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Project loses figurehead

Brown quits concert hall project following legal row

Impact concert hall
The concert hall would be Edinburgh’s first in a century Businessman Sir Ewan Brown has stood down from leading efforts to create Edinburgh’s first new concert hall for more thanRead More

Dismay at delay

Pure Gym says FM gave little time to discuss reopening

Pure Gym
Pure Gym: First Minister has not prioritised talks Britain’s biggest gym company has expressed dismay over the First Minister’s delay in reopening leisure centres and accused her of shunning theRead More

Jobs still at risk

Tourism fund ‘not enough to halt hotel closures’

Huxley hotel and Caledonian
Hotels have faced a tough time (pic: Terry Murden) New support offered for struggling tourism businesses will not prevent hotels closing and jobs being lost, say industry leaders. Finance SecretaryRead More

Blow for holidaymakers

Spanish quarantine rules extended to islands

Barcelona
Barcelona has closed clubs and bars UPDATE 27 JULY 6.30pm: The UK is now advising against all non-essential travel to the Balearic and Canary Islands after Spain recorded a riseRead More

Thursday update

DB Live: Higgins response date; Brewin Dolphin; Dyson jobs

Fiona Hyslop
5pm: Dyson job cuts Consumer products firm Dyson is cutting 600 jobs in the UK and a further 300 worldwide as changing shopping habits hit the company. The firm, bestRead More

Impact of lockdown

65 jobs to be axed at Caledonian Waldorf hotel

Caledonian Waldorf
The ‘Caley’ will be forced to lose staff UPDATED: Edinburgh’s five star Caledonian Waldorf Astoria Hotel is to axe 65 jobs as it attempts to mitigate the impact of theRead More

Events re-booked

SEC reports boost to events calendar in sign of revival

SSE Hydro
The Hydro, part of the SEC which is seeing an uplift in bookings (pic: Terry Murden) The Scottish Event Campus (SEC) in Glasgow is reporting a renewed confidence in theRead More

Holiday at home plea

Think carefully about an overseas holiday, says FM

Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon: no certainty on quarantines First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned those planning a holiday overseas, particularly to Spain, that there is no guarantee they won’t be hit with quarantineRead More

Relief for holidaymakers

Spain no longer on Scots travel quarantine list

Barcelona
Scots holidaymakers need no longer enter quarantine after travelling from Spain Travellers arriving into Scotland from mainland Spain and its islands are no longer required to go into quarantine. TheRead More

Monday Update

DB Live: Man City verdict; Unite Students Scots deal

Heathrow
REFRESH PAGE MANUALLY FOR UPDATES 4.45pm: London close Stocks in London ended higher, shrugging off a rise in coronavirus infections in the US. The FTSE 100 index closed up 80.78Read More