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Viewers complained about BBC Scotland editor Sarah Smith after a report where she claimed former First Minister Alex Salmond should resign THE BBC have thrown out complaints over Sarah Smith’s inaccurate television broadcast about Alex Salmond’s evidence to Holyrood’s sexual harassment inquiry. Viewers wrote in after the Scotland editor told the Six O’clock network news that the former First Minister believed Nicola Sturgeon should resign. However, the former First Minister did not call for his successor to go, saying it was not a decision for him. Smith made the incorrect statement to viewers across the UK on February 26, the day the former first minister and SNP leader gave oral evidence to MSPs investigating the Scottish Government’s mishandling of complaints against him.
Yet the future of the lender Amigo is in doubt after it lost a crucial court judgement. At stake is not just the compensation owed to tens of thousands of customers, but also around 405 jobs at the Bournemouth-headquartered business. The company had warned that it was “highly likely” to go into administration if the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) stood in the way of a proposal to cap the compensation it pays to large numbers of complainants. That view was not accepted by a High Court judge, who agreed with the FCA that rejection of Amigo s scsheme would “probably not lead to the imminent insolvency of the group”.
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Government loan schemes help boost Funding Circle
Updated: 19/05/2021, 4:47 pm
Government support for small businesses in both the US and the UK helped boost Funding Circle. (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Lending platform Funding Circle’s small business customers have turned to the bank in higher numbers than before in the first few months of the year thanks in part to Government support schemes.
The company said that it had “higher origination volumes in the UK” and now expects to beat forecasts by quite some distance.
In an update less than two months ago the company expected adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to be in profit in the first half of this year.