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Changes in the office

Covid will see flexible working for nine in ten staff

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Office working will change for many employees Almost every financial services company expects to introduce an element of home working as a permanent feature as a result of the CovidRead More

Change at top

Chambers in search for DG after Marshall resigns

Adam Marshall
Adam Marshall addressing an audience in Glasgow two years ago (pic: Terry Murden) British Chambers of Commerce has begun the search for a director general after Adam Marshall announced heRead More

Shift in work ownership

More EOTs due as worker demands change

Carole Leslie
Carole Leslie: exceptional year Tax efficient employee ownership trusts are on the rise as more workers demand a stake in the business they work for. Ownership Associates, based in Stirling,Read More

'Positive changes'

Firms see more benefits from pandemic than Brexit

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Home working, one of the changes in work patterns Small firms believe they will see more benefits from the Covid-19 pandemic than from Brexit. Three quarters (78%) of firms polledRead More

Approaches from China

Edinburgh Woollen Mill considers sale of brands

Austin Reed shop closure
Austin Reed’s former shop in Perth. The chain collapsed in 2016 Philip Day’s Edinburgh Woollen Group is believed to be weighing up the sale of some of its brands afterRead More

COO takes over

MacSween to leave Iomart after two decades at helm

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Angus MacSween: retiring Angus MacSween is to retire as chief executive of Scottish cloud computing firm iomart Group after more than 20 years in the job. Mr MacSween, who setRead More

Thursday Update

DB Live: BA; BP; Morrisons; Menzies; DeepMatter; Breedon

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4.30pm: London close The index of leading shares managed to stay above the 6,000 threshold as the ECB kept policy unchanged and US jobs data was largely benign. Traders alsoRead More

Advisory support

Former WoodMac exec leads peer-to-peer group

Andy Todd
A peer-to-peer support and advisory organisation for business leaders is to expand into Edinburgh – with a former senior executive of a global business at the helm. Andy Todd, aRead More

Campaign toned down

Firms wary as new return to offices plan hatched

Financial services
Office area, such as the Glasgow financial district, are ‘eerily’ quiet (pic: Terry Murden) The UK Government is expected make a renewed attempt to persuade millions of office staff toRead More

Turnaround consultancy

Former banker Allen joins BRS from LendingCrowd

Anthony Allen
Glasgow based business turnaround consultancy BRS has appointed Anthony Allen as group business development manager. Mr Allen will be responsible for driving growth across the BRS Group’s three core serviceRead More