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Baxters expands US business with Truitt acquisition

Audrey Baxter
Audrey Baxter: ‘vital acquisition’ Baxters Food Group has acquired Truitt Bros, a US-based leading contract manufacturer of processed foods. Truitt Bros operates from its HQ in Salem, Oregon, and EastRead More

Dairy figures hit

Graham’s profits slump in challenging year

Robert Graham
Robert Graham: challenging year Profits at Graham’s The Family Dairy slumped by nearly a third as it faced intense market pressure and invested in the business. Revenues for the yearRead More

Daily Business Live

TalkTalk takeover; Cairn special dividend; Wetherspoon

TalkTalk
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 4.30pm: Gove caution derails FTSE Cautious comments on the prospect of a Brexit deal from Cabinet Secretary Michael Gove saw the FTSE 100 close the dayRead More

Talks on levies

US trade chief hints at easing Scotch whisky tariff

Macallan single malt whisky
Scotch is among the products hit by tariffs Hopes are rising that the US will ease punitive tariffs on imported products such as Scotch whisky. US trade representative Robert LighthizerRead More

New research

Tweaks to Covid rules ‘could save 1,800 businesses’

Cockburn Street Edinburgh pubs
Pubs are fighting for survival (pic: Terry Murden) Thousands of jobs and businesses in the hospitality industry could saved by relatively minor changes to the Covid restrictions policy, according toRead More

Export drive

Gael Spirit Company ready for overseas expansion

Gael Spirit Company
Gael Spirit Company, left to right: Nigel Large, Beverley Large, Tanya Brown, Jamie Maclean A Scottish gin-producer is looking to expand into France and Canada next year after securing salesRead More

Skirmishes feared

Navy to protect UK fishermen if Brexit talks fail

Royal Navy ship
Royal Navy ships may intervene in defending fishing waters Four Royal Navy ships will be on patrol from 1 January to help protect UK fishing waters if, as seems likely,Read More

As protestors arrested...

Judge rejects bid to overturn Edinburgh’s Covid status

Montpeliers edinburgh
Montpeliers was among the petitioners A judge has thrown out a bid by a group of hospitality businesses to have the level three restriction on Edinburgh declared unlawful. Scotland’s highestRead More

Business support

Forbes package ‘like a Christmas cracker joke’

George IV pub
Pubs says they still face a struggle for survival Taxi drivers, wedding photographers and visitor attractions are among those receiving new support from the Scottish government, though one organisation describedRead More

New marketplace

AndMunch serves up a solution for ‘micro events’

Indian Food Bazaar
Dining suppliers are adapting to survive Caterers are turning to a new online marketplace to help them adapt to the Covid-controlled dining experience. A survey by the Nationwide Caterers AssociationRead More