Markets: Aggreko still misses that vital spark
TEMPORARY power provider Aggreko was the biggest blue chip faller for the second session on Monday as brokers cut their price targets on the shares.The Glasgow-based firm was 3 per cent lower at 2,073p...
View ArticleScotland’s weather: Prepare for extreme conditions year-round, Scots told
THE latest official ‘winter’ advice warns people in Scotland to prepare for extreme conditions year-round as the next onslaught of severe weather is forecast to hit at the end of the week.• Survey...
View ArticleSmelly waste plant ‘could trigger riot’ in Scots jail
SCOTTISH prison chiefs have warned that prisoners could riot if a waste plant is built yards from their cells.• Scottish prison chiefs warn that prisoners will riot if waste plant is built just yards...
View ArticleAlex Massie: Honesty best policy in independence debate
WITH A good case to be made on either side, nationalists do the nation a disservice with disingenuous mud slinging, writes Alex Massie.And so, in the light of the pompously titled “Edinburgh Agreement”...
View ArticleJames Alexander: Go for growth or a generation of young will suffer
AS figures last week showed starkly, more than any other group, young people in Scotland currently face a tough time in the labour market.Nearly a quarter of young Scots are looking for work, while...
View ArticleFrom the archives: Challenge to lawyers; 23 October 1950
REFERENCE to the “increasing influx” of new legislation and regulations, and the challenge which it presents to the legal profession, was made in Edinburgh on Saturday by the Lord Advocate Mr. John...
View ArticleLeader: Time for Cameron to stand up and be counted
Another week, another UK government relaunch by the Prime Minister. Such has been the difficulty David Cameron has had in establishing his grip on the government, his party and the coalition, it has...
View ArticlePeter Jones: Money and jobs will be root of the referendum
GAINS for Spain’s regional nationalists indicate that our Yes or No campaigns may be won on who can make the better economic case, writes Peter Jones.Nationalism seems to be stridently on the march in...
View ArticleBonuses may be a thing of the past for Lloyds bosses
Lloyds Banking Group is mulling a shake-up of pay that could see it ditch annual bonuses for senior staff and extend the term of incentives to up to ten years.The bank is said to have raised the...
View ArticleHugh Reilly: Called to book over school reports
FORECASTING the future is an unpredictable business. In 67AD, Emperor Nero took a break from fiddling practice and visited the Oracle of Delphi for a bit of foresight-seeing. Rome’s ruler wasn’t best...
View ArticleInside politics: Dowden’s candour shows Conservative spin doctors need a...
THE name Oliver Dowden, David Cameron’s deputy chief of staff, may not be one that many people outside the Westminster bubble are familiar with. Perhaps more unfortunately, most people inside the...
View ArticleLeader: Bid to oust Nessie is plain monstrous
PUT THE words “Loch” and “Ness” together and what comes next? Obvious, is it not? Blindingly obvious. Monster. What else would you associate with Scotland’s deep, dark, mysterious loch? Well, if you...
View ArticleBlack cab firm slides into administration
THE lossmaking manufacturer of Britain’s iconic black taxi slipped into administrative receivership after it failed to win a financial lifeline from one of its biggest shareholders.Manganese Bronze...
View ArticleComment: From Russia with love, and a healthy profit
BOB Dudley has been looking for some good news ever since he took over the reins at BP in the wake of the disastrous Gulf of Mexico spill. Yesterday he got some.State-owned Russian giant Rosneft’s...
View ArticleShell oil and gas field biggest in Scottish North Sea for ten years
OIL giant Shell has announced one of its biggest Scottish North Sea energy projects in the past decade which will pump 5 per cent of Britain’s gas needs at peak production.The British/Dutch company...
View ArticleBank begins top jobs shake-up as Jones quits
The Bank of England has begun the search for a chief operating officer as it moves to take on new powers and shake up the role performed by its governor.The central bank said yesterday that the...
View ArticleSouter’s Turkish ferry fury
Stagecoach founder Sir Brian Souter said he is concerned about the prospects of an Istanbul ferry company he and other Scots entrepreneurs invested in after the Turkish government moved to introduce...
View ArticleBusiness briefs: Rolls-Royce | Ryanair | China | Balfour Beatty | Ilika...
THE latest news from the business world, including Ryanair’s offer to cut its Irish routes as it seeks to buy fellow Irish firm Aer Lingus and Rolls-Royce have secured a deal to provide engines for the...
View ArticleBridge Energy discover new reserve in North Sea
ON A busy day for announcements in the oil and gas sector, Bridge Energy announced the discovery of a reserve in the North Sea.The Contender Well holds an oil-bearing reservoir in excess of 65 feet,...
View ArticleMinister calls for Remploy reprieve
THE Scottish Government has called for the closure of factories that employ disabled workers to be suspended.Enterprise minister Fergus Ewing made the call following talks with Remploy workers, who...
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