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Pessimists need to admit it’s getting better

Alan Steel
Alan Steel: ignore the warnings of gloom ahead

Influencers play a key role

Is social media important for food and drink firms?

Social media
How does the trend towards online consumption affect British food and drink companies?

Ofgem takes action

EDF to pay £350,000 after missing meter target

EDF Energy is to pay out £350,000 after the supplier missed its target to install smart meters for its customers last year.

Successful tests by fintech firm

Origo ready for 15m Pensions Dashboard users

Origo, the Edinburgh-based fintech company, says its technology is ready to cope with 15 million active..

Poster was suggestive

Lingerie advert banned for ‘objectifying’ women

An advertising poster which was displayed by a Glasgow retailer has been banned for objectifying women and being likely to cause offence.

New retirement report

More saving, but auto-enrolment rules ‘need review’

More Scots are putting money aside for later life as new schemes such as auto-enrolment create a new savings culture, according to a report.

Clampdown on callers

Nuisance call bosses face £500,000 penalty

Managers of companies which plague people with unsolicited nuisance calls could be fined as much as half a million pounds

Ahead of GDPR implementation...

Single Scottish firm caught out by data protection rules

Only one business in Scotland was penalised last year for breaching data protection rules, new research has revealed.

One the Money

Beware those clicks do not damage your health

Alan Steel
When I started writing articles for the mainstream newspapers back in 1989 it was quite a different world from today.

Retailer backs down

‘Petty’ SNP put pressure on M&S over ‘UK’ whisky

Fergus Ewing
SNP government officials "pressured" Marks and Spencer over food and drink labelling, it has emerged.