Redrow deal and new expansion into Central Belt boosts Springfield profit
expansion into the Central Belt and its takeover of Redrow’s Scottish operation last year has helped Springfield Properties significantly increase turnover and profits.Springfield, which has bases in...
View ArticleVMG gets a pizza the supermarket action to create 25 jobs in Glasgow
Pizza maker VMG Foods expects to create 25 jobs and more than double its turnover after securing deals with retailers Asda and Nisa.The Glasgow-based firm said its newly-launched “pizza fingers”, which...
View ArticlePaddy Power cashes in on England’s not so champion showing
POOR results for English teams in this season’s Champions League have helped bookie Paddy Power fight back from a summer plagued by horse racing cancellations and the distraction of the Olympics.Its...
View ArticleBusiness news in brief: Biteback Media | BAE | Ryanair | Twinkies
BITEBACK Media, publisher of Total Politics magazine, has acquired publishing and events company Holyrood Communications for an undisclosed sum from publisher Hamish Miller. The Scottish company...
View ArticleUK hard hit by global jobs axe in beleaguered banking sector
GLOBAL banks have slashed almost 160,000 jobs since early last year, including more than 21,000 across taxpayer-backed lenders Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland, and more lay-offs are in...
View ArticleR-R wins £12m China ship deal
Rolls-Royce has won a £12 million order to design and equip two offshore supply vessels in China.The vessels will be designed specifically for transporting solid and liquid cargo to and from offshore...
View ArticleFired up: Northern Isles ferry deal a boost for Serco
OUTSOURCING giant Serco is on track to deliver full-year profits of around £267 million after securing a raft of contracts since the summer, including its £350m deal to run ferry services to the...
View ArticleMalmaison Hotel chain not put off by parent’s administration
MANAGERS of the Malmaison Hotel chain have restated their commitment to opening a 91-room hotel in Dundee as the group’s parent company confirmed it has called in administrators. MWB Group yesterday...
View ArticleTrapoil’s swap deal with Caithness Oil in prospect
Trapoil, the exploration group, has announced a deal which will give it majority control of the Knockinnon prospect in the North Sea.Under the equity swap arrangement with Caithness Oil, Trapoil will...
View ArticleGeorge Kerevan: That autumnal feeling is running rather late
IT WON’T be long till Chancellor George Osborne makes his mis-named Autumn Statement on 5 December, just as we slowcoaches get round to our Christmas shopping. What might he have in store for us?Gordon...
View ArticleMarkets: US fiscal fears continue to haunt City
BRITAIN’S top share index extended losses into a third session yesterday, notching up its biggest weekly fall in six months on the back of global growth concerns and breaking through a key technical...
View ArticleFarming: Christmas price surge ‘a fallacy’
Beef producers tend to believe that the run up to Christmas sees prices move upwards but statistics do not bear that belief out according to Quality Meat Scotland’s own marketing guru, Stuart Ashworth....
View ArticleFarming: New twist in EU agriculture budget row
The EU budget battle, which has intensified in the past few days prior to what is hoped to be a decisive meeting in Brussels at the end of next week, has thrown up a twist which might initially sound...
View ArticleCo-op raises reward points
A POINTS scheme earning Co-operative members reward payments based on the products they hold with the group is to be launched in the new year.Co-operative members reward payments based on the products...
View ArticlePay-day loans for Christmas could cost many Scots dear
Yet more Scots could be mired in serious debt difficulties after the coming festive season as a growing number turn to pay-day loans to fund their Christmas spending.Experts have warned of a new phase...
View ArticleOne in ten Britons to buy smart TV in next year
More than one in ten Britons intends to buy a smart TV in the next 12 months, according to research which found that more than half of TV owners have connected their sets to the internet. Appetite for...
View ArticleTop ten tips for saving energy
THE surging price of energy means that saving money on your gas and electricity bills is now a necessity and not just a green fad - and cutting down on the cost of hot water or reducing your cooking...
View ArticleTenants are facing pressure and falling into arrears
THE problem of deepening arrears isn’t one that’s unique to homeowners. A growing number of tenants are falling behind on their repayments as rents continue to rise.The cost of renting a private home...
View ArticleClem Chambers: With the US elections now over, this is as good a time as any...
WORLD stock markets are in re-evaluation mode following the US election and the news that President Obama will remain in the White House for another term. A good time, therefore, for private investors...
View ArticleFive essential steps to help save your home
Borrowers falling behind on mortgage repayments are being urged to act as fears grow over the number of Scots households with dangerous arrears.Repossession levels have fallen this year, new figures...
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