2012 London Film Festival sees outsiders take centre stage
This year’s London Film Festival features some provocative new work, writes Alistair HarknessTHE 56th BFI London Film festival draws to a close this weekend and while this year’s programme, the first...
View ArticleUK’s wave power hot spots found right on Scotland’s doorstep
THE UK’s best and most cost effective wave power “hot spots” sites are situated around 100 kilometres off the west coast of Scotland, new research has revealed.• Research has revealed that UK’s prime...
View ArticleBusiness briefs: Lightbody refurb gains two tenants | Confidence slips on...
Property agents welcomed two lettings at 45 West Nile Street in Glasgow after a successful refurbishment by landlord and bakery entrepreneur Martin Lightbody. Agents GVA and Jones Lang LaSalle signed...
View ArticleLeaders: All eyes focused on the SNP’s defining moment
THE Scottish National Party conference would not be worthy of its name if it did not feature a liberal sprinkling of quotes from the national bard, who is frequently cited, by everyone from...
View ArticleSean Geddes eyes bigger slice of pizza action
SCOTLAND’S largest Domino’s Pizza franchise has moved its banking from Royal Bank of Scotland to HSBC and secured £600,000 funding for its expansion programme.Entrepreneur Sean Geddes, whose company...
View ArticleArts diary: Calgary Art in Nature
To MULL, at the weekend, to visit an outdoor sculpture garden at Calgary, in the island’s perpetually breezy north-west corner.Established in 1999, Calgary Art In Nature (Cain) occupies a steep-sided...
View ArticleTheatre reviews: The rise and fall of Little Voice | The authorised Kate Bane
IT’S EXACTLY 20 years since Jim Cartwright’s jagged and beautiful play The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice was first seen at the National Theatre in London.THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICEKING’S...
View ArticleIomart powers up cloud computing network
CLOUD computing group Iomart yesterday announced a multimillion pound investment in an optical fibre network to link its six data centres.Under the ten-year agreement with Geo Networks, Glasgow-based...
View ArticleAnalysis: Recovery in the Scots economy will be painfully slow
Both Scotland and the UK are clearly now in the midst of a double-dip recession with no clear indication of when an upturn will arrive.Scottish output is 4.2 per cent below the level it reached before...
View ArticleSigns of split at Bank over need for further QE
A DECISION next month on whether to print more money to prop up Britain’s ailing economy now looks a close call amid signs of a growing split among Bank of England policymakers. Minutes from October’s...
View ArticleGlobal Energy takes majority stake in Vertech
Global Energy Group, the Inverness-based company, yesterday announced its third deal in the Australian market in as many years.The energy services business has bought a majority stake in Perth-based...
View ArticleMarkets: Bulls set their sights on 6,000 mark
The latest shares rally gained momentum yesterday after ratings agency Moody’s decided against downgrading Spain to junk status.The FTSE 100 index closed 40.4 points or 0.7 per cent higher at 5,910.9...
View ArticlePaul Tucker warns ‘worst may still be ahead’ for the financial sector
THE deputy governor of the Bank of England yesterday warned there was a “tangible probability” that the worst of the financial crisis may still be ahead as he unveiled possible fresh curbs on banking...
View ArticleFilm review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
This tale of poverty in the Deep South, made with an admirable amateur ethos, feels a little self-indulgent yet its central performance is hard to resist.BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (12A) Directed by:...
View ArticleBeth Robertson Fiddes on how awards and an adventurous streak have affected...
BETH Robertson Fiddes remembers the first time she went on a painting trip with her father. Just four years old, she was thrilled at the prospect of painting the sea at Hynish near their home on...
View ArticleRosneft flies in for TNK-BP talks
Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil company, was last night closing in on control of BP’s joint venture in the country.Igor Sechin, Rosneft’s chief executive and Russia’s most powerful energy...
View ArticleStuart Bathgate tries out the new Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
SOME of the best cyclists on the planet will be in action at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome next month when the Track World Cup comes to Glasgow.The newly opened venue will host the 2014 Commonwealth...
View ArticleEx-minister leads push to retake powers from Europe
A FORMER children’s minister is to lead a backbench push for a radical renegotiation of Britain’s relationship with Brussels.Tim Loughton, MP will oversee the creation of the Fresh Start Project (FSP)...
View ArticleArts blog: ‘This all feels kind of appropriate, but it’s also annoying as hell’
Alistair Harkness asks if Looper any better with the director talking you through it?I’m OUT of synch and its Rian Johnson’s fault. Sitting in a cinema at an afternoon screening of Looper, the director...
View ArticleGIB gains European backing
THE Green Investment Bank has won state aid approval from Europe just weeks ahead of its scheduled launch.Chairman Lord Smith said yesterday’s approval by the European Commission was a “very important...
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