Bill Jamieson: When caution could be next market bubble
ON IT goes, defying all warnings of a bubble in the making and even a genteel correction: the investor love affair with bonds and bond market funds shows no sign of cooling.A combination of depressing...
View ArticleTravel: Fort William
Strapped into a harness, I am focusing on a piece of cable in front of me, when just for a second the cable blurs and instead my vision takes in the ground far below me. I gulp, return my focus to the...
View ArticleImproved Scottish labour market hints at broader economic rally
Scotland’s job market continued to improve in September, with an increase in appointments and a rising number of vacancies.The latest labour market survey from Bank of Scotland out today showed an...
View ArticleThe week ahead: Mothercare hopes recovery goes on
Plans by Mothercare to become a lean and more competitive business will be tested this week, while housebuilder Bellway will give insight into the property market.Mothercare’s UK sales are expected to...
View ArticleScottish independence: The key battlegrounds in run-up to the referendum
THE economy is certain to be a key battleground in the lengthy run-up to the referendum, with the SNP under pressure to set out its stance on key issues, such as currency and interest rates.SNP cabinet...
View ArticleSitting for too long can double risk of diabetes, heart disease and death
OFFICE staff should stand up during meetings and move their work station to the nearest filing cabinet to improve their health, according to an expert.Research showed that lounging in a chair for too...
View ArticleWalk of the Week: Glen Dochart
THE Kirkton Glen, Balquhidder to Glen Dochart public footpath, generously signposted as 7 miles, is 6 miles at most. With the 580m mid-point offset by a starting height at either end of circa 140m,...
View ArticleBusiness interview: Stefan Orlowski Heineken UK’s managing director
STEFAN ORLOWSKI, boss of drinks giant Heineken UK, has no truck with those who believe emerging markets are the only game in town for the industry in tough economic times.Such thinking has it that as...
View ArticleGame review: Resident Evil 6
THE HORROR genre has lost its way of late, moving from its traditional territory of tension, fear and seemingly impossible odds. Instead horror titles – including Resident Evil 6 – have turned to...
View ArticleBusiness people: More than cake for Jonathan Evans’s birthday
City headhunter Jonathan Evans will be celebrating his 50th birthday in some style in Scotland this week.Evans, chairman of international search firm Sammons Associates, has invited 20 lucky friends up...
View ArticleElderly patients denied treatment because of age, report claims
THOUSANDS of elderly patients are needlessly dying because they are being denied treatment on the grounds of their age, a report has found.Surgical treatments, which can prolong life and improve living...
View ArticleGardens: Border guards
DIRLETON Castle’s lovingly tended gardens are something of a well-kept secretIt’s easy to drive through the village of Dirleton in East Lothian without realising that behind the high castle walls lies...
View ArticleInterview: Author Gordon Williams on Straw Dogs and being Scottish
He was the first of only six Scots to make the Booker shortlist, and wrote the novel that became Straw Dogs, yet Gordon Williams isn’t a very famous name. In a rarely granted interview, he talks to...
View ArticleAnalysis: Fuse to Iran’s nuclear timebomb is longer than we might think
In 1992, Benjamin Netanyahu, then an Israeli parliamentarian, warned that Iran was between three and five years away from producing a nuclear weapon.The threat, he insisted, had to be “uprooted by an...
View ArticleWaveblade in the vanguard as Kelvin Capital plays angel to eight innovators
KELVIN Capital, the Glasgow-based “business angel” syndicate, is to invest £3 million in eight new Scottish businesses.The group, which was co-founded by John McNicol and Jim Hall in 2009, finalised...
View ArticleMore than two thirds of Scots say recession has damaged their careers
More than two thirds of Scottish workers think that the recession has held back their careers, with many feeling they have moved backwards in the past two years.A survey by Change Recruitment Group...
View ArticleMajor shareholder puts BAE on spot with buyback call
BAE Systems is being pressed by the defence giant’s biggest private investor to launch a substantial shares buyback following its derailed £28 billion merger deal with European aerospace group,...
View ArticleAllotment tales with Jenny Mollison
SEED catalogues landing on my doormat are among my favourite items of post.While some allotmenteers leave buying seeds until the spring, I love to make my choices now, while the memories of what have...
View ArticleTaxi maker Manganese Bronze talks rescue with Chinese partner
GEELY, the Chinese carmaker, is weighing up a rescue bailout for troubled Manganese Bronze, the manufacturer of the iconic British black taxi.Executives from the Chinese firm, which has a 20 per cent...
View ArticleShooting and fishing: Custom dictates Sunday is the day you give killing a rest
WE HAD two friends passing through after fishing the Helmsdale for a week and, like most people who fish the Helmsdale, they were thoroughly pleased with themselves, because they had 17 fish in the...
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