Scottish Business Briefing - Tuesday 18 September 2012 - Management

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Marine energy firms 'threatened by connection charges'. Picture: Getty

Published on 18/09/2012 09:19

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ENERGY & UTILITIES

Connection charges threaten Scotland’s marine energy firms

INVESTMENT in new marine energy projects is being threatened by rising charges to connect the schemes to the electricity grid, the head of

Scotland’s renewable power trade body warns today (Scotsman)

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FOOD, DRINK & AGRICULTURE

Hutton chief departs after merger problems

One of the bosses of Scotland’s newest agricultural research institute has departed suddenly just months after she admitted problems with the merger of the two centres that created it. (Press & Journal)

Bottling plant key to distillers’ expansion

Burn Stewart Distillers, which makes Bunnahabhain, Tobermory and Deanston whiskies, hopes to have its new £500,000 bottling line open early next year (The Herald)

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MANAGEMENT

SLI ‘sceptical’ over tie-up between BAE and EADS

A SCOTTISH institutional investor has cast doubt on whether the proposed £30 billion defence merger between BAE Systems and European consortium EADS will go ahead, given the political complications. (Scotsman)

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MEDIA & LEISURE

Crieff Hydro confident that £1m investment will pay dividends

CRIEFF HYDRO, the four-star Perthshire hotel, is confident that a £1 million investment will cement its position as one of the UK’s key leisure and conference resorts after shrugging off the economic gloom to deliver a small rise in annual profits. (Scotsman)

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TRANSPORT

Scotland’s small airports take off with more passengers

Passenger numbers at Scotland’s regional airports have lifted slightly despite service reductions, weather disruption and the tough economic climate (Scotsman)

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