Education deals are just Capital for Capital Document Solutions
CAPITAL Document Solutions, the Edinburgh-based supplier of office equipment and document management services, has won contracts worth more than £500,000.The firm said it has secured contracts in the...
View ArticleComment: Policies to improve quality of rural life must mean jobs
RECENTLY, I was asked to do the ringside commentary at Kinross show and, after a fine parade of the top livestock, the vintage tractors came into the ring.There they were, puttering around, gleaming in...
View ArticleScottish Business Briefing – Monday 20 August, 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.ECONOMICSLift for UK’s economy as Scottish...
View ArticleMarkets: Another miner finds itself in a hole
MINER Xstrata was among the worst performers on Monday as its merger with Glencore looked increasingly unlikely to go ahead.The sovereign wealth fund of Qatar continued building its stake in Xstrata...
View ArticleCheap land is the key to rising profit for builder Bovis Homes
BOVIS Homes said on Monday that it was confident of continuing to reap the benefits of buying up cheap land since the housing market downturn as it reported a doubling in its first-half profits.Along...
View ArticleJohn Nicolson brings experience of a different kind of brew to Barr
BREWING industry veteran John Nicolson is to join the board of Irn-Bru maker AG Barr.The group also said that Jonathan Warburton had stepped down as a non-executive with immediate effect yesterday to...
View ArticleLonmin restarts work at death mine but shares fall again
SHARES in mining giant Lonmin fell for the sixth day running yesterday after a third of the workforce returned to production at the South African mine at the centre of the violence that saw 34 people...
View ArticleGerry Farrell: Marketing success is proof of freedom, not coercion
ADVERTISERS are seen as scapegoats for society’s greed but that absurdly overestimates our power.It’s the Embra Festival again and the plywood hoardings are plastered with posters hyping comedians. As...
View ArticleOptimism from Scots business
SCOTTISH businesses are among the most optimistic in the UK about their future growth prospects, according to research published by Santander today.A survey found that companies with a turnover of up...
View ArticleTax hike threat bringing French high earners across the Channel
LONDON’s financial district may be suffering from scandal and mistrust, but it is attracting some of France’s richest citizens seeking refuge from the threat of a 75 per cent tax rate.The City is...
View ArticleSovereign wealth funds ‘essential’ for success of any new investor forum
Some of Britain’s largest investors say plans for a new body to improve relationships between shareholders and UK companies are doomed unless “notoriously low-profile” sovereign wealth funds (SWF)...
View ArticleAmlin back in black as disasters raise premiums
Lloyd’s of London insurer Amlin swung back to profit in the first half of 2012 as the spate of natural disasters that pushed it into the red last year drove a rise in premiums.The group reported a...
View ArticleConstruction firm in receivership
BROWN Construction, based in Dundee, has collapsed under mounting debts, leading to the loss of about 130 jobs.Derek Hyslop and Colin Dempster of Ernst & Young have been appointed joint receivers...
View ArticleOil giant paid millions to ‘corrupt’ Nigerian government security force
Royal Dutch Shell spent almost 40 per cent of its $1 billion (£784 million) global security budget between 2007 and 2009 in Nigeria, pressure group Platform said, adding that much of the money went to...
View ArticlePinnacle hits new heights after virtual desktop deal
Shares in Pinnacle Technology jumped as much as 7 per cent yesterday after the Stirlingshire-based firm signed an exclusive distribution deal for “virtual desktop” software made by Welsh group DVS...
View ArticleTB confirmed in Scottish herd
BOVINE tuberculosis has again reared its head in Scotland, with the Scottish Government yesterday confirming that a “number of cattle” in a 340 cow herd in Upper Nithsdale in Dumfriesshire had...
View Article£1.5m hit for banker over insider deals
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) netted its biggest ever proceeds of crime haul yesterday as it secured a confiscation order for more than £1.5 million against a jailed banker and his wife....
View ArticleStansted sale could attract bid from long-time critic Ryanair
STANSTED airport is likely to attract interest from the owner of Manchester airport and budget airline Ryanair after BAA yesterday threw in the towel on its legal challenge over a forced sale.The £1...
View ArticleSigns of hope in battle against bracken
Estate owners and hill farmers who feared the loss of their main weapon against bracken have been told not to be all “doom and gloom” as there was still a good chance that Europe would allow emergency...
View ArticleCasino takeover faces inquiry on competition
RANK’S proposed £205 million acquisition of Gala Casinos is facing a full inquiry after the group’s proposal to sell some casinos did not assuage regulators’ concerns that the deal would affect...
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