French Duncan to advise BioCity Scotland
Accounting firm French Duncan is to provide advice to tenants at the BioCity Scotland project in Lanarkshire after signing up to a corporate partnership agreement with the life sciences incubator.Head...
View ArticlePeter Jones: Algae could be fuel game changer
The ultimate green solution to our energy needs may be right beneath our feet, but at what cost to Scotland, asks Peter JonesIf YOU have paving or walls which get damp, you will be familiar with the...
View ArticleMarkets wait on ECB’s ‘magic trick’
Talk of fresh stimulus measures from central banks helped lift markets yesterday, with banks among the biggest beneficiaries amid hopes the European Central Bank (ECB) will resume bond buying on...
View ArticleFarming: Midlock leads at Blackface show
The Royal Highland Show champion, a home-bred ewe from J Wight & Sons, Midlock, scooped the overall championship at the Blackface Sheep Breeders’ Association national show at Stirling.Reserve went...
View ArticleFarming: Holyrood backs dairy group with £100,000
Boosted by £100,000 of cash from the Scottish Government, dairy farmers who packed Lanark Market yesterday threw their weight behind a new organisation aimed at improving their negotiating strength.NFU...
View ArticleBusiness news in brief: Storyboard | EasyJet | Hiscox | Keppie | Co–op
STORYBOARD ASSETS, the artwork investor founded by Edinburgh entrepreneur Luke Heron, is inviting shareholders to bid for its collection after the pictures failed to sell at auction.Chairman Marcus...
View ArticleScottish Business Briefing - Tuesday 31 July, 2012
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. BANKING‘Shameful, embarrassing’ lack of...
View ArticleSausage skin maker tucks in to rising profits
Devro, the Moodiesburn-based sausage skin maker, served up a rise in half-year profits after sales of its higher-margin “Select” range increased in developed markets such as Germany and Japan.The FTSE...
View ArticleOil major BP still paying the price of Deepwater disaster
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to plague BP more than two years after the disaster as the energy giant has revealed a further $847 million (£538m) hit to cover rising legal costs.The additional...
View ArticleMan Utd float risks fans’ backlash
Manchester United risked a backlash from fans today over the owning Glazer family’s plans to retain half the proceeds of the club’s US flotation.Supporters of the Old Trafford club had hoped that all...
View ArticleWeir Group shares dip as oil and gas arm comes under pressure
Shares in Weir Group, the Glasgow-based engineering giant, fell in early trading after the firm warned profits at its oil and gas business would fall below City expectations.The stock edged lower...
View ArticleWolfson hit by analyst downgrade despite revenues beating forecasts
Wolfson Microelectronics, the Edinburgh-based chip maker, was hit by an analyst’s downgrade despite its second-quarter sales figures beating City forecasts.Analysts at Numis Securities cut their...
View ArticleExpedia and Booking.com face investigation into hotel room discounts
THE OPERATOR of Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza hotels and two of the UK’s biggest online travel agents - Expedia and Booking.com - are facing an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading today for...
View ArticleDavid Cameron hails engineering jobs boost on visit to Fife
THE Prime Minister has promised to support manufacturing as he congratulated a Fife firm which is taking on 350 workers after winning two massive contracts.• BiFab wins contract to build major...
View ArticleConsumers cash inn on loyalty
SCOTS love their loyalty cards – with 86 per cent of the adult population saying they have at least one card.By using their cards and cashing in their points, consumers save more than £100 a year on...
View ArticleBrewDog’s Olympic beer bites
Fraserburgh craft brewery BrewDog has unleashed an Olympic beer “containing at least fifty per cent of your recommended allowance of sarcasm”.Never Mind the Anabolics contains a list of performance...
View ArticleEnjoying a wake-up call for Scotland’s wine buffs
FIRST we have to learn to wake up the wine. As he swirls a glass of Pouilly Fume in his hand Philippe Larue, director of l’Art du Vin, explains: “The wine has been sleeping – just like you – it needs...
View ArticlePop into the pop–up gallery
A FASHION store in Edinburgh is doubling up as a pop-up art gallery during the Fringe – with an exhibition by up-and-coming painter Sarah Muirhead.Muirhead, who specialises in giant portraits of street...
View ArticleClaire Smith: Food on the go is the future for Scots on the move
LAST year in New York I noticed a strange phenomenon amid the trendy garment stores of the funky Soho district.In between the achingly cool outlets selling Nicole Fahri and Agnes b were achingly cool...
View ArticleTroubled giant Tesco looks in new direction to turn round slide
IT IS still by far the biggest supermarket in the UK – with sales of £79bn and pre-tax profits of £3.9bn.But Tesco is losing ground – with sales down 1.5 per cent in the trading quarter to the end of...
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