Oilseed growers face threat to payments over fat levels
Oilseed rape growers who are just coming through one of the most problematic harvests following a difficult growing season are now facing a new and unexpected problem which could hit their pockets...
View ArticleConstruction woes push Barr into the red
CONSTRUCTION and quarrying firm Barr was pushed into the red last year by two loss-making divisions it has since sold or closed.The group, whose main office is in Paisley, said Solway Steel and Solway...
View ArticleTavish Scott: Press, politics and police must be kept separate
A TORY Minister lost his temper at police guarding the Downing Street gate. That much seems clear. What Andrew Mitchell did or did not say is now a news story that has run for a week. What is more...
View ArticlePublisher helps firms hire staff
JOHNSTON Press, the newspaper and website publisher, is launching a fixed-price recruitment service to help employers fill vacancies quickly and cost-effectively.TheSmartList.co.uk allows businesses to...
View ArticleJennifer Dempsie: Independence begins with Scotland’s people
THE Yes campaign is building up momentum from the grassroots upwards, writes Jennifer Dempsie.It all began in a street called Hope. Behind the blue doors of our office in Hope Street, in the centre of...
View ArticleACS Clothing hangs its hat at Eurocentral unit
EUROPE’S largest formal dress hire company is relocating to the Eurocentral industrial park on the M8 in one of the biggest recent lettings of its kind. ACS Clothing, which will move from its existing...
View ArticleCall for ‘understanding’ from grain merchants
FARMING unions both north and south of the Border yesterday called on grain merchants to understand the difficulties this harvest had thrown up with regard to the quality of the grain produced.The move...
View ArticleBrian Daniels: Consumers need information on drugs given for depression
OFFICIAL figures have shown that antidepressant drug usage in Scotland is up again. That’s great news for the pharmaceutical companies and those with vested interests, but it’s not such good news for...
View ArticleFiona McCade: Supermarket snob wars just escalated
AN ACQUAINTANCE of mine used to sneer at Aldi and its customers, describing the supermarket as “a Third World shopping experience”, until one day, I saw her in there.I raised my eyebrows as she...
View ArticleCold case warrior: Meeting Scotland’s Solicitor General
SCOTLAND’S Solicitor General is credited with ‘writing the book’ on pursuing organised criminals through Proceeds of Crime legislation, and now she has her sights set on reopening cases closed after...
View ArticleRiots spark market losses
European markets suffered their biggest losses in two months yesterday as anti-austerity riots in Spain and Greece underscored the difficulties facing struggling peripheral economies.Michael Hewson,...
View ArticleShanks’ shares fall on warning
Waste management specialist Shanks saw its shares plunge more than 12 per cent yesterday after warning that its full-year results would fall short of City forecasts.The firm, founded in 1880 as a...
View ArticleMichael Kelly: Animal welfare after human rights, not before
PETS are not people and should not be treated as such or put before real people’s needs, writes Michael Kelly.Just when you thought it was safe to dip your toe into the murky water of high moral...
View ArticleCala’s advisers sounding out £250m private equity sell-off
HOUSEBUILDER Cala is sounding out private equity buyers about a possible £250 million deal to sell the company amid a resurgence in the sector.The Edinburgh-based firm, which recently posted its...
View ArticleBridge eyes European waters after listing
BRIDGE Energy chief executive Tom Reynolds has revealed that he would consider a push into European waters following today’s listing on the Alternative Investment Market (Aim).Reynolds, who runs the...
View ArticleBank moves could lead to increase in mortgages
Britain’s big lenders are planning to hike mortgage lending over the next three months as the Bank of England moves to ease credit conditions.The central bank’s latest credit conditions survey –...
View ArticleImages of Scotland: St Boswells
Alex McSorley took this photograph of a hot air balloon taking off from the Green at St Boswells last Friday night.Submit your pictures for publication to:...
View ArticleFrom the archives: McConnell move to ease rules on immigration; 27 September,...
JACK McConnell, the First minister, wants changes made to the UK immigration system to help reverse Scotland’s declining population, it emerged last night.The First Minister revealed that he has been...
View ArticleSex, drugs and JK Rowling – we’re not in Hogwarts now
JK ROWLING yesterday defended the “blackly comic” themes addressed in her new adult novel, which include heroin addiction, cyber-bullying, self-harm, teenage sex and parental abuse.The Casual Vacancy,...
View ArticleThousands of civilian police jobs face axe says chief
UP TO 3,200 civilian police support staff could be axed to meet “daunting” savings targets, the Chief Constable of Scotland admitted yesterday, speaking for the first time after his appointment to...
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