T in the Park: The ones to watch
Nick Mitchell and Bryan Duncan of Scotland on Sunday’s new music blog Radar pick the best up and coming Scottish bands to watch at next weekend’s T in the ParkAdmiral FallowGlasgow folk-pop darlings...
View ArticleNew ‘flip-flap’ net is quite a catch for Scottish fishermen
SCOTTISH fishermen have designed a new “flip-flap” trawl which could drastically reduce the amount of cod and other white fish species being needlessly dumped at sea.The crews claim the innovative net...
View ArticleScotland gets nation status at World Congress of Information Technology
SCOTLAND will be given special “independent” status at a key global IT industry event which is set to provide a major boost to the sector. Organisers of the World Congress of Information Technology...
View ArticleFilm reviews: Round-up
God Bless America (18) ***Fed up with America’s lack of manners, a middle-class divorcee (Joel Murray) teams up with an equally bilious teenager (Tara Lynne Barr) to mete out violent justice on the...
View ArticleUS showcase puts Glasgow-based Moviecom.tv in line for major investment
THE husband-and-wife founders of an online video hosting service are set to raise a seven- figure sum from investors after being invited to appear at an influential developers forum by senior...
View ArticleCompany behind Famous Grouse whisky mulls expansion
THE company behind the Famous Grouse whisky is expected to announce further investment plans this week, possibly to increase capacity.Edrington Group, based in Glasgow, will unveil annual figures that...
View ArticleClaire Black: Excruciating and Agonising, Chloe Smith was offensively out of...
‘EVER think you’re incompetent?” Talk about a rhetorical question. Sometimes when Jeremy Paxman tears into an interviewee it’s like watching cock-fighting in which one of the birds is actually a...
View ArticleBlended whisky bears brunt of Scottish Government price plan
MORE than 80 per cent of blended whiskies bought in shops in Scotland will rise in price as a result of new minimum pricing laws backed by MSPs.Official figures show the controversial policy will also...
View Article£2m pay packet for entrepreneur Steve Remp
ENERGY entrepreneur Steve Remp, who in January parted company with the business he founded more than 34 years ago, was awarded a £1.7 million bonus before he left.The payment was part of a £2.86m...
View ArticleMetis joins forces with Ocean Tomo
GLASGOW-BASED intellectual property practice Metis Partners promises to bring a “new generation” of corporate recovery and restructuring services to the European market after joining forces with a...
View ArticleInterview: Martin Creed, artist
MARTIN Creed wanders along the tiled floor of the Barbican’s food hall, his black bowler hat lit from above by a series of bulbs artfully suspended in jars. He sits down, orders an Earl Grey tea with...
View ArticleEuan McColm: Historic handshake that allows Ulster to take the next step
TO FORMER Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain, the symbolism was “mind-blowing”. I know what he meant. If you wanted to illustrate just how Ulster has been transformed in recent years, there couldn’t...
View ArticleGerald Warner: Overhauling the Lords would bring a plague on both Houses
HOUSE of Lords “reform” is a microcosm of everything that has gone wrong with the political system and the lack of principle of the scoundrels who control it. The destruction of one of our two...
View ArticleEdinburgh-based GamesAnalytics moves into fast lane with Top Gear game
A FIRM that produces software to analyse computer game playing has added to its list of big-name clients following the mobile launch of a title based on the BBC’s popular Top Gear programme.The...
View ArticleGrowing demand for forestry as returns achieve record highs
RETURNS on Scottish forests hit record highs in 2011 as demand for “alternative assets” among investors continued to rise, a report is set to reveal this week.The IPD UK Forestry index will say that...
View ArticlePatrick Harvie MSP: Let’s roll out the barrel for quality local brews
FIVE Sisters, Schiehallion and then maybe the Black Cuillin. No, I’m not making my summer holiday plans but contemplating some of the great Scottish beers I’ll enjoy over the recess.We’re in the midst...
View ArticleMoral dilemmas as protests continue over Da Vinci rapist
THE red triangle announcing a hazard ahead on the B704 in Midlothian has been altered to read “RAPIST”. From a distance, a cloth billowing from the open window of a semi-detached stone cottage nearby...
View ArticleUniversity post at Glasgow Caledonian for poverty activist
AN INTERNATIONAL anti-poverty campaigner has been named as the chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU).Professor Muhammad Yunus takes over from Lord Macdonald of Tradeston, who stepped down...
View ArticleJeff Salway: New laws offer hope in conflicts between landlords and tenants
A NEW era dawns in Scotland’s rental market tomorrow with the launch of the first deposit schemes aimed at reducing conflict between tenants and landlords. The landmark legislation is designed...
View ArticleDani Garavelli: Collateral damage in parents’ dirty war
WITH Katie Holmes filing for divorce from Tom Cruise, her husband of five years, connoisseurs of celebrity split-ups are booking a ringside seat for the dividing of the spoils. But however bitter the...
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