Exhibition reviews: Piranesi: Master of Fantasy | Soviet Grand Designs
TWO exhibitions throw open windows on Rome and Soviet Russia to give a sense of how artists saw those worlds and how such civilisations saw themselvesPiranesi: Master of FantasyNational Gallery of...
View ArticleComing home: A remarkable collection of 20th century Scottish art
AN American couple’s passion for early 20th century Scottish art, despite no family links to the land of Mackintosh, will turn full circle this week with the sale of a remarkable collection, writes...
View ArticleDavid Pollock on NVA’s plans to turn St Peter’s Seminary into ‘invisible...
FOR most of us, St Peter’s Seminary is a myth – perhaps the most famous building in Scotland that nearly all of the country’s inhabitants have never visited.FOR most of us, St Peter’s Seminary is a...
View ArticleDavid Lonsdale: Empty property tax might make a bad situation worse
A RECESSION is an odd time to be raising taxes on business, but that is what MSPs are being asked to do today.The Scottish Government’s Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties) Bill is expected...
View ArticleFrom the archive: Working Man Will Get a Better Deal, 6 September, 1948
Speaking at a Unionist fete in the grounds of Alloa House on Saturday, Mr R. A. Butler, MP, said that great interest was being shown in the outline of constructive policy which the Conservative Party...
View ArticleFiona McCade: Pig of a moment when romance died
THE moment I stopped being the romantic lead in my own life is etched on my memory forever. It happened a couple of years ago. We were at a wedding and my husband yelled across the room to ask me if I...
View ArticleInvestment firm Hargreaves Lansdown founders in line for £56m pay-out
THE two founders of Hargreaves Lansdown scooped a combined £56 million full-year dividend bonanza yesterday as the investment manager and adviser shrugged off volatile markets with a resilient profits...
View ArticleGlobal Energy Group turnover up nearly 50%
TURNOVER at Inverness-based Global Energy Group jumped by nearly 50 per cent after the energy services company grew its overseas business and took over the oil rig yard at Nigg Bay.Revenues jumped to...
View ArticleDirect Line to axe 900 jobs to boost profits
DIRECT Line Group, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) insurance subsidiary that is set to float on the stock market next month, yesterday unveiled plans to axe nearly 900 jobs to help boost future...
View ArticleF1 hi-tech wheelchair wins funding from Scottish Investment Bank
A WHEELCHAIR designer who uses Formula 1 racing car technology in his products has secured £350,000 of funding from Highland Venture Capital and the Scottish Investment Bank to launch his carbon fibre...
View ArticleUS playing hardball over BP’s ‘corporate recklessness’ in Gulf
HOPES that BP could soon put the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe behind it have been crushed by a ferociously-worded memo accusing the oil major of gross negligence for its part in the worst...
View ArticleSECC books £30m loss as building work continues on Scottish Hydro
THE company that runs Glasgow’s iconic Armadillo venue will post a loss of nearly £30 million following complex arrangements to finance construction of the Scottish Hydro music arena, which opens next...
View ArticlePureMalt switches from Bank of Scotland to HSBC
Malt extract supplier PureMalt has switched bankers from Bank of Scotland to HSBC as it looks to capitalise on international expansion. The Haddington-based company, which makes all its products from...
View ArticleMarkets: City unimpressed by euro rescue plan
The London market refused to join a European share rally as some details of the European Central Bank’s plans to save the euro leaked out yesterday.The ECB is expected to unveil an unlimited...
View ArticleSweden’s ‘local’ bank in Perth
Swedish bank Handelsbanken, which operates on a “decentralised” model that allows local managers to make their own decisions, is to expand its presence in Scotland next month when it opens a branch in...
View ArticleSparkling deal: Jeweller Theo Fennell in takeover talks
JEWELLER to the stars Theo Fennell is in preliminary discussions that could lead to a takeover by EME Capital, a London-based boutique finance house with Middle East connections.The company – whose...
View ArticleComment: Britvic move is striking while the Irn–Bru is hot
IT’S difficult to miss the gallus opportunism in the timing of AG Barr’s approach to the much bigger Britvic over a possible £1.4 billion soft drinks merger. Britvic left blood in the water in July...
View ArticleAnalysis: Wage demands pushing the ‘Miner Spring’
SOUTH AFRICA’S mining industry is being sucked into a vicious circle as labour unrest spreads from platinum to gold with steep wage demands neither sector can afford.Fuelled by outrage over the police...
View ArticleFarming: Battle against scab continues
The fight against sheep scab, a contagious disease spread by mites that cause significant irritation and discomfort to infected animals, is making progress, with 76 cases being reported in Scotland...
View ArticleFarming: Genetic testing to protect Aberden-Angus ‘brand’
A NEW move to stamp out abuse of the Aberdeen-Angus beef brand by unscrupulous butchers and restaurants was announced yesterday by the Perth-based Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society and Dublin-based...
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