Highlights

Markets: Close

OBR forecasts ‘ready earlier’ | Next cuts guidance

Money - own pic

Music Festival

Glasgow in party mood for Nile’s Bronx beat

Bank merger

Never mind the banknotes, here’s Virgin’s brand

Clydesdale £5 note

Law

Laura steps into retiring father’s shoes at law firm

Laura and Iain Considine

EIFF

Film: Stars come out for Edinburgh premiere

Kelly Macdonald

Charity gig

Artists sign up for Michelle Obama’s Edinburgh night

Deacon Blue

On the Money

Pessimists need to admit it’s getting better

Alan Steel

Corporate finance

More consolidation expected in Scottish IFA market

Shop launch

Bridge paint firm makes a splash in new home

Books

Book review: advertising world facing a day of reckoning