Russell Dalgleish is the co-founder and chairman of the Scottish Business Network, a not-for-profit organisation connecting 12,000 Scots across 75 countries. Born in Selkirk, Dalgleish, 60, set up the network in 2015 with Christine Esson after a career in which he became chief executive of software and engineering-related companies. During that time, he learnt to…
More than 150,000 customers of Britain’s biggest energy supplier have been offered half-price power on Sunday in a trial designed to encourage them to shift electricity use to “off-peak” times when national demand is low. British Gas said that it would refund 50 per cent of the unit rate for any electricity the customers used…
Young Londoners are leading the return to the office in Britain, but older workers’ preference for working from home is causing the country to lag behind rivals. In a survey of work habits in London, Paris, New York, Sydney and Singapore and Toronto, London had the second-lowest rate of office attendance, according to Centre for…
In a world where smartphones are increasingly seen as dangerous to children and teenagers, prying the young away from screens in their formative years seems ever more important. The tech entrepreneur Ben Drury thinks he has the answer, all with a little help from his friends. Yoto, a British start-up that has created a child-friendly…
British Gas owner Centrica paid its boss £4.5 million last year as its profits tripled to a record £3.3 billion. Chris O’Shea’s pay package was five times higher than in 2021, when he opted to forgo his annual bonus saying it felt “wrong” to accept one at a time when households were struggling with soaring…
Foresight Group delivered a bullish upgrade yesterday, with Bernard Fairman, its executive chairman, hailing an “outstanding year” for the renewables-focused investment manager, achieving “exceptional results against a challenging market backdrop”. The announcement was warmly welcomed by investors, who drove up its share price by nearly 10 per cent after it said its revenues were set…