recognise landlords are businesses’ (pic: Terry Murden) UPDATE: A property leader says landlords should receive protection, such as rates holidays, as part of new measures beingRead More

No shareholder payouts

Banks cancel dividends as coronavirus squeeze looms

RBS Gogarburn
RBS will not pay a dividend to its main shareholder, the Treasury (pic: Terry Murden) Britain’s banks have succumbed to pressure to suspend dividend payments in order to preserve theirRead More

Law firm expands

Gilson Gray acquires Dundee firm Wallace and Co

Matthew Gray: ‘phenomenal achievement’ Law firm Gilson Gray has merged with Dundee firm, Wallace and Co Property Management. The addition of Wallace and Co Property Management will see the transferRead More

More action needed

Help those who have ‘fallen through the cracks’, says IoD

Malcolm Cannon
Malcolm Cannon: ‘we need to see more consistency of key messages’ The Institute of Directors has added its voice to those calling for further government support for those companies andRead More

Rail cutbacks

Wabtec to axe 100 jobs with closure of Ayrshire works

Class 320 ScotRail train
Wabtec has a contract to service ScotRail trains Railway engineering company Wabtec intends to shut its base in Kilmarnock, and ‘consolidate’ its operations at its larger plant in Doncaster. TheRead More

Brewers take action

BrewDog pair forfeit salary as distillers join sanitiser move

Brewdog dream
No pay: James Watt and Martin Dickie BrewDog founders James Watt and Martin Dickie will not take any salary this year to help protect the company’s workforce. Watt, who hasRead More

Airport services in peril

Menzies joins rivals to warn of imminent collapse

Menzies Aviation
25,000 jobs at risk Four luggage and cargo handling companies have warned they will collapse within weeks without government intervention. Edinburgh-based Menzies together with Swissport, WFS and Dnata have writtenRead More