New Zealand airline make Hobbit-inspired in-flight safety video
AN airliner has created a special in-flight safety video to mark the release of the forthcoming Hobbit movie, a prequel to the record-breaking Lord of the Rings trilogy directed by Peter Jackson.Air...
View ArticleBorders railway completion date put back as cost of project soars
THE cost of the long-delayed Borders Railway has increased to £350 million and it will not now be completed until 2015.Transport minister Keith Brown confirmed both the increase in cost and the delay...
View ArticlePeter Jones: All to play for in Chinese politics
EVENTS in the US will be eclipsed by tensions between change and the status quo following the Chinese ‘elections’, writes Peter JonesTonight, all politically attuned eyes will be focused on the...
View ArticleOfficers stunned at Glasgow police station shooting
A SERVING officer has been killed in a shooting incident at a police station in Glasgow. He was named last night as 41-year-old PC Rod Gellatly.An ambulance was called to Baird Street police station,...
View ArticleM&S profits drop again as non-food sales slide
Marks & Spencer reported falling half-year profits today as it counted the cost of its worst non-food sales performance for three years. The retail giant posted a fall in underlying pre-tax profits...
View ArticlePutin fires defence minister after fraud allegations
Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired the country’s defence minister two weeks after a criminal probe was opened into alleged fraud in the sell-off of military assets.Putin made the announcement...
View ArticleBrian Cox announced as new ambassador of Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre
HOLLYWOOD actor Brian Cox said he is ready to return to the stage in Scotland as he was confirmed as a new ambassador for a theatre where he first performed almost half a century ago.• 66-year-old...
View ArticlePrimark sales continue to rise
Primark has continued to resist Europe’s economic woes after an “exceptional” year in which it racked up £3.5 billion in sales and created 10,000 jobs.The budget chain, which has 158 of its 244 stores...
View ArticleRoyal London eyes market changes as sales hold steady
Scottish Life owner Royal London today said it was poised to benefit from changes to the regulatory landscape as it reported flat sales for the first nine months of the year.The life and pensions...
View ArticleBowleven signs partnership deal with Petrofac
Shares in Bowleven jumped by more than 20 per cent this morning after the Edinburgh-based oil explorer signed a deal with Petrofac that will see the FTSE 100 energy services firm pump $500 million...
View ArticleSmart Metering Systems wins Eon contract
Smart Metering Systems (SMS) has today unveiled a deal to supply its gas meters to “big six” utility firm Eon, sending shares in the Glasgow-based company up as much as 9 per cent in early trading.The...
View ArticleScottish Business Briefing - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
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. INDUSTRYScots builders’ fury at ‘shocking’...
View ArticleScottish doctors will vote today on strike action over pensions
DOCTORS in Scotland will today begin voting on a proposal to take further strike action over changes to their pensions.The British Medical Association (BMA) is balloting members to determine whether...
View ArticleBPI says trading improved despite tough conditions
Plastic packaging maker British Polythene Industries (BPI) said measures to move its business away from recession hit sectors paid off in the third quarter, allowing it to match last year’s...
View ArticleBody discovered on roof of Edinburgh council HQ
A BODY was discovered early today on the roof of the city council headquarters at Waverley Court in Market Street.Police said they had been called to the building at around 8am after a man’s body was...
View ArticleSNP stalwarts Gordon Wilson and Jim Sillars call for EU referendum following...
THE row over an independent Scotland’s place in Europe is damaging the prospect of a Yes vote in the 2014 referendum, a former leader and Deputy leader of the SNP warned today.• Scotland should call a...
View ArticleTory politician Nadine Dorries set to become first MP on I’m A Celebrity......
Conservative MP Nadine Dorries could face the wrath of her constituents as she heads to Australia for up to a month to take part in reality TV show I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here.• Nadine...
View ArticleTheresa May pledges support for Waterhouse inquiry investigation into care...
THE Home Secretary will update MPs today on plans to “look very carefully” into the police’s treatment of historic allegations of child abuse in North Wales.• Theresa May is due to brief MPs today on...
View ArticleAnthony Brown: It’s not quite May 19, but cup derby will define this season
Here we go again. Less than seven months after Craig Beattie’s penalty winner for Hearts against Celtic sparked the most frenzied build-up to a match in the history of Edinburgh football, we have...
View ArticleAlex Neil says NHS Lothian Second division health service
HEALTH Secretary Alex Neil has said that Lothian residents have been on the receiving end of a “second division” NHS service.Speaking after he chaired the annual review to assess NHS Lothian’s...
View Article