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Scottish Business Briefing - Monday 25 April, 2011
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ENERGY & UTILITIES
Osborne 'unwilling to be swayed' in meeting with oil chiefs on tax
THE oil industry's hopes of reversing Britain's controversial tax raid on its North Sea profits have been quashed by Chancellor George Osborne (Scotsman).
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FOOD, DRINK & AGRICULTURE
'Unique' Scotch whisky to help Japan disaster victims
A unique whisky made by seven independent Scottish distilleries to raise money for the disaster relief effort in Japan has almost sold out - before it has even been bottled. The distilleries each donated a cask of single malt to create a limited edition whisky called Spirit of Unity (BBC).
Read all today's food, drink and agriculture news from scotsman.com
PERSONAL FINANCE
Warning over public sector pension burden on taxpayers
A SCOTTISH business group has hit out at public sector pension practices which it says make businesses and taxpayers liable for a multi-billion-pound black hole in state pensions (Scotsman).
Read all today's personal finance news from scotsman.com
RETAIL
Deadline looms on rescue deal for All Saints
Fashion chain All Saints must complete a rescue buy-out deal by tomorrow evening or face the possibility of being put into administration. Lloyds Banking Group, the retailer's lender, is engaged in talks with All Saints about finding buyers for the stakes owned by Kaupthing and Glitnir, the Icelandic banks (Scotsman).
Read all today's retail news from scotsman.com
TRANSPORT
City Car Club set for 10m takeover
THE founder of a car-sharing club which operates in major cities in the UK is in line for a multi-million-pound windfall after it emerged he is considering bids from potential buyers (Scotsman).
Further push for National merger
A SECOND major shareholder in National Express has backed radical plans to shake up the coach and train group (Scotsman).
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