Ladbrokes continues to struggle on with digital
LADBROKES yesterday said that the director in charge of its IT strategy had been relieved of his duties as the bookmaker prepares to unveil a slump in profits at its digital division.The company said...
View ArticleStudents opt for digital aids
STUDENTS who are technology-savvy are turning their backs on traditional textbooks and downloading digital copies instead, a new poll suggests.Digital textbooks are now owned by four in five (80 per...
View ArticleInnovations push Borders-based Oregon Timber Frame into black
New products and services and a series of “efficiency measures” have helped push Borders-based Oregon Timber Frame back into the black.Annual accounts for the timber frame manufacturer show that it...
View ArticleIndustry watchers at odds over effect of fees changes at Brewin Dolphin
WEALTH manager Brewin Dolphin has reported a loss of customers as a result of its shift to a fee-paying model ahead of new rules affecting the industry next year.The firm said its assets under...
View ArticleJohn Edward: At every school, education will always come first
In A lively article last week, Hugh Reilly accused independent schools of begging and of deliberately diverting public money from deserving causes, patronised some of the more than 30,000 Scottish...
View ArticleMountaineering Council of Scotland seek wind farm curbs
Mountaineers and hillwalkers have condemned a deluge of major wind farm applications which they claim threaten to industrialise large tracts of the country’s most beautiful landscapes.The...
View ArticleFrom the archive: Government and a Scots parliament 31 July, 1950
IT IS the view of the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Scotland and other Scottish ministers that the question of the establishment of a Scottish Parliament within the framework of the United...
View ArticleLondon 2012 Olympics: Hat’s the spirit! Statues get into the party mood
EVEN those with hearts of stone are not immune from the party atmosphere surrounding the Greatest Show on Earth. A selection of the most iconic statues in London were sporting natty new headwear...
View ArticleExpansion deal for Glasgow-based ClinTec
CLINTEC, the Glasgow-based clinical research group, is expanding into Malawi following a deal with a major drugs company.The unnamed pharmaceutical group has chosen ClinTec, which now carries out...
View ArticleHospital reopens its doors to children
A CHILDREN’S ward that refused to admit patients for three weeks because of a staff shortage has returned to full service.Bosses at NHS Lothian had suspended admissions at St John’s Hospital in...
View ArticleRestoration frustration at Adam Smith’s Panmure House in Edinburgh
A neglected link in the capital’s history, Adam Smith’s Panmure House, has rotted while squabbles over plans to revive it drag on. Will capitalism’s birthplace ever be reborn, asks Bill JamiesonIt is...
View Article‘Lives at risk’ as Raigmore Hospital in Inverness fails basic hygiene
A SCOTTISH hospital is “putting patients’ lives at risk” after inspectors found it was failing to meet basic hygiene standards, an MSP has warned.Inspectors found dirty toilets, poor management of bed...
View ArticleAndrew Whitaker: No third option may encourage Labour supporters to vote Yes
THE launch of the Labour for independence campaign has predictably been seized upon by the SNP as the sign of an irresistible surge towards a Yes vote in the 2014 referendum.Alex Salmond’s party has...
View ArticleFSA official looks at how to repair damage to Libor
THE UK government has set out the terms for a revamp of Libor, the inter-bank lending rate, that was rigged by a number of banks.The review will be conducted by Martin Wheatley, a top official at the...
View ArticleWildlife tourism firms join in plea for protection of Scotland’s seas
A NUMBER of Scotland’s leading wildlife tourism businesses are calling on the Scottish Government to do more to protect and restore Scotland’s seas. Representatives of more than 20 organisations have...
View ArticleFrench Duncan to advise BioCity Scotland
Accounting firm French Duncan is to provide advice to tenants at the BioCity Scotland project in Lanarkshire after signing up to a corporate partnership agreement with the life sciences incubator.Head...
View ArticlePolice name fatal Bonnybridge crash pensioner
AN ELDERLY woman who died when her car crashed into a wall has been named.Pamela Cunningham, 79, of Falkirk, was driving a Suzuki Ignis in Dunure Crescent, Bonnybridge, when she hit a lamppost and wall...
View ArticleScottish research hope on fatal diseases
Scientists say they have found what causes severe side-effects in medication used to treat potentially fatal diseases in some of the world’s poorest regions.Researchers at the universities of St...
View ArticleScientists warn new seal flu virus could be threat to human health
Seal flu has been identified as the latest potential threat to human health. A new flu virus identified in American harbour seals has the potential to pass to other mammals, including humans, according...
View ArticleLiberty rights under scrutiny in Scotland
ADULTS in care in Scotland, who are not allowed home because of physical or mental health problems, could be victims of human rights breaches.The Law Commission has launched a consultation seeking...
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