LORD Smith of Kelvin is to chair the Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank, a £3 billion initiative to provide loans for low-carbon investments.
]]>PC World and Currys owner Dixons Retail Group received the backing of its banks today with a new £300 million lending facility.
]]>SHARES in bailed out Spanish lender Bankia have been suspended on the Madrid stock exchange ahead of a meeting to decide how much more money it needs from the government.
]]>Department store John Lewis posted another week of double-digit sales rises, boosted by online demand, but warned that wet weather had dampened fashion sales.
]]>WELCOME to scotsman.com’s Scottish Business Briefing. Every morning we bring you a comprehensive round-up of all news affecting business in Scotland today.
]]>HOLIDAY firm Thomas Cook has appointed a new chief executive from outside the travel industry to lead its turnaround.
Harriet Green, who is currently boss of Leeds-based electronic components distributor Premier Farnell, will join at the end of July.
]]>OIL and gas explorer Faroe Petroleum became the latest company to get drawn into the “shareholder spring” yesterday, heading off a potential investor rebellion over a long-term bonus scheme.
]]>Scottish transport company FirstGroup is to accelerate the restructuring of its UK bus business after profits at the division fell by almost 10 per cent.
]]>MOTHERCARE’S new chief executive vowed to be “ruthless” in tackling the chain’s costs yesterday as a dismal UK performance dragged the retailer to a £103 million loss.
]]>SHARES in Scottish coal mine operator ATH Resources plunged by more than a fifth yesterday after the firm put the brakes on plans to expand its mine at Glenmuckloch, in Ayrshire.
]]>Hopes were high today that Scotland can avoid the worst of the 27,000 job cuts unveiled by computer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) because the American firm has already restructured its facility at Erskine, near Glasgow.
]]>A FAILURE to remove livestock from the Drymen show field within the recommended period of four weeks before the event has seen the local authority withdraw its permission for the 200-year-old event, which was to have been held tomorrow.
]]>A £250 million funding package announced yesterday for a range of agricultural research institutes around the UK included £23m support for a project at the Roslin Institute, outside Edinburgh.
]]>NEWSPAPER group Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) saw its first-half performance hit by the cost of disposals, restructuring and redundancies – but yesterday claimed annual earnings were still set to grow.
]]>ASOS bosses pocketed more than £60 million in shares yesterday as profits at the online fashion firm nearly doubled.
]]>IAN Livingston, the Scots-born chief executive of BT, rang up a bumper pay package last year with total salary, cash and share bonuses of £3.85 million, according to the firm’s annual report.
]]>ENERGY services firm Wood Group has won a contract to build what is claimed to be the world’s first combined wave- and wind-powered facility.
]]>ROBUST growth in Africa and Latin America helped brewing giant SABMiller offset a fall in beer consumption in Europe and North America, with annual profits disclosed yesterday up 12 per cent at $5.6 billion (£3.6bn).
]]>THE University of Strathclyde has fought off competition from five other higher education institutions to become the exclusive European partner on a research and development programme backed by the South Korean government.
]]>Lansdowne Oil & Gas, the Irish explorer in which Aberdeen-based SeaEnergy holds a 25 per cent stake, yesterday revealed that its Barryroe discovery off the coast of Ireland could produce oil at higher rates than was previously predicted.
]]>LORD Smith of Kelvin is to chair the Edinburgh-based Green Investment Bank, a £3 billion initiative to provide loans for low-carbon investments.
]]>PC World and Currys owner Dixons Retail Group received the backing of its banks today with a new £300 million lending facility.
]]>SHARES in bailed out Spanish lender Bankia have been suspended on the Madrid stock exchange ahead of a meeting to decide how much more money it needs from the government.
]]>Department store John Lewis posted another week of double-digit sales rises, boosted by online demand, but warned that wet weather had dampened fashion sales.
]]>WELCOME to scotsman.com’s Scottish Business Briefing. Every morning we bring you a comprehensive round-up of all news affecting business in Scotland today.
]]>HOLIDAY firm Thomas Cook has appointed a new chief executive from outside the travel industry to lead its turnaround.
Harriet Green, who is currently boss of Leeds-based electronic components distributor Premier Farnell, will join at the end of July.
]]>OIL and gas explorer Faroe Petroleum became the latest company to get drawn into the “shareholder spring” yesterday, heading off a potential investor rebellion over a long-term bonus scheme.
]]>Scottish transport company FirstGroup is to accelerate the restructuring of its UK bus business after profits at the division fell by almost 10 per cent.
]]>MOTHERCARE’S new chief executive vowed to be “ruthless” in tackling the chain’s costs yesterday as a dismal UK performance dragged the retailer to a £103 million loss.
]]>SHARES in Scottish coal mine operator ATH Resources plunged by more than a fifth yesterday after the firm put the brakes on plans to expand its mine at Glenmuckloch, in Ayrshire.
]]>Hopes were high today that Scotland can avoid the worst of the 27,000 job cuts unveiled by computer maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) because the American firm has already restructured its facility at Erskine, near Glasgow.
]]>A FAILURE to remove livestock from the Drymen show field within the recommended period of four weeks before the event has seen the local authority withdraw its permission for the 200-year-old event, which was to have been held tomorrow.
]]>A £250 million funding package announced yesterday for a range of agricultural research institutes around the UK included £23m support for a project at the Roslin Institute, outside Edinburgh.
]]>NEWSPAPER group Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) saw its first-half performance hit by the cost of disposals, restructuring and redundancies – but yesterday claimed annual earnings were still set to grow.
]]>ASOS bosses pocketed more than £60 million in shares yesterday as profits at the online fashion firm nearly doubled.
]]>IAN Livingston, the Scots-born chief executive of BT, rang up a bumper pay package last year with total salary, cash and share bonuses of £3.85 million, according to the firm’s annual report.
]]>ENERGY services firm Wood Group has won a contract to build what is claimed to be the world’s first combined wave- and wind-powered facility.
]]>ROBUST growth in Africa and Latin America helped brewing giant SABMiller offset a fall in beer consumption in Europe and North America, with annual profits disclosed yesterday up 12 per cent at $5.6 billion (£3.6bn).
]]>THE University of Strathclyde has fought off competition from five other higher education institutions to become the exclusive European partner on a research and development programme backed by the South Korean government.
]]>Lansdowne Oil & Gas, the Irish explorer in which Aberdeen-based SeaEnergy holds a 25 per cent stake, yesterday revealed that its Barryroe discovery off the coast of Ireland could produce oil at higher rates than was previously predicted.
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