Farmers blast horse meat ‘scandal’
Scottish farming leaders moved quickly yesterday to distance beef production in this country from the discovery of horse meat in burgersNFU Scotland president Nigel Miller described the situation as a...
View ArticleWeather and CAP reform are big worries
KNOCK-ON physical and financial effects of appalling 2012 weather and what might happen this year are only two of many challenges facing farmers a large-scale farm manager said this week.Sion Williams...
View ArticleJump ship to shares and you risk missing the boat
INVESTORS have rediscovered their appetite for stocks and shares in recent weeks as stock markets have enjoyed a New Year bounce.A FTSE rally has done wonders for investor sentiment and money is once...
View ArticlePayfont on fundraising trail after securing patent
AN E-COMMERCE security company is to go on the fundraising trail after it secured a valuable US patent for its technology.The directors of Edinburgh-based Payfont aim to raise £45 million, which would...
View ArticleCromarty Firth Port Authority on brink of bank deal
A £20 MILLION project to allow one of Scotland’s deepest ports to handle offshore wind turbines is close to securing bank finance.An announcement is expected that Cromarty Firth Port Authority has...
View ArticleCompanies win as free-to-play games take off
SCOTTISH games companies are taking advantage of a resurgence in the market as demand for free-to-play titles drives employment and creates new opportunities.Reloaded Productions, based in Edinburgh,...
View Article‘Beginning of end’ for biotech’s venture capital gap
AN INVESTOR returning to Scotland from America has hailed the “beginning of the end” of the venture capital (VC) “gap” for Scottish life sciences companies after launching his £50 million fund.Sinclair...
View ArticleBill Jamieson: Culture challenge for banking sector
FIVE years on from the onset of the global banking crisis which brought HBOS and RBS to their knees, our banks seem to be in a worse state than ever.As if grossly imprudent lending was not enough, a...
View ArticleSoup cafe joins £15bn ‘crowd-funding’ revolution
TOO many cooks may spoil the broth, but the owner of an Edinburgh soup cafe hopes to get enough people on board to help fund its expansion plans as it becomes the latest firm to join the £15 billion...
View ArticleMarket watch: BP poised to reveal deepwater well result
OIL investors will be keeping a keen eye on the weather forecast for Shetland in the days ahead as they await the results of BP’s deepwater North Uist exploration well.One industry insider said that...
View ArticleEnteq looks to growth in pipeline
SALES at one of Enteq Upstream’s oil and gas businesses were held back last year due to capital spending among US customers coming under pressure.Although the squeeze means the contribution from its...
View ArticleJohn Venture: Pain and suffering will be worth it
THERE is, alas, a long tradition of investors buying and selling their investments at the wrong times. That’s because when markets fall, many investors decide to cash in as investing becomes a little...
View ArticleDe Vere hotels group sets sights on ‘urban resort’ in Dundee
HOTELS group De Vere, owner of the Cameron House resort on the banks of Loch Lomond, is planning a move into Dundee as part of a major expansion of its Village “urban resorts” in Scotland.The group...
View ArticleVet kit helps to improve health of Norway cows
TESTS developed by a veterinary research firm in Edinburgh are to be used by the maker of Jarlsberg cheese to improve the health of its cows.Tine, a £2.2 billion dairy co-operative owned by more than...
View ArticleAntony Jenkins ready to back BarCap
BARCLAYS boss Antony Jenkins will pledge his backing for the embattled group’s investment bank this week alongside annual results showing the division’s resilient trading against severe headwinds in...
View ArticleOFT tipped to approve Barr-Britvic deal
REGULATORS are expected to give the go-ahead this week to the £1.4 billion merger of AG Barr and Pepsi bottler Britvic, despite talk of competition concerns in Scotland.The maker of Irn-Bru and its...
View ArticleStewart Siegel: Not sure this rally can really last the distance
EQUITY funds showed positive returns in January, but I remain cautious about whether the rally is supported by economic fundamentals. The UK may see a period of low growth in 2013 and this may weigh on...
View ArticleJeff Salway: All talk and very little action on banks
IF YOU claim that you’re going to “reset the banking system”, you really need to back it up with more than a climbdown and a relaunch.The Chancellor has preposterously been accused of “banker-bashing”...
View Article£750k boost for Anacail food sterilising device
IP GROUP, the London-listed technology commercialisation firm, has joined forces with the Scottish Investment Bank to pump £750,000 into a Glasgow University spin-out that has created a device for...
View ArticleOlder borrowers locked out of mortgage market by lenders
RETIRED borrowers with mortgages still to repay are being left in the lurch by lenders as age limits are reduced and affordability checks tightened.The difficulty facing older borrowers is particularly...
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