A new international air link between Dundee and Amsterdam starts this morning, funded through the UK Government’s £7 million Regional Air Connectivity fund. The first Flybe flight from Schiphol will touch down in Dundee at 11.55am today, and marks the start of Dundee’s first ever international air route. Flybe will run the service six times […]
New powers for the Scottish Parliament will be used to create a fairer country, Constitution Secretary Derek Mackay has pledged. From today, the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government receive new powers through the Scotland Act 2016. Many of these powers allow for legislation to be taken forward in areas including equal opportunities, consumer advocacy and […]
Orders improved a little overall and output grew, according to the latest monthly CBI Industrial Trends Survey. The survey of 489 manufacturers found that a rebound in the food and drink sector, following localised flooding earlier this year, drove an increase in overall output in the three months to May. Excluding food and drink, the […]
Thousands of acres of South Pennines moorland and peat bogs to be better protected as a new EU-funded restoration project gets underway. The MoorLIFE 2020 project – which received €12m funding from the European Union – will restore and preserve areas of blanket bog developed over thousands of years which are internationally rare due to their high […]
Domestic tourists spent £400m more in visits to Scotland in 2015 compared to the previous year, according to figures released on 20 May. There was a 14% increase in domestic tourism expenditure in Scotland in 2015, and although overseas visitors dipped by 4%, visitor spend was at its highest level for more than a decade. […]
A new contract worth around £1.1bn has been awarded to UK industry to supply rotary wing training to the Armed Forces. As announced by Babcock International Group to the stock exchange this morning, it brings the value of Ministry of Defence (MOD) contracts with Ascent Flight Training to £2.8bn. Their work delivering the four core […]
In a speech delivered at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the Economic Secretary highlighted the important role that financial services in the North West play in rebalancing the economy. The North West has a fantastic and growing reputation for financial services. It hosts a booming cluster of financial, accounting, legal and management consulting firms with […]
Commenting on the retail sales figures for April 2016, published on 19 May by the ONS, David Kern, BCC Chief Economist, said: “After the disappointing decline in March, the strong retail sales recovery in April supports our view that in spite of major headwinds the UK economy continues to grow, albeit at a slowing pace. “However, […]
Businesses and agencies are to travel to Japan to present world-leading UK technologies to Asia’s biggest gathering of automotive engineers. The best of British automotive innovation will be showcased at this month’s Japanese Society of Automotive Engineers 2016 Annual Congress in Pacifico, Yokohama. A UK delegation of 20 businesses and funding agencies including Innovate UK, the Advanced Propulsion […]
Innovate UK is seeking applications for funding from business-university partnerships with plans to improve competitiveness and productivity by employing a recent graduate with relevant expertise. The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme is a three-way partnership between a business, an academic institution and a recent graduate. The academic institution employs the graduate, who works at the […]
