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Weir shares fall on cyber attack | Royal Mail buys Canada’s Rosenau |

Rosenau Transport
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: US jobs lower than forecast US non-farm payroll numbers showed the US economy added only 194,000 jobs last month, although the unemployment rate fell to 4.8%.Read More

Postal services

Stamp Free unveils boost to management team

Michelle-De-Pasquale
Stamp Free, the Edinburgh-based digital postage company has announced additions to its management team. Michelle De Pasquale, pictured, will be joining the organisation as commercial director, having previously worked at Uniserve GroupRead More

Daily Business Live

Parcel growth at Royal Mail | Board changes at Lloyds

Royal Mail parcel post box (pic: Royal Mail)
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: London slips lower The FTSE 100 closed 5 points lower at 7,078.35 as traders digested the Bank of England’s decision not to change QE orRead More

Marketing move

Intuit acquires Mailchimp in $12bn cash and shares deal

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Small business accounting firm Intuit, whose product suite includes payment management system Quickbooks, is acquiring the email marketing company Mailchimp in a cash-and-shares deal worth about $12 billion. California-based IntuitRead More

New base

GAP Group relocates HQ to Glasgow’s Citypoint 2

Citypoint 2
New home: Citypoint 2 GAP Group has acquired Citypoint 2 in Glasgow where it will relocate its head office after outgrowing its current base. The equipment hire company is takingRead More

Market report

Morrisons set for auction | Halfords hit by supply issue

Morrisons
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: FTSE falls The FTSE 100 closed down 53.84 points, or 0.75%, at 7,095.53, below the high of 7,140 and off the low of 7,061 asRead More

Move into Ireland

Murgitroyd expands global plan with Dublin deal

Gordon Stark
Gordon Stark: broadening support Murgitroyd, the global intellectual property company, has acquired Hanna Moore + Curley, one of Ireland’s top European patent and trade mark attorney firms. Dublin-headquartered HMC, whichRead More

Engineering Consultancy

Campbell becomes director at Will Rudd Davidson

Richard Campbell
Engineering consultancy Will Rudd Davidson has promoted structural engineer Richard Campbell to director, along with a string of appointments and promotions across the company. Mr Campbell (pictured), is a charteredRead More

Conferences resume

EICC ready to welcome return of delegates

Marshall Dallas
Marshall Dallas: back to the day job Delegates will return to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) next week for the first time in 17 months. The British Society of LifestyleRead More

Facilities open

Speedy consolidates with new service centres

Speedy-staff-in-Edinburgh
Speedy staff in Edinburgh Construction services provider Speedy has opened two regional service centres in Scotland. The purpose-built 22,000 sq ft centre on West Edinburgh Business Park consolidates the hireRead More