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BBC Scotland business and economy editor

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 8

    Need more nurses, doctors, scientists, technicians from beyond Europe? We’re going about it in a heavy-handed way. In recent months, you’d need to be heading for a job on at least £55k. Blogged:

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  2. 8 hours ago

    . can't wait any longer for Downing Street to make its mind up on Brexit: shifting forex from London to Dublin, but without London job losses

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  3. 8 hours ago

    RBS ceo Ross McEwan is being required by the Scottish Affairs Select Cttee at Westminster to explain his claim to MPs that staff are not incentivised to shift customers to the RBS app, while subsequent newspaper reports point to such individual targets being set.

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  4. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    The result of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill Debate is in – yes 93, no 30. The motion is therefore passed and means the does not give its consent for the EU Withdrawal Bill.

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  5. 10 hours ago

    Mrs Unis haggis pakora product recall, on 200g packs, which may contain strips of polythene: Food Standards (Polythene might seem the least of the challenges with the average haggis.)

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  6. 10 hours ago

    * Joblessness less * Clydesdale ponies up for PPI * Next Feb for new channel * TSB 'dreadful response' * Plugging in Shetland * XXL: should bigger people pay more for bigger clothes? business

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  7. 11 hours ago

    As you were.

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  8. 11 hours ago

    Even worse/better jargon is a new term (to me): to 'eat your own dog food', or 'dogfooding' - which means consuming or using your employing company's product, esp in IT. Sometimes associated with ironing out glitches. eg 'I decisioned to dogfood the iPlayer app'

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  9. 12 hours ago

    Just caught up with the word 'decisioning'. Seems Standard Life Aberdeen has a 'head of decisioning'. Nope. Me neither.

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  10. 12 hours ago

    These accountants sure can kill the romance: “Non-domiciled status means that Meghan’s non-UK investment income won't be subject to UK tax, provided it's not remitted to the UK. This is the ‘remittance basis’ of tax: applies for up to 15 yrs from date became UK resident”

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  11. 13 hours ago

    Clydesdale Bank is closing its Glasgow offices and moving staff to a new purpose-built headquarters building on Bothwell Street. (It's yet to be built, mind.)

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  12. 13 hours ago

    Total set aside by Clydesdale Bank/Yorkshire Bank/CYBG for PPI mis-selling compensation: now at £2.49bn. Proportionate to its size, is that the highest?

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  13. 14 hours ago

    Oil on the rise again: Brent crude now over $79 per barrel:

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  14. 14 hours ago

    Clydesdale Bank/CYBG ready to pounce on opportunity from Royal Bank of Scotland which will hand over a lot of cash to help smaller challenger banks expand business banking, as part of the EU condition for RBS getting UK state aid.

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  15. 14 hours ago

    Clydesdale Bank's owner CYBG reports underlying 6-month profits +28% to £158m. However, not underlying, the extra £350m required for PPI mis-selling costs pushes it into post-tax loss of £76m ...

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  16. 15 hours ago

    CORRECTED: The Brexit effect? First fall in EU27 workers in UK since 2010 (due to the Recession), down 28k Jan-Mar Workers from eastern EU down 10% on last year, by 91k to 917k Non-UK nationals working in the UK 1997: 3.5% 2018: 11%

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  17. 16 hours ago

    The Brexit effect? First fall in EU27 workers in UK since 2010 (due to the Recession), down 28k Jan-Mar Workers from eastern EU down 10% on last year, by 91k to 917k Non-UK nationals working int he EU 1997: 3.5% 2018: 11%

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  18. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    UK wages have overtaken inflation for the first time in over a year, official statistics show. For all the latest updates, follow our live page:

    Chart showing wage squeeze coming to an end and comparing inflation to wage growth
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  19. 16 hours ago

    Scots seeking work Jan-Mar: down 6k to 118k (UK -46k) Rate: 4.3% (UK 4.2%) Scots IN work -2k (UK +197k} Employment rate (aged 16-64): 74.7%

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  20. May 14

    Oil today trading up $1.36 at $78.48. Another day like that and Brent crude will be close to tipping the $80 mark. For drivers/oil consumers, it doesn't help that the £ has fallen against $ in recent weeks.

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  21. May 14

    US court decision has opened up vast sports betting market. UK big 3 listed firms see a £1.5bn lift in valuations - with estimated $150bn pa, a "significant land grab opportunity for these operators":

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