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Forbes: £25,000 grant will not match England and Wales deal

Nicole Bernard
Nicole Bernard: ‘completely unreasonable’ Finance Secretary Kate Forbes has told businesses that a £25,000 grant scheme to support them through the coronavirus will not match the offer made in EnglandRead More

Startup fund

Prince’s Trust and NatWest offer £5m to young tycoons

Alison Rose
Alison Rose: ‘doing everything we can’ (pic: Terry Murden) The Prince’s Trust and NatWest have launched a £5million fund to help young entrepreneurs across the UK to keep their businessesRead More

Call for clarity

Sturgeon restates virus grants apply to ‘properties’

Nicola Sturgeon: stated the grant would apply to each property Businesses are stepping up pressure on the Scottish government amid renewed confusion over who is eligible for new grant support.Read More

Wednesday Update

Daily Business Live: Wimbledon off; climate plan delay

Jamie Murray and Martin Hingis with mixed doubles trophies
5pm: Newspaper group furloughs JPI Media, owner of The Scotsman, Yorkshire Post and Falkirk Herald, is putting several hundred employees on furlough and cutting the salaries of those who continue working. Full storyRead 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

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

Monday Update

Daily Business Live: Carluccio’s; EY quits audit; easyJet

Edinburgh airport Easyjet
4.45pm: Markets After spending most of the session in the red, the FTSE 100 managed to end the day in positive territory, closing at 5,563.74 +53.41 (0.97%). 2pm: Carluccio’s in administration RestaurantRead More

GBST deal concerns

FNZ given five days to resolve competition issues

FNZ offices (FNZ website)
FNZ is based at Canon Mills Scottish fintech firm FNZ has been given five days to address competition concerns raised by its proposed £150 million acquisition of an Australia-based rival.Read More

Saturday update

Daily Business Live: Sanitiser; insolvency; Jack virus alert

BrewDog-Sanitiser
6.05pm: Sanitiser fast-tracked Business Secretary Alok Sharma is cutting red tape to help get hand sanitiser to market more quickly. Companies including Brewdog, Diageo and Ineos have offered to createRead More

AccelerateHER Awards

Four company owners secure place on overseas missions

Jackie Waring, Investing Women
Jackie Waring: opportunity to further profile their businesses (pic: Terry Murden) Four entrepreneurs have secured a free slot on a market-building mission to Europe or North America to showcase theirRead More