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Pioneering distillery launching £1m crowdfund campaign

An island distillery will today announce plans to raise £1m for its experimental spirits. Full details will be published here at 9am.

Interview

Interview: Ed Ludbrook, cryptocurrency entrepreneur

Ed Ludbrook
Ed Ludbrook is a global finance entrepreneur advising on company restructuring and now evangelising on new opportunities for ordinary investors to make money.

Legal deal

Anderson Strathern acquires Glasgow-based Hardy Macphail

Murray McCall
Eilidh Knox, Michael Ritchie, Murray McCall, Julie Macphail and John Hardy Scottish legal firm Anderson Strathern has acquired Glasgow practice Hardy Macphail and will absorb the firm into its office in theRead More

Warning on debt

Tories ‘cannot afford promised tax cuts’ says tax think tank

Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson: government now adrift (pic: Terry Murden) Boris Johnson has been warned that promised tax giveaways risks pushing up government debt and forcing a return to further cuts inRead More

Interview

Interview: Jane Morrison-Ross, CEO ScotlandIS

Jane Morrison-Ross
Jane Morrison-Ross will not be short of things to do, given her commitment to support “every” industry and she will be pressing the sector’s case relentlessly to digital minister KateRead More

Former Tory leadership candidate Rory Stewart will not seek re-election and has quit the party

Former Cabinet minister and Tory party leadership candidate Rory Stewart has announced he will be standing down as an MP at the next general election He also revealed that heRead More

Help for employers

Immigration rule change eases pressure on overseas recruitment

open office
It will become easier to hire overseas workers Architectural practices, vets and web designers will benefit from lower administration charges when searching for international talent, following changes to UK immigrationRead More

Petitioners will appeal

Judge rules Johnson’s suspension of parliament was lawful

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson: prorogation was within the law A judge in Edinburgh has ruled that Boris Johnson’s suspension, or prorogation, of parliament was within the law. Lord Doherty has dismissed legalRead More

A Scottish judge has refused to order a temporary halt to Boris Johnson’s plan to shut down the Westminster Parliament

A group of 75 parliamentarians sought an interim interdict at the Court of Session ahead of a full hearing. Their request was declined by Lord Doherty, who said he wasRead More

Edinburgh Festival

Fringe comedy award winners announced