74 m. ago 'I swapped £40 designer body mist for a £2 retro version and I'm obsessed'

This body spray is a firm favourite with shoppers, and it's not hard to see why. It smells so good, and even lasts all day when you spritz it on your body and clothes

Economics

2 h. ago Drinks firms International Beverage and William Grant & Sons raise £34k for St Andrew's Hospice with charity football match

Airdrieonians FC's Excelsior Stadium hosted the game, which saw International Beverage win 4-0.

Economics

2 h. ago Alexander Dennis job losses in Scotland 'not a done deal' as firm urges increase in orders

The bus firm said orders for up to 100 buses and changes to regulation are needed before the end of the year.

Economics

3 h. ago Helping firms of all sizes fill finance recruitment gaps across the central belt of Scotland

Hutcheon Mearns can help fill finance staffing gaps with this specialist offering, which is expanding across the Central Belt, as Rosemary Gallagher explains.

Economics

3 h. ago Flexiclean: Edinburgh cleaning firm aims to go viral for team spirit and top services across central Scotland

An Edinburgh-based cleaning firm which covers all of central Scotland is hoping to share the feel good factor, inspiring other businesses and the Instagram generation with unique behind-the-scenes glimpses of what they do.

Politics

3 h. ago UK's 'saddest' abandoned shopping centre shuts graffitied doors with empty streets and dead rat

Doors on the UK's saddest shopping centre - St Catherine's Place in Bedminster - remain firmly shut, albeit graffitied, with stores boarded up and rubbish lining the entranceway

Economics

4 h. ago Starmer admits employer national insurance tax hikes piled pressure on British business

Keir Starmer said the government recognised it has ‘asked a lot’ of British firms since the general election

Economics

4 h. ago Keir Starmer defends Labour's tax hikes and employment rights red tape as business chiefs warn burden must NOT be increased again

Keir Starmer admitted the government had 'asked a lot' of firms as he addressed the British Chambers of Commerce conference in London .

Events

4 h. ago Solar confidence shines, but industry trust casts shadow, finds report

Faith in solar savings is soaring, but a surge in sloppy installations and poor aftercare could derail the nation’s green progress, warns a new survey from a leading energy firm.

Politics

7 h. ago The fraudster who sold fake Scottish tea to luxury firms, including Balmoral Hotel, in £550k swindle

Thomas Robinson has been jailed for three-and-a-half years over the swindle based on ‘unique’ Scottish tea.

Economics

7 h. ago Bumble sacks hundreds of staff as Gen Z ditches dating apps to find love the old fashioned way

The company behind the UK's third most popular dating app, has reportedly told investors that 240 jobs could be axed in order to save $40 million (£29.4m) a year.

Politics

7 h. ago Shell confirms it has ‘no intention’ of making an offer for BP

Shell told investors on Thursday that no discussions with BP over a possible deal had taken place.

Politics

8 h. ago Shipping is one of the world’s dirtiest industries – could this invention finally clean up cargo fleets?

Freighters emit more greenhouse gases than jets, but a tech startup believes a simple and effective technique can help the industry change course An industrial park alongside the River Lea in the London suburb of Chingford might not be the most obvious place for a quiet revolution to be taking place. But there, a team of entrepreneurs is tinkering with a modest looking steel container that could hold a solution to one of the world’s dirtiest industries.Inside it are thousands of cherry-sized pellets made from quicklime. At one end, a diesel generator pipes fumes through the lime, which soaks up the carbon, triggering a chemical reaction that transforms it into limestone. Continue reading...

Transport

10 h. ago Fears over US debt load and inflation ignite exodus from long

Investors have exited funds at fastest rate since 2020 at height of Covid pandemic

Economics

12 h. ago Best waterside pubs along Britain’s rivers perfect for sunny weekends

Ahead of the sizzling weather, boat hire firm Drifters - which offers over 500 boats for hire from 40 locations across England, Scotland and Wales - has put together its list of the best river and canalside pubs in the country

Politics

13 h. ago Revealed: Nicola Peltz's father's 'shocking lavatory outburst' at Brooklyn's wedding that 'horrified' the Beckhams. Friends expose 'foul' behaviour that REALLY started toxic feud to KATIE HIND

On Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz 's wedding day an incident involving her billionaire father Nelson so horrified the groom's family that it as good as ended relations between the two sides

Events

14 h. ago Tories vow to rip up the workers' rights charter: Rayner's 'Unemployment Bill' would hand more power to unions

Industry leaders will be asked if the rest of the Employment Rights Bill, which even the Government's own calculations admit will cost firms £5 billion a year, should also be scrapped.

Economics

14 h. ago Tories vow to rip up the workers' rights charter: Rayner's 'Unemployment Bill' would hand more power to unions

Industry leaders will be asked if the rest of the Employment Rights Bill, which even the Government's own calculations admit will cost firms £5 billion a year, should also be scrapped.

Economics

15 h. ago Hazardous waste among 30,000 tonnes of rubbish dumped in woods linked to organised crime

The illegal dumping has been described as an ‘environmental disaster’ by residents

Events

15 h. ago Investors call on chemical firms to phase out toxic substances

It comes as officials, business leaders and scientists gather in Uruguay this week to discuss the next phase in the UN Global Framework on Chemicals.

Economics