Punch to sell more Scottish pubs
A DOZEN Scottish pubs have been put up for sale as industry heavyweight Punch Taverns enters the latest stage in its on-going restructuring programme.In total, the company has 65 premises up for grabs...
View ArticleBusiness briefs: North–east caterer toasts £15m deal | Bank of Ireland |...
Aberdeen-based catering and facilities management company Entiér has landed a £15 million contract for work with the offshore energy industry over the next three years. The firm has been hired by...
View ArticleAlasdair Gardner expands Lloyds role as bank sees confidence returning
Bank of Scotland veteran Alasdair Gardner is to take the reins of Lloyds’ commercial banking arm in Scotland as it looks to grab a bigger slice of the SME market.Gardner, who joined the bank in 1987...
View ArticleJob cuts help slimmed-down Dawnfresh narrow its losses
Fish farming and processing firm Dawnfresh narrowed its losses last year as it slashed its less profitable operations.The Uddingston-headquartered company, which is chaired and controlled by Alastair...
View ArticleSleeper specials to take to the road as Stagecoach places bumper order
STAGECOACH will spend over £75 million in the coming year on hundreds of additional buses, including ten purpose-built “sleeper coaches” to run on cross-Border Megabus routes in the UK.The transport...
View ArticleArran appoints global manager
Arran Brewery’s Veronica Michaluk is to market her family’s beer internationally after the firm secured a grant from Scottish Enterprise to help its exports drive.Michaluk, who runs the company...
View Article£3.5bn trade gap fuels fears of triple dip recession
Economists warned Britain was headed for “triple-dip” territory after figures showed the trade deficit narrowed only slightly in November.The monthly trade gap for goods and services of £3.5 billion...
View ArticleAnalysis: ‘Specialist retailers may find their niche has become a tomb’
IN A flat retail market for every “winner” there has to be a “loser”, and Jessops is merely the first of the casualties to emerge in 2013, writes Nick Bubb.Many of these will be specialist retailers...
View ArticleUnion fury over government’s latest nitrate control proposals
Proposed changes by the Scottish Government to its nitrates action programme yesterday produced a feisty reaction from NFU Scotland, which claimed that any environmental gain would be minimal compared...
View ArticleCAP reform must be properly thought out says Pack
Up UNTIL now, most of the discussions on the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have centred on what these policies will be, but yesterday the man currently conducting a review into the amount of...
View ArticleMarkets: Top shares charge to four-year high
Britain’s FTSE 100 Index powered to its highest level for more than four years yesterday as America’s reporting season got off to an upbeat start.Angus Campbell, head of market analysis at Capital...
View ArticleSainsbury’s boss warns of tough year ahead as sales growth eases
SAINSBURY’S rang up slowing quarterly sales growth today as its chief executive warned of no let-up in chronic nervous consumer sentiment in 2013.Posting 0.9 per cent like-for-like sales growth, down...
View ArticleWet weather takes a bite out of Greggs’ sales
Greggs, the UK’s largest bakery chain, has revealed a dip in sales over the festive season as last month’s wet weather saw shoppers stay away from the high street.The group, which has more than 1,670...
View ArticleFalling sales hit M&S shares
Shares in Marks & Spencer fell in early trading this morning following last night’s impromptu trading update from the retail bellwether.The group was forced into rushing out its Christmas trading...
View ArticleScottish Business Briefing - Thursday 10 January, 2013
WELCOME to scotsman.com’s Scottish Business Briefing. Every morning we bring you a comprehensive round-up of all news affecting business in Scotland today. RETAILCamera firm Jessops first high street...
View ArticleRolling ahead: BMW rallies with record figures for 2012
BMW has achieved its highest ever annual sales and is forecasting further gains in 2013 as it defies the turmoil in the eurozone.The German carmaker yesterday reported a record result for each of its...
View ArticleComment: Bookies gamble on Bolland to lose M&S crown
FANCY a bet on Marc Bolland’s chances of survival at Marks & Spencer? The bookmaker Paddy Power will give you just 9/2 that the beleaguered chief executive will be gone by the summer and even...
View ArticleScotland is ‘losing’ £1m lamb promotion cash every year
With lamb producers now facing the lowest prices offered in the past three years, the National Sheep Association (NSA) this week called for progress on levy repatriation worth more that £1 million a...
View ArticleRobert Mansley takes up role at Green Investment Bank
A FORMER investment banker at Morgan Stanley has taken one of the top roles at the Green Investment Bank (GIB).Robert Mansley has been appointed managing director of capital markets at the...
View ArticleWatchdog to hire 1,000 staff as PPI claims soar
The Financial Ombudsman Service plans to take on 1,000 staff this year to deal with a surge of complaints relating to mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).The expansion comes on top of the 1,000...
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