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Stand-off continues

Rail union rejects pay offer to avoid summit strike

Glasgow station and ScotRail
Trains will not run in and out of Glasgow if strike goes ahead (pic: Terry Murden) A rail union leader has dismissed a 4.7% pay offer over two years toRead More

Market report

Domino’s hires 8,000 | Daligas fails | Hays fee income rises

Domino's
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: FTSE 100 at near 19-month highs The blue chip FTSE 100 index closed higher despite rising energy prices and inflation fears. It jumped 66 points,Read More

Daily Business Live

THG plummets | EasyJet sees recovery | Calnex guidance

Edinburgh airport Easyjet
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: THG shares take big hit THG, formerly The Hut Group, saw its shares plummet 35% after shareholders were told at its first capital markets dayRead More

Market report

ASOS CEO quits as market tightens | Heathrow traffic falls

ASOS
REFRESH PAGE FOR UPDATES 5pm: Markets price in interest rate rise At the close, the FTSE 100 index was 51.30 points, or 0.7% higher at 7,146.85, the day’s peak andRead More

'Irresponsible nationalism'

Jack says SNP ‘just wants to be different’ on freeports

Alister Jack
Alister Jack: Scottish green port will be uncompetitive Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has accused the Scottish Government ministers of once again deliberately “being different” in their insistence on imposing extraRead More

Talks planned

Pay offer aims to halt Scotrail strike during COP26

ScotRail
ScotRail faces a series of strikes A pay offer will be made to rail workers in a bid to avoid a series of disruptive strikes during the COP26 climate summitRead More

Breach reported

Government takes control of Southeastern rail franchise

Grant Shapps
Grant Shapps: protection All services operated by train operator Southeastern are being taken over by the Government after a “serious breach” of its franchise agreement. Southeastern is run by GoviaRead More

Change of policy

Holyrood u-turn brings Scots airports in line with England

Glasgow-Airport-protest
Scottish airports have called for greater assistance Testing for inbound international travel is to be eased and will align with the UK after Nicola Sturgeon’s government reversed its earlier decisionRead More

Recovery call

No minister has visited airport to discuss Covid

Gordon Dewar
Gordon Dewar: ‘We are lagging behind our competitors’ (pic: Terry Murden) No Scottish government minister has visited Edinburgh Airport to discuss the Covid crisis with management, it has emerged. GordonRead More

£445m price tag

National Express in talks to acquire Stagecoach

Stagecoach
Stagecoach shareholders would own 25% of the group National Express has confirmed that it is negotiating a takeover of Stagecoach in an all-shares deal that values the Scottish firm atRead More