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Scottish Business Briefing - Tuesday 26 April, 2011
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BANKING & INSURANCE
Horta-Osorio may be planning Widows sale as City debates
Investment banks are divided over whether or not Lloyds Banking Group should sell Scottish Widows, amid renewed speculation that chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio is eyeing a sale of the insurer (Scotsman).
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ECONOMY
Coalition enterprise zones may be 'strangled at birth'
NEW rules covering the coalition government's proposed enterprise zones (EZs) threaten to "strangle them at birth" because the majority won't do enough to encourage investment in speculative property development, an expert has warned (Scotsman).
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INDUSTRY
Future's Bright Purple for Scots recruitment firm
RECRUITMENT firm Bright Purple Resourcing (BPR) has laid out plans to treble turnover to 100 million over the next three years as the Edinburgh-based company prepares to open its first overseas office (Scotsman).
PPI is 'obstacle' to a healthy jobs market
The widespread sale of payment protection insurance (PPI), alongside Jobcentre Plus rules, is stifling economic activity by deterring the unemployed from accepting temporary work, according to one of Scotland's largest recruitment agencies for the construction industry (Herald).
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PERSONAL FINANCE
IPPR says its end of the road for Isas
Individual savings accounts (Isas) are failing to incentivise savers and should be abolished, a think-tank yesterday claimed (Scotsman).
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TECHNOLOGY
EBS buys out its rival Interact IT
EURO Business Solutions (EBS), the East Lothian-based IT firm, has bought Edinburgh-based rival Interact IT for 100,000 (Scotsman).
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