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Bank cuts confirmed

TSB axes 849 jobs and shuts 164 branches in digital move

More branches will close TSB has announced 849 net job losses alongside the closure of 164 branches as the bank continues to implement its three-year strategy announced in November 2019.Read More

Supermarket deal

Spice Pots curries favour with Aldi to extend listing

Melanie Auld
Melanie Auld: ‘listing is a dream’ Spice Pots, an East Lothian company selling dry spice blends, has secured an extension to its listing with Aldi. The company’s products, already availableRead More

Economist warns Johnson

‘Do not treat devolution as an after-thought’ – Roy

Graeme Roy
Graeme Roy: Both governments have a responsibility (pic: Terry Murden) Boris Johnson’s government is adding to complications over setting Scotland’s taxes by treating devolution as an “after thought” in itsRead More

New solutions

Scots tech provides answers to Covid challenges

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Fios team: Max Bylesjo, Sarah Lynagh and Martin-Ramsay Scottish technology is behind two developments that have emerged from the coronavirus pandemic. At the Edinburgh BioQuarter bioinformatician Jack Sleight, of FiosRead More

Uproar over curfew

Pubs: ‘we are part of solution to Covid, not the problem’

George IV pub
Pubs say they provide a controlled environment Pub and restaurant operators have dubbed the latest curfew arrangements as “farcical” and said the sector is being punished despite creating a safeRead More

Bookings for 2021

EICC looking to hybrid model for conferences

EICC
Marshall Dallas: ‘we remain circumspect’ Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) has secured a number of major conferences for next year as it expects to benefit from a hybrid offering ofRead More

Public sector opportunities

Bellrock in running for public sector analytics work

Stephen McArthur and Adam Brown
Founders: Stephen McArthur and Adam Brown (pic: Terry Murden) Data analytics innovator Bellrock Technology has secured the opportunity to bid for a share of a £2 billion pot of publicRead More

Jobless rising

No GDP recovery until 2023 despite clawback

Fiona Hyslop
Fiona Hyslop: ‘positive steps’ Scotland’s economy has recovered half the fall in GDP since lockdown in March but may still not return to pre-pandemic levels until the end of 2023,Read More

Power grab memo

Russell moves to refuse Internal Market Bill consent

Michael Russell
Michael Russell: ‘no partnership of equals’ (pic: Terry Murden) Scottish Constitution Secretary Michael Russell claimed the UK government’s Internal Market bill should be “stone dead” after he introduced a formalRead More

Newspaper sales suffer

Record group Reach sees upturn after Covid hits sales

Record and Express
Reach: advertising suffered in the lockdown (pic: Terry Murden) Daily Record and Express newspapers group Reach said profits fell in the first half but the company is currently performing “materiallyRead More