Scottish word of the day: Yammer
To talk incessantly, often without saying anything of importance.“I can hardly hear myself think with you yammering away”An excellent example of the wider usage the word has gained outside Scotland is...
View ArticleScotland continues to drive sales of new cars ahead of UK figures
New car registrations grew just 0.1 per cent to 59,433 last month, according to figure released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).There was a near-10 per cent year-on-year...
View ArticleFalling sales prompt Morrisons to cut back on expansion
MORRISONS is to scale back its expansion plans for the next two years as the supermarket giant gets to grips with the bleak consumer backdrop.The group yesterday posted a 0.9 per cent fall in...
View ArticleMacquarie investment will allow Mainstream to expand
Dublin-based wind farm developer Mainstream Renewable Power, which recently submitted a planning application for the £1.4 billion Neart na Gaoithe offshore project in Scotland, has been backed with a...
View ArticleActuarial centre of excellence to focus on research with benefit for businesses
Scotland has been chosen as the home of a new “centre of excellence” for actuarial science that promises to deliver research partnerships and practical applications for both businesses and...
View ArticleWest Coast line to be nationalised if franchise bid row cannot be settled
THE UK government is preparing to nationalise the West Coast rail line if Virgin’s legal challenge to losing the franchise means an operator has not been appointed by the handover date.Rival operator...
View ArticleNew scholarship project for Scots entrepreneurs
A NEW fellowship programme will enable five Scottish entrepreneurs to take part in a 15-week intensive study period at Boston-based Babson College as Fulbright Scholars next year. The Saltire...
View ArticleBusiness optimism drops to all-time low on fears of contracting economy
Optimism among UK businesses has fallen to a 20-year low, with the latest survey predicting the economy will still be contracting at the start of 2013.Accountancy firm BDO said its Optimism Index has...
View ArticleDominic Jeff: Retailers in the spotlight, but mixed picture likely
A BIG week for retail sees results from department store chain John Lewis, B&Q parent Kingfisher, chocolatier Thorntons and clothing giant Next.Next is expected to report robust profit growth in...
View ArticleBill Jamieson: Restricting VCTs will hit firms starting out
Barely a week goes past without exhortations from the government to set up in business or give support to enterprise and entrepreneurs. One way of doing this is to invest in funds that provide capital...
View ArticleInterview: Duncan Wilson, golf course developer
LESS than an hour from teeing off at Vale do Lobo, Duncan Wilson is looking to put his handicap of eight to test against the Algarve course that has twice hosted the Portuguese Open. Conditions are...
View ArticleRescuers find the body of missing man, 75, on Munro
Mountain rescue crews searching for an elderly man who went missing on a Munro have recovered a body.The 75-year-old became separated from his group on Ben Cruachan, in Argyll, and was reported overdue...
View ArticleLeaders: Cameron must make his mark or face the fall-out
ONE of the by-products of a successful Cabinet reshuffle is a sense of a team strengthened and unity of purpose restored. Ominously, there has been little sign of either since Prime Minister David...
View ArticleRona Dugall: Kumon feel the noize of kids doing maths
IT’S half past seven in the morning and my daughters are doing extra maths homework. They are looking at me with hatred in their eyes. And I don’t blame them. When they’re lying on the psychiatrist’s...
View ArticleJane Devine: There is no such thing as a safe amount of booze when driving,...
ONE for the road? It’s not a very responsible thing to ask a driver, is it? Yet many of us set ourselves a limit of “just the one” if we’re driving. In a way, the drink-driving limit encourages this....
View ArticleBrian Monteith: There are plenty of good news economic stories around to keep...
ONE could be forgiven for believing it has been a really bad week for the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne. Booed in public at a Paralympics medal ceremony and then having it transmitted by...
View ArticleDavid Alexander: Purpose-built rental homes are the way forward
OKAY, so it is normally taken for granted that Britain is a nation of home-owners and no-one is arguing with the latest estimate that 80 per cent of the people of this nation aspire to own the roof...
View ArticleHMS Ark Royal to be sold for scrap as alternative uses for aircraft carrier...
Former Navy flagship HMS Ark Royal will be sold on as scrap metal for £3 million as part of a move that the Ministry of Defence has described as “difficult but necessary”.An announcement in parliament...
View Article£2k raised for canoe tragedy families
Almost £2,000 has been raised at a charity car wash for the families of victims of a canoe accident that claimed the lives of three young children.Firefighters from Beauly Fire Station, near Inverness,...
View ArticleFat children eat less than skinny peers
Overweight youngsters eat less than their skinny peers, suggests new research.A study of almost 20,000 children found that obese or overweight youngsters aged between nine and 17 consumed fewer...
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