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Workers attend to their tasks at Camperdown Works in Dundee

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A long and rocky economic road

June 21 2017, 7.47am

Under the spotlight: Bid leader David Littlejohn with the Tay Cities Deal document ahead of its submission for government scrutiny earlier this year. The outcome of the bid is not yet known.

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Local priorities must not be lost

June 14 2017, 6.25am

Going nowhere. BA check-in desks fell silent after the IT failure

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BA meltdown a warning to all

May 31 2017, 11.05am

McDonalds have trialled 'fully flexed' contracts for workers on zero hours to limited success

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Will zero hours be scrapped?

May 24 2017, 7.54am

Ineos Grangemouth is the largest industrial site in Scotland

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A summer of discontent

May 17 2017, 6.55am

Entrepreneurial Scotland chairman Chris Van der Kuyl addresses business leaders

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Support key on business scale-up journey

May 10 2017, 9.19am

The Pioneering Spirit lifts the Brent Delta topsides from its base.

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A step behind decom rivals

May 3 2017, 6.54am

FSB table shows the percentage of local procurement budgets spent with local SMEs in 2015/16

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Best value might not be cheapest

April 26 2017, 6.42am

United Airlines treatment of a passenger sparked protests

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Costly lesson in what not to do

April 19 2017, 7.03am

BrewDog co-founders James Watt and Martin Dickie

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BrewDog at a crossroads

April 12 2017, 6.29am

Ineos chairman Jim Ratcliffe is currently planing to build his own off-road vehicle

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An enigmatic industrialist

April 5 2017, 6.48am

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with Prime Minister Theresa May. The constitutional battle being fought by the two leaders has huge implications for business. Picture: Press Association

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Business needs to have a voice

March 29 2017, 6.13am

Chris van der Kuyl wants to create a more entrepreneurial society

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Creating a risk / reward society

March 22 2017, 6.26am

Loganair will operate the Dundee to London Stanstead route for the next two years

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Flying high is vital for Dundee

March 15 2017, 6.46am

Finance Minister Derek Mackay making a statement to Parliament on business rates.

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A change that’s second rate

March 8 2017, 8.52am

Mallzee founder Cally Russell pictured at Dundee University

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Encouraging entrepreneurs

March 1 2017, 6.46am

Circling for prey: Vultures don't exist only in the natural environment.

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Vultures need wings clipped

February 22 2017, 12.01am

Prime Minister Theresa May departing an aircraft. The Brexit flight will be a long and turbulent one.

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Radar missing for Brexit flight

February 15 2017, 6.49am

Tay Cities Deal head David Littlejohn with the bid document

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Tay Cities Deal bid aims high

February 8 2017, 6.24am

Empty shops in Murraygate show that much of Dundee city centre is struggling.

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A BID to help the city centre

February 1 2017, 12.01am

Prime Minister Theresa May addresses leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos

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Trade alliance key for PM May

January 25 2017, 6.56am

Prime Minister Theresa May delivering her keynote Brexit speech

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Trade will go on, come what May

January 18 2017, 6.53am

Consumers shopping habits have changed and now span both digital and high street experiences

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Retailing myths debunked

January 11 2017, 6.33am

Artist's impressions of how the £350m Nigg Bay extension of Aberdeen Harbour could look when it is completed in 2020.

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Decom fight is on

December 22 2016, 9.28am

Shirley Penman joined Amazon as a seasonal worker and has made a successful career for herself.

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Amazon finds itself in a jam

December 13 2016, 9.00pm

The emerging V&;A is the focus of regeneration in Dundee, but a Tay Cities deal could deliver an even greater economic boost.

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A Deal to ease growing pains

December 7 2016, 6.00am

The Port of Dundee hopes to capitalise on decommissioning work.

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Hope of sunnier times

November 30 2016, 6.54am

Scuffles broke out in UK stores as customers fought for Black Friday bargains in 2014

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Black Friday: Think before you shop

November 23 2016, 7.11am

Trouble in store as police deal with Black Friday.

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Real trouble in store from US

November 16 2016, 12.01am

President-elect Donald Trump

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US Election analysis: Donald Trump victory unlikely to be the last surprise

November 9 2016, 4.22pm

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Marks & Spencer shop in Perth High Street. .

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Shoppers want to click, not call

November 9 2016, 12.01am

On fire: Business from across Tayside and Fife are turning up the heat on their competitors

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Bragging rights must be used

November 2 2016, 6.52am

Shops in Dundee city centre could become more viable after changes in the small business rates bonus scheme.

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Spicing up our high streets

October 26 2016, 12.01am

Aircraft wait on stands at Hathrow's Terminal 3

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Just make a decision already

October 19 2016, 6.05am

The draft cabinet committe paper predicting the impact of a Hard Brexit is based on a study published by former Chancellor George Osborne during the referendum campaign

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Brexit impact is unquantifiable

October 12 2016, 6.53am

Neverending: the constant flow of items along the gift-wrapping line at Amazon's Dunfermline fulfilment centre

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The hard job of liking Amazon

October 5 2016, 12.33am

The Silberline premises in Leven.

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Loss-making Fife paint firm confident of future profit

October 1 2016, 12.01am

Work is already under way at the Port of Dundee on a £10 million upgrade of the dockside to allow heavy infrastructure to be taken on and offshore.

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Time to back the Tay Cities Deal

September 27 2016, 6.26am

Oil rigs stacked at the Port of Dundee

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No guarantee of new jobs at Port

September 21 2016, 6.15am

A railway poster depicting St Andrews

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Economic case for return of rail

September 7 2016, 4.09pm

The shutters came down on BHS's 88-year-long high street reign at the weekend.

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Will we see your like again?

August 31 2016, 7.00am

Women who reduce their hours to provide childcare can find their earnings potential permanently disadvantaged

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Gender pay gap must be closed

August 24 2016, 6.02am

The proposed new Next store on the Kingsway.

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Rejection of Next superstore is a costly mistake

August 16 2016, 10.01am

Councillors rejected Next's proposals for a Kingsway West store at a heated meeting on Monday.

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Next move over to councillors

August 10 2016, 6.57am

Hermann Twickler outside PressureFab's former premises at Riverside, Dundee

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Hermann’s determination not enough to sustain PressureFab

August 3 2016, 8.59am

Workers at the GSK site in Montrose.

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A devastating week for jobs — and there may be more bad news to come

August 3 2016, 6.31am

File photo dated 23/09/10 of the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Ramsgate in Kent. George Osborne will make a pitch to ordinary working people today when he delivers his penultimate Budget before the general election.

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Renewables plan all at sea

July 27 2016, 12.01am

The Ineos Intrepid: one of the so-called Dragon shale fleet

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A hard decision on shale gas

July 20 2016, 6.44am

Prime Ministerial candidates Michael Gove and Theresa May

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Time to set self interest aside

July 6 2016, 7.32am

Del Boy falls through the bar top in a classic episode of Only Fools and Horses

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Brexit: EU must be kidding me

June 29 2016, 7.00am

A European Union flag, with a hole cut in the middle, flies at half mast.

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Brexit vote must not spark panic

June 24 2016, 12.06pm

City development director Mike Galloway addressing delegates at the Dundee Economic Summit

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Working in the common good

June 22 2016, 7.07am

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been drafted in to bolster the Remain campaign but the voice of Scottish business is still not being heard.

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Time to put up or shut up over EU

June 15 2016, 6.39am

Former Energy Secretary Tony Benn opens a valve to release the firstoil from the Argyll field in the North Sea.

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Clinging to life

June 15 2016, 6.00am

Voters and supporters gather at the get-together of the promoters of the initiative for an unconditional basic income in Basel, Switzerland.

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Swiss were right to reject free money — because work has a value

June 8 2016, 8.00am

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Sleepwalking into nightmare

June 1 2016, 6.25am

Businessman Wilco Vlaar hopes to be a regular user of the Dundee to Amsterdam link

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Now or never for Dundee Airport

May 25 2016, 6.48am

Bridge of Sighs in Venice

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Setting new standards of service

May 18 2016, 6.47am

Andy Willox, Scottish policy convener of the Federation of Small Businesses, with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

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Getting back to business after the election

May 11 2016, 8.57am

John Swinney

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Two totally different votes

May 4 2016, 6.54am

The former Guinness chairman, Ernest Saunders talks to reporters after an appearance at Bow Street Magistrates Court in 1987.

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Whisky exodus cost Perth pride and wealth

April 27 2016, 8.10am

Lesley Eccles of FanDuel speaks with Chris van der Kuyl, chairman of Entrepreneurial Scotland.

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Entrepreneurial Scotland: Doing business with flair

April 27 2016, 8.05am

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Is anyone surprised by BHS’s demise?

April 26 2016, 9.06am

Havelock Europa's headquarters in Kirkcaldy.

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Still all to play for at Havelock Europa

April 20 2016, 6.34am

Kelly Morris at the door of Balgonie Castle

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Balgonie Castle meltdown shows dangers of social media

April 13 2016, 5.00am

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Budget inflation too much for businesses

March 16 2016, 8.30am

Gordon Robbie Evening Telegraph general view Dundee City Square and Reform Street from Tayside House

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Teamwork could be key to reviving Dundee city centre fortunes

February 24 2016, 6.00am

VW CEO Martin Winterkorn was forced to apologise over the damaging emissions scandal.

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Never take the public for fools: a lesson for Volkswagen

September 23 2015, 5.00am

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SMEs richly deserve a bigger slice of the cake

December 2 2014, 9.56pm

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Chilling warning over state of North Sea oil and gas sector

June 18 2014, 6.49am

James Williamson

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Making case for new appreciation of country’s manufacturing sector

May 21 2014, 8.06am

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Welcome evidence that fair pay is on political radar

May 14 2014, 6.53am

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Long term support required for best return from District 10

January 22 2014, 6.43am

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Oil industry should look to leave Super Pumas behind

August 28 2013, 11.51am

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