Pilots returning to work “following extended periods without flying could be at risk of performing below their normal standard during their first few flights”, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch says. A report suggests that a rapid descent made by a passenger plane may be linked to pilots being grounded during the pandemic, investigators have said.
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A team of scientists, coordinated by Professor Stephen Euston at Heriot-Watt University, is tackling sustainability issues by using natural ingredients produced by marine microbes as alternatives to the chemical agents currently used. Their work is focused on everyday items like foods, pharmaceuticals, and beauty products.The huge market demand for surfactants and emulsifiers is currently met
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Businesses signing up for fixed contracts with Perth-based SSE will now receive all their electricity from renewable sources operated by the company.This announcement comes as the group makes it easier for its customers to hit their climate change targets by bringing together its services under a single SSE Energy Solutions brand.SSE, which is the biggest
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SUSTAINABLE investing has “come of age” thanks to the pandemic, with recruitment experts across Scotland’s financial sector urging those within it to upskill in order to thrive in a changed landscape – or risk becoming obsolete. Edinburgh-based Core-Asset Consulting is warning of a growing knowledge gap as funds are increasingly held to account and placed
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Perth-based housebuilder Stephen has once again been voted a ‘Five Star’ builder by its customers. The family firm, which dates back to 1935, has earned the rating following a rigorous, externally verified customer satisfaction survey backed by industry body Homes for Scotland. The survey is designed to provide buyers with information that will help guide
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Food firm Baxters could close its restaurant and retail outlet in Moray with the loss of up to 30 jobs. The Fochabers-based business – famed for its soups and preserves – has a Highland Village visitors centre in the town. Baxters said the coronavirus pandemic had “exacerbated the already challenging trading conditions”. It has begun
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Plans to open a railway station in a Borders village which last saw passenger services more than 50 years ago have been given the go-ahead. Network Rail wants to build the two-platform structure with 70 parking spaces at Reston in Berwickshire. A station opened in the village in 1846 but the last passenger services stopped
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Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland have introduced new home mover house purchase mortgages for borrowers with deposits as low as 10 per cent. The deals will broaden out the banks’ low deposit offering beyond only first-time buyers, to existing homeowners looking to move. New build properties are excluded from the deals and they cannot be used
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Glasgow-based chartered accountants, Wylie & Bisset, say that Finance Secretary Kate Forbes’ first budget has put funding and spending at its forefront, while sidestepping tax hikes. Warning that Scotland’s economic growth will not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024, Ms Forbes confirmed that Scotland had suffered an unprecedented ‘economic shock’, triggering extra borrowing powers. GDP
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The limit on a single payment using contactless technology could rise to £100 – more than double the current limit. The coronavirus pandemic has led to larger amounts spent via contactless payments, either using cards or devices such as smartphones. It has been less than a year since the limit was raised from £30 to
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