Dame Judi Dench gets University of Stirling degree
Dame Judi Dench will collect an honorary degree from the University of Stirling today.The star of film, television and theatre will receive the award of Doctor of the University for her contribution to...
View ArticleScottish Independence: Prisoner vote ban warning
Scotland will be “increasingly isolated” if it presses ahead with a blanket ban on prisoners voting in next year’s independence referendum, campaigners have claimed.MSPs at Holyrood will vote today on...
View ArticlePublicly funded bodies ‘resisting changes’
Publicly funded bodies are resisting changes intended to improve services, according to a report by MSPs.Reforms are not happening at the expected rate, changes are patchy across Scotland and “deep...
View ArticleTwo pieces of evidence for conviction ‘too much’
A senior judge who drafted proposals on police questioning of witnesses is expected to give evidence to MSPs on proposals to scrap the age-old requirement for two or more pieces of evidence to secure a...
View ArticleEducation Bill to widen access to university
Legislation aimed at reforming further and higher education is a crucial part of the generational change required to widen access to universities, the Education Secretary has said.Michael Russell...
View ArticleSpending review 2013: As it happened
Chancellor George Osborne will today draw up the battle lines for the next general election as he sets out his final spending plans before the country goes to the polls in 2015. Join us for updates...
View ArticleDirect Line unveils plans to cut 2,000 jobs
Insurance giant Direct Line has revealed plans to slash about 2,000 jobs, including 150 in Glasgow, as it aims to shave about £130 million off its cost base next year.The UK’s largest car insurer,...
View ArticleStagecoach results beat market expectations
Transport giant Stagecoach has delivered better-than-expected annual profits, boosted by strong growth at its rail business.The Perth-based group said operating profits for the year to end of April...
View ArticleCraneware shares hit by profit warning
Shares in Craneware, the Edinburgh-based software firm, fell heavily in early trading this morning after it warned its annual results will fall short of market expectations.The company, which...
View ArticleR&W Scott owner toasts 24% jump in profits
The owner of R&W Scott has hailed a turnaround at the venerable Scottish jam maker as it reported a 24 per cent surge in annual profits.Aim-quoted Real Good Food said Carluke-based R&W Scott...
View ArticleEasyJet pledges more Inverness to London flights
VITAL air links between Inverness and London have been secured with a pledge by easyJet to increase capacity on the Gatwick service.• easyjet to run two flights a day from Inverness to London• An early...
View ArticleScottish Business Briefing – Wednesday 26 June, 2013
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. INSURANCEDirect Line set to cut 2,000 UK...
View ArticleEdinburgh’s green bank makes loss of £6 million
THE UK Government’s Green Investment Bank made a net loss of more than £6 million in its first ten-and-a-half months of business.The flagship bank, which is based in the Capital, revealed the £6.2m...
View ArticleScottish Independence: Brian Cox in Yes cartoon
HOLLYWOOD actor Brian Cox is to take on the role of a cartoon dog to help campaign for independence.The Scots-born star of Troy, X-Men 2 and The Bourne Supremacy will be the voice of Highland terrier...
View ArticleMurray to stamp out Royal Mail ‘fire sale’
LABOUR’S Ian Murray has accused the UK Government of rushing into a “fire sale” of Royal Mail with its plans to privatise the postal service.The Edinburgh South MP, who is also shadow minister for...
View ArticleHearts administration: Flag gesture raises cash
A BIG-HEARTED Hearts fan bid more than £500 for a club flag which is hung from the ceiling of a well-known Jambos pub – only to immediately gift it back to stunned locals.Hearts-mad landlord Salman...
View ArticleEdinburgh City Council to build 63 new classrooms
TEN city primaries are to be expanded amid relentlessly rising pressure on overcrowded schools.Sixty three classrooms and school halls – roughly equivalent of three entire new primaries – will be built...
View ArticleHero Tom Gilzean hails News trenches victory
WAR veteran Tom Gilzean has saluted an Evening News campaign that has preserved a warren of historic trenches in Dreghorn describing them as a “monument to the sacrifice of millions”.The feted...
View ArticleBrave student finishes degree months after stroke
A STUDENT who nearly died after suffering a massive stroke aged just 21 has astonished doctors by finishing her degree just months later.Ashley-Jane Kitchen had been ill with a stomach bug when she...
View ArticleScottish school staff win landmark equal pay claim
A GROUP of 244 female workers in Dumfries and Galloway have won a Supreme Court ruling which could open the floodgates for equal pay cases.The UK’s highest court unanimously allowed the appeal by North...
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