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Diageo profits surge | Shell, BAE Systems | TSB | BT

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REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: Market buoyed by strong earnings The market was led higher by a number of positive earnings and dividend announcements from a range of corporates, whichRead More

Ships contract

North Star to award support vessels work to UK yard

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Andrew Duncan: ‘providing local content’ The world’s first hybrid vessels to support the offshore wind market are to be built at an undisclosed UK shipyard. Aberdeen headquartered North Star RenewablesRead More

First orderr

ADL and BYD win 200 bus deal for Ireland

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First contract in Ireland Alexander Dennis has secured an order for 200 electric buses from the National Transport Authority of Ireland. Falkirk-based ADL is a subsidiary of bus manufacturer NFIRead More

Battery project

AMTE Power gigafactory plan ‘on track’ for 2022

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Kevin Brundish: ‘exciting point’ Thurso-based battery developer AMTE Power said it is in talks with the UK government to expand production capacity to gigafactory levels and is on track toRead More

Daily Business Live

Covid surge weighs on market | Burberry sales soar

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REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: Rising Covid cases weigh on market Danni Hewson, AJ Bell financial analyst, said:“‘Freedom Day’ [in England] might be looming but it’s hard to stay optimistic whenRead More

Cash flow issues

2,000 construction firms at risk as support ends

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Construction workers facing uncertainty (Shivendu Shukla) On in ten construction firms or sub-contractors in Scotland – equal to more than 2,000 companies – could be forced out of business asRead More

Sourcing issue

Minister calls for rapid growth of supply chain

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Ministers want to help manufacturers Business Minister Ivan McKee has called for businesses to consider how they can ramp up the manufacturing of construction materials in Scotland. As a resultRead More

Timber plant

Stewart Milne submits plan for Falkirk factory

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The factory would be the company’s third House builder Stewart Milne has submitted plans for a factory in Falkirk on the site of the former British Alcan plant. The factory,Read More

Online support

Construction tool helps firms plan for projects

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Information stream on new pipeline tool An online tool has been launched to better inform the construction industry about public sector projects across Scotland.  The Construction Pipeline Forecast Tool has been developedRead More

New plant

AMTE Power in JV battery plan with Aussie firm

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Batteries will be made by the two companies AMTE Power, the Scotland-based lithium battery company, and InfraNomics, an infrastructure developer in Australia, have agreed a joint venture to build aRead More