Michael Fry: World beaters often hail from broken homes
IT’S NOT cash that makes for Olympic gold, but be the proximity of a foe who must be defeated.The organs of myself that I most often exercise are my brain, my tongue and my stomach. I think a lot, I...
View ArticleScottish students lose out in university rush
HUNDREDS of empty places are being advertised at leading universities, despite Scottish students being told they have limited chances of obtaining a last-minute spot.Thousands of teenagers across...
View ArticleIndustry bears £50m theft burden
As AUSTERITY measures continue to bite into the economy, theft from farms has reached new levels, according to leading rural insurer NFU Mutual, which this week stated the cost of theft to UK...
View ArticleEmma Cowing: We have not heard the last of Louise Mensch
I USED to know Louise Mensch a little bit. Back then she was Louise Bagshawe, best-selling author of chicklit novels with toe-curling titles like Venus Envy and A Kept Woman, and I say a little bit...
View ArticleDavid Cameron on collision course with Lib Dems in boundary row
DAVID Cameron insisted yesterday that he would press ahead with plans to reduce the number of seats in the House of Commons, despite the Liberal Democrats saying they will vote against them.The Prime...
View ArticleLeaders: We must build on the success of Sir Chris & co | Highers require a...
EXTRAORDINARY. Incredible. Unique. Magnificent. After Sir Chris Hoy’s triumph last night, such superlatives seem superfluous.For in truth it is hard to find words which can adequately describe the...
View ArticleFrom the archives: ‘Press must not be coerced’; 8 August 1949
MR PHILIP Fothergill, president-elect of the Liberal Party said yesterday that the public would welcome a positive response from the newspaper industry to the Royal Commission verdict, but there must...
View ArticleJim Wallace: The rule of law on referendums isn’t an optional extra
THE Scotsman’s editorial yesterday repeated a number of misconceptions which have crept into the debate around the referendum. No-one is attempting to stand in the way of the Scottish Government...
View ArticleHorne’s happy dilemma sends Campbell Dallas on the prowl
SCOTTISH mid-tier accountancy firm Campbell Dallas is returning to its acquisitive roots after managing partner Chris Horne yesterday outlined an ambitious expansion strategy.Horne aims to raise...
View ArticleBrown up for SFE challenge
EWAN Brown, the former chairman of Lloyds TSB Scotland, has been named as the new chairman of Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE).He replaces Mark Tennant, who is retiring after three years at the helm...
View ArticleJubilee celebration period knocks manufacturing
Britain’s industrial output tanked in June as two extra public holidays compounded the sector’s underlying weakness.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that manufacturing output fell 2.9 per...
View ArticleRoyal Bank loses ‘instrumental’ Far East player
THE chairman and chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland’s Chinese operations has resigned after little more than a year in the post.Sherry Liu, who joined from JP Morgan Chase in April 2011, was...
View ArticleBellway cements succession and forecasts ‘modest’ earnings boost
Housebuilder Bellway predicted its full-year profit would be “modestly” ahead of forecasts yesterday as it unveiled a management succession reshuffle that will see its chief executive replace its...
View ArticleBusiness in brief: Church of England | HMV | Scottish Futures | Xstrata | L & G
THE Church of England has sold its entire £1.9 million stake in News Corp over concerns about the group’s response to the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World.The church, which manages £8...
View ArticleTiger hunt by Thai tycoon
THAI billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi yesterday made an unsolicited approach for Singapore conglomerate Fraser and Neave’s (F&N’s) 7.3 per cent stake in Tiger Beer-maker Asia Pacific Breweries...
View ArticleCo-op chief executive to retire after ‘truly outstanding job’
Co-operative chief executive Peter Marks yesterday announced he is to retire from the group, which last month agreed the £750 million acquisition of 632 bank branches from Lloyds.Marks, who also...
View ArticleCell scientists hail signal breakthrough
RESEARCHERS at Dundee University have identified a molecule that could play a key role in how cells develop into the building blocks of life.Their findings could also explain how cells specialise – or...
View ArticleNew disinfectant destroys superbugs
A DISINFECTANT that is harmless to humans but deadly to superbugs such as C difficile could be the latest weapon against the infections.Scientists say the disinfectant, Akwaton, can destroy bacteria...
View ArticleMidge–borne viral threat to livestock
A DISEASE which causes severe birth defects and miscarriages in livestock could spread across the whole of Britain this year, experts have warned.There have been 276 cases of Schmallenberg virus, which...
View ArticleDistance learning first for the Gaelic
A DISTANCE learning degree in Gaelic is being offered for the first time.The University of the Highlands and Islands campus at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, the Gaelic college on Skye, will offer the course from...
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