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Business rates boost

Rates bonus for cafes, shops and aviation as Chiquito closes

Cafes and bars get full rates relief Restaurants, pubs, cafes, shops and cinemas will have no rates to pay for the whole of the next financial year as part ofRead More

Aviation in crisis

Menzies directors take pay cut and seek support

Menzies Aviation
Menzies: seeking support Directors and senior management at John Menzies have taken 20% pay cuts and is seeking help from the government to ensure it gets through the current healthRead More

Thursday update

Daily Business Live: Dow Jones in new surge; STV update

Traders on Wall St (pic: NYSE)
10pm: Markets Wall Street shrugged off dismal jobs figures to mark its strongest three days since 1931. The Dow Jones closed at 22,552.17, up 1,351.62 points (6.38%)., That was 21% up onRead More

Monday update

Daily Business Live: Salmond cleared; markets crash; ITV; Asco;

ITV
5pm: Nucleus Edinburgh financial wrap platform Nucleus has postponed its annual results due out tomorrow. Full story here 4.45pm: Markets The Federal Reserve’s commitment to unlimited purchases of US TreasuriesRead More

Salary sacrifice

Stagecoach directors take 50% pay cut as passengers slump

Stagecoach
Bus passengers are down 40% Transport group Stagecoach said directors will take a 50% cut in salary as figures show paying bus passenger numbers have slumped by 40% because ofRead More

Aviation crisis

Edinburgh Airport ‘planning to axe 248 jobs’ says Unite

Edinburgh airport Easyjet
Flights are being grounded Edinburgh Airport is planning to axe 248 jobs because of the crisis facing the civil aviation sector, says the Unite union. A combination of Flybe falling intoRead More

Fewer trains operating

Reduced rail services to be introduced from next week

Glasgow station and ScotRail
ScotRail protecting staff and freight (pic: Terry Murden) Rail services in Scotland will move to a reduced timetable similar to a Sunday service from next week to protect services forRead More

Friday updates

Daily Business Live: Wall St close; airport jobs; retailers update

M&S label
10pm: Wall Street Wall Street ended its worst week since the financial crisis of 2008 as stocks again fell after a brief upturn. The Dow Jones index finished lower byRead More

Plan to keep open

Edinburgh Airport expects ‘zero’ passengers during crisis

Edinburgh airport
Airport expects no passengers (pic: Terry Murden) Edinburgh Airport says it is expecting a period of ‘zero or close to zero passengers’ and has put a plan into action toRead More

Integrated hub

New rail station ‘will match Motherwell’s plans’

New look: station work will start in summer A revamped station for Motherwell will create “a gateway to the Glasgow City Region” and help match the town’s development plans, sayRead More