One to watch: Ian McCafferty
ANALYSTS are waiting for a hint of how new Bank of England monetary policy committee member Ian McCafferty will vote when he takes up his seat this week.The CBI’s chief economic adviser replaces...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead: Eland listing is Scotland’s first float on Aim this year
SCOTLAND will gain another listed company this morning when Aberdeen-based oil and gas producer Eland joins the Alternative Investment Market (Aim).Eland is the first firm north of the Border to join...
View ArticleHeart-stopping design by BBC Dragons Den’s Peter Jones
HE MAY be best known for giving contestants a grilling on BBC2’s Dragons Den but now Peter Jones has tried his hand at designing “pocket squares” – or those wee hankies that stick out the top pockets...
View ArticleFarming: Reforming CAP – or sunning themselves in Limassol
HERE we are in September and most of the hairst in Scotland still to be taken in this miserable late summer.However, as the farmers look out on their rain-sodden fields, they have the consolation that...
View ArticleBusiness news in brief: Jaguar | Yellow Pages | Solar Electricity Systems
JAGUAR LANDROVER, the iconic British car maker that is owned by Tata of India, may set up a plant in Saudi Arabia.Group chairman Ratan Tata said in an interview in India at the weekend that a low-cost...
View ArticleInterview: CBI chief John Cridland
JOHN Cridland, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, Britain’s leading employers lobby group, is unapologetic. Amid the chronic economic headwinds, the CBI has sharply cut its...
View ArticleMSPs must test Bills’ economic effects, says CBI
POLITICIANS from all parties must subject all of the Bills put forward this week by Alex Salmond’s SNP government to strict scrutiny to make sure they have a positive effect on the economy, according...
View ArticleWeir is the latest big name capture for motoring legend Arnold Clark
ARNOLD Clark, Europe’s largest privately-owned motor group, yesterday swooped on smaller rival John R Weir in what is believed to have been a multi-million pound deal.All 321 workers at Weir’s 11...
View ArticleSmall computer games developers ‘must not miss out on tax relief’
SMALL computer games developers must not be excluded from George Osborne’s tax relief scheme, according to the head of industry trade body Tiga.Richard Wilson called on the Chancellor to include...
View ArticleBoardroom pay row ‘massively damaging’ for British business
EXCESSIVE boardroom pay has been “massively damaging” to the image of British business and so the “shareholder spring” investor revolts against bloated remuneration were a necessary counter-blast, the...
View ArticlePressure mounts on Draghi as OECD chief wades into eurozone debt row
THE European Central Bank (ECB) must do more to try to save the eurozone according to the head of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD), ratcheting up the pressure on bank...
View ArticleLawyers warning of HSE crackdown in Scotland
SCOTTISH businesses including manufacturers and builders are falling foul of health and safety rules, with enforcement actions on course to jump 38 per cent in the first six months of this...
View ArticleCalls build for more female role models in Scottish firms
FEMALE representation remains stubbornly low in Scotland’s construction sector, according to a body set up to get more women into the industry.Networking organisation Women in Property celebrated its...
View ArticleScottish Business Briefing - Monday September 3, 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. ECONOMICSCBI chief making no apologies for...
View ArticleCupid seeking new partners
ONLINE dating company Cupid expects its share in overseas markets to accelerate as global demand continues to grow.Half-year figures for the Edinburgh-based company show revenues from new markets rose...
View ArticleBanana prices set to rise
Tropical fruit supplier Fyffes has warned of higher prices for bananas and pineapples as it grapples with rising costs.The Dublin-based company blamed the relative strength of the US dollar, higher...
View ArticleBarrhead Travel to create 75 jobs
Scotland’s largest independent travel company is to create 75 jobs as part of an expansion plan that will see the firm open a chain of concessions in supermarkets.Barrhead Travel said the first...
View ArticleBusiness briefs: UBS trial | Islamic securities | Corporate crime | Thomas Cook
THE trial of a former UBS trader starts in London today, in a case involving losses of $2.3 billion (£1.4bn) that will subject the Swiss bank to an “uncomfortable” examination of its culture and...
View ArticleRBS vows to move swiftly on lending to ‘gazelle’ firms
Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) today announced that it will use a Bank of England scheme to provide cheaper funds to UK manufacturers.RBS, which is 80 per cent state-owned, said it will...
View ArticleGrowth slides as price of raw materials rises
GROWTH of the private sector economy in Scotland reached its slowest rate in 20 months in August as orders slumped and the price of raw materials rose, a report out today has revealed.The latest Bank...
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