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Saturday update

Daily Business Live: Sanitiser; insolvency; Jack virus alert

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

Call to protect system

Pressure mounts on banks to scrap £7.5bn dividends

Bank of England
The Bank of England has been asked to act The Bank of England is under pressure to order Britain’s banks not pay out £7.5 billion of dividends to protect theRead More

Firms collaborate

Funding secured to build ‘affordable credit’ app

Marlene Shiels
Marlene Shiels: ‘game changer’ (pic: Terry Murden) A fintech company, credit union and software developer are working on a digital lending initiative to help the financially disadvantaged after securing £200,000Read More

Tuesday update

Daily Business Live: markets surge; Whitbread cuts

Traders on Wall St (pic: NYSE)
9.30pm: Markets The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 11.3%, or nearly 2,100 points, its biggest one-day gain since 1933. The S&P 500 was up 9.3% – its best day sinceRead More

Law: coronavirus advice

Shepherd and Wedderburn sets up Covid-19 group

Shepherd and Wedderburn has established a COVID-19 Advisory Group.

Friday updates

Daily Business Live: Wall St close; airport jobs; retailers update

M&S label
10pm: Wall Street Wall Street ended its worst week since the financial crisis of 2008 as stocks again fell after a brief upturn. The Dow Jones index finished lower byRead More

Temporary closure

St James’s Place latest to suspend property funds

Property investment ‘too volatile’ St James’s Place has joined a number of asset managers and suspended dealings in its UK commercial property funds over volatility in the market caused byRead More

EICC to host event

Lloyds to hold AGM in Edinburgh despite meetings advice

Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds is to make ‘arrangements’ for shareholders (pic: Terry Murden) Lloyds Banking Group says it intends to hold its AGM in Edinburgh in May despite government advice discouraging meetings. ItRead More

Amid market volatility...

Six asset managers suspend funds over market volatility

Aberdeen Standard Investments golf
Dealing has been suspended (pic: Terry Murden) Six asset managers have closed property funds because of valuation concerns amid volatility of the markets. Columbia Threadneedle, BMO Global Asset Management, LegalRead More

Leading law firm

Burness Paull tops deals table for fifth year

Mark Ellis
Mark Ellis: busiest ever period Burness Paull has been confirmed as the top-performing legal dealmaker in Scotland for the fifth year in succession. The independent law firm advised on 304Read More