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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

Business Esports launches

Business Fives kicks off online corporate tournament

Connecting businesses: esports Business Fives, the Edinburgh-based company which runs corporate football events, has kicked off an online tournament. The launch of Business Esports was scheduled for later this yearRead 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

Pitch conference called off

EIE tech investor event falls victim to coronavirus

EIE
Postponed: EIE is now scheduled for October (pic: Terry Murden) EIE20, the technology investor showcase, has been postponed because of the fast-moving nature of the coronavirus pandemic.  Originally scheduled forRead More

Software expansion

Machine Labs driving growth with Shopify integration

Andrew Veitch
Andrew Veitch: working hard Machine Labs, an Edinburgh-based software start-up, has launched its database marketing platform, integrating with Shopify which is behind $80 billion e-commerce sales each year.  Just twoRead More

Tech growth

Point of sale firm ePOS Hybrid beats funding target

Bhas-Kalangi-and-Andrew-Gibbon
Big plans: Bhas Kalangi and Andrew Gibbon A tech firm start-up, which has developed point-of-sale hardware and software for restaurants, is ready to accelerate its growth plans after beating itsRead More

Tuesday Updates

Daily Business Live: Gatwick cuts jobs; Royal London

4.45pm Markets The FTSE 100 index closed up 2.79%, or 143.82 points, at 5,294.90. On Wall Street at 5pm GMT the S&P 500 is up 4.08%. The Nasdaq index isRead More

Tech development

Heriot-Watt’s ‘chatty’ robot proves popular in touch-free era

Alana team
Alana team at Heriot-Watt A “chatty” robot developed at Heriot-Watt University is gaining growing attention as touch-free devices enjoy rising demand in the wake of the coronavirus. Scientists have createdRead More

Owners selling 'too early'

Technology firms told to focus more on sales and scale

Waterfront tech hub at Edinburgh marina
Tech hubs create lots of firms but sales are key Scottish technology firms have been advised to switch more of their focus from developing their products to achieving sales andRead More

Record investment

Budget to deliver superfast broadband pledge to ‘not spots’

ultrafast broadband
All corners of the UK will benefit Superfast broadband will be delivered to the most difficult to reach areas of the UK – including rural areas of Scotland – withRead More