Health and safety concerns over online deliveries
THE boom in online shopping meant Santa was a frequent visitor to Scotland’s businesses last Christmas as employees had their presents delivered at work. But the perk is under threat from lawyers...
View ArticleGraeme Robertson: Let’s be clear about transparency
IF YOU use a financial adviser, you need to be aware of new rules which came into force for them on 31 December 2012.These rules were pushed through by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the...
View ArticleBill Jamieson: Pounding of sterling risks a currency war
AFTER a week of unbridled optimism about our prospects – at least by the standards of recent years – a straight home run to resumed old-style growth can surely not be far behind. But Bank of England...
View ArticleJeff Salway: Will your investment pay peanuts?
MILLIONS of with-profits policyholders will find out this month how their investments are faring – and for many the prognosis is gloomy even as markets continue to rally.The UK’s insurers are unveiling...
View ArticleLloyds considering changes to Horta-Osorio’s bonus
LLOYDS is weighing up a plan whereby the cashing of any 2012 bonus for chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio could only be triggered by the taxpayers’ holding in the bank turning profitable.The bank’s...
View ArticleFairfield enjoys success with three North Sea wells
NORTH Sea explorer Fairfield Energy yesterday announced the successful conclusion of a three-well drilling campaign – two exploration and one appraisal – in the Darwin area.The group said that the...
View ArticleTeamSport go-kart track founder net £9m windfall
The founder of Europe’s biggest chain of go-karting tracks has netted a multi-million-pound fortune after selling the business in a management buyout worth £9 million.Paul Wrightman, who launched...
View ArticleRoyal Mail staff may get shares in company
ROYAL Mail is looking at offering staff a 10 per cent stake in the company as the UK government steps up plans for a flotation.Ministers are understood to be in advanced talks about the move, which it...
View ArticleAberdeen offices drive commercial property revival
ABERDEEN’S booming office market and the strongest take-up of space in Edinburgh in eight years have helped drive a further recovery in Scotland’s commercial property sector.New research shows that the...
View ArticleWeek ahead: Premier Foods sees profits stabilise
THE company results reporting season wheels out some big guns later this week, including Premier Foods and defence giant BAE Systems.Hovis-owner Premier is expected to have seen underlying profits in...
View ArticleSwedish giant eyes whisky work after Glasgow takeover
Swedish printing group Elanders has bought a specialist Glasgow firm in an attempt to strengthen its position in the Scottish whisky industry.Elanders has acquired label printing company McNaughtan’s...
View ArticlePPI: Treasury want help as Santander accuse customers
THE stark split in attitude to recent banking scandals was highlighted yesterday when Santander joined Lloyds in suggesting that some customers made false claims over mis-selling in a quest for...
View ArticleInterview: Martyn Gray, new boss at Nairn’s
MARTYN Gray has taken the biscuit. Or he will in June when he takes over as managing director of Nairn’s, the Scottish manufacturer of all things made with oats, writes Erikka Askeland. The former...
View ArticleBusiness in brief: RBS | Glencore | Jessops
THE Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is poised to sign a deal for 42 hotels managed by Marriott International and controlled by Royal Bank of Scotland.The sovereign wealth fund has been a preferred...
View ArticleMorrisons buys Blockbuster sites to open smaller stores
SUPERMARKET chain Morrisons has snapped up 49 sites from collapsed video rental chain Blockbuster as it ramps up plans to expand its convenience store business.While yesterday’s deal will not prevent...
View ArticleBAE and Vodafone team up for cyber security project
DEFENCE giant BAE Systems and mobile phone heavyweight Vodafone yesterday unveiled a five-year deal to work together on cyber security technology.The companies will offer a range of communications...
View ArticlePeople: Setting a model example in Scotland’s schools
FASHION model Amanda Hendrick swapped the catwalks of Paris and Milan for her old stomping ground in the west of Scotland last week as she took time out from her hectic international schedule to launch...
View ArticleScots job market improves in January, but growth slows
Scotland’s labour market continued to improve in January, although at a slower pace than in previous months, a report out today reveals.Recruitment agencies reported that economic conditions had...
View ArticleComment: Regaining and rebuilding trust is top priority
IT HAS been hailed within the fund management industry as a revolution and a brave new dawn for investment trusts, one of Scotland’s greatest contributions to finance.But Andrew Bell, who has just...
View ArticleDrainage issue bogged down by confusion over rules
IT MAY be unfashionable, and it might just be downright dangerous for me to say so, but I currently have a smidgeon of sympathy with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.For those farmers whose...
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