http://www.scotsman.com/NewsFront.aspx?SectionID=6982 bus en-GB Copyright 2007, Johnston Press Plc jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk jpnm.coordinator@jpress.co.uk SCOT http://www.scotsman.com/GetFeed.aspx?sectionid=6982&format=rss Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:47:49 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.scotsman.com/template/group/images/rss/SCOT_rss.gif http://www.scotsman.com 281 70 http://www.scotsman.com/business/Borders-collapse---is.5887527.jp MUSIC and book retailer HMV is expected to cherry-pick a number of stores from the collapsed Borders chain. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Borders-collapse---is.5887527.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/45m-VAT-blow-to-Scots.5887519.jp SCOTLAND'S struggling financial services sector will be dealt another blow – costing millions – when the VAT rate goes back up to 17.5 per cent following a temporary cut. http://www.scotsman.com/business/45m-VAT-blow-to-Scots.5887519.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/UK-economy-shrunk-more-than.5887531.jp THE UK's economy has shrunk more than originally feared and growth during recovery will be slower, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) warns today. http://www.scotsman.com/business/UK-economy-shrunk-more-than.5887531.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Darling39s-highwire-act.5887526.jp WHEN Alistair Darling stands up on Wednesday to deliver what is likely to be his ultimate Pre-Budget Report (PBR), "tax" will be the much-dreaded buzzword. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Darling39s-highwire-act.5887526.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Hard-times-for-our-mutual.5887524.jp AT THE annual lunch of the Building Societies Association (BSA) in London last month, chairman Graham Beale said: "The traditional values of building societies re http://www.scotsman.com/business/Hard-times-for-our-mutual.5887524.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/America-faces-phased-return-to.5887541.jp SO, America's recession is over. The Bureau of Economic Statistics, the nation's bean counters, reported last month that output in the third quarter grew at an annual http://www.scotsman.com/business/America-faces-phased-return-to.5887541.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Car-firms-set-to-scrap.5887568.jp WHILE the world's carmakers struggle through long-overdue rationalisation, the fate of plants in Sweden and Sicily may well determine how consolidation plays out in Europe http://www.scotsman.com/business/Car-firms-set-to-scrap.5887568.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Bill-Jamieson-Not-fit-for.5887514.jp THREE big questions haunt discussion on the future of Scotland's economy. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Bill-Jamieson-Not-fit-for.5887514.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Michelle-Rodger-The-green-business.5887517.jp AS WORLD leaders descend on Copenhagen this week to pontificate over climate change and the end of the world as we know it, there are businesses forging ahead and tackling env http://www.scotsman.com/business/Michelle-Rodger-The-green-business.5887517.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Tesco-reward-trimmed-by-deflation.5887543.jp EVERY little may help, but analysts say a boost in advertising spend will not have done much to assist Tesco's sales in the third quarter of the year. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Tesco-reward-trimmed-by-deflation.5887543.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Pointers-on-how-to-stay.5887528.jp SOARING fuel prices, the cost of parking, cold crowded streets and inflated prices could all be factors that prompt many Scots to desert the high street and shop online this C http://www.scotsman.com/business/Pointers-on-how-to-stay.5887528.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Picsel-buyout-team-celebrates-landing.5887542.jp PICSEL Technologies, a Glasgow-based mobile software firm rescued from closure by a management buyout, has received a timely triple boost from Japan's Kyocera Communicatio http://www.scotsman.com/business/Picsel-buyout-team-celebrates-landing.5887542.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Scottish-investors-are-cautious-on.5887532.jp MOST private investors in Scotland believe economic recovery remains a distant prospect and continue to invest cautiously as a result, research has revealed. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Scottish-investors-are-cautious-on.5887532.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Terry-Murden-Manufacturing-remains-the.5887529.jp IT would be nice to think that at some point during Alistair Darling's presentation to parliament this week he will have a few encouraging words and a bit of loose change http://www.scotsman.com/business/Terry-Murden-Manufacturing-remains-the.5887529.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Private-equity-losing-out-in.5887518.jp PRIVATE equity is no longer in a position to price companies out of the bidding for acquisitions, a leading Scottish businessman has claimed. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Private-equity-losing-out-in.5887518.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/David-Thomson-Splitting-advice-from.5887520.jp IF YOU get what you pay for how much value should you place on something you seem to get for nothing? http://www.scotsman.com/business/David-Thomson-Splitting-advice-from.5887520.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Final-statement-Bonus-break-won39t.5887537.jp TO SAY Alistair Darling is stuck between a rock and a hard place on the thorny issue of bank bonuses is something of an understatement. Who wants to see bankers trousering mu http://www.scotsman.com/business/Final-statement-Bonus-break-won39t.5887537.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Family-all-the-poorer-where.5887539.jp THERE are a number of reasons why more than one third of the population does not have a will. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Family-all-the-poorer-where.5887539.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/The-week-unzipped-Withdrawals-to.5887522.jp SCOTS will withdraw £1 billion from ATMs around the country in the run-up to Christmas, according to Clydesdale Bank. http://www.scotsman.com/business/The-week-unzipped-Withdrawals-to.5887522.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Bank-crisis-opens-alternative-credit.5887523.jp A WAVE of new credit lenders such as hedge funds, ex-investment bankers, asset managers and private equity are set to fill the lending gap as banks repair their balance sheets http://www.scotsman.com/business/Bank-crisis-opens-alternative-credit.5887523.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Scotland-urged-to-exploit-.5887536.jp SCOTLAND is missing out on its share of the online shopping market and is failing to cash in on the internet's soaring popularity in comparison with the British high stree http://www.scotsman.com/business/Scotland-urged-to-exploit-.5887536.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Market-watch-Results-to-put.5887538.jp AS DUST settles on a failed tie-up with bus and rail rival National Express, Perth-based Stagecoach is due to post half-year figures on Wednesday. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Market-watch-Results-to-put.5887538.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Abica-in-vanguard-of-broadband.5887540.jp TELECOMS firm Abica is set for a £1 million-plus boost to revenues as it launches a next-generation broadband system that promises to "revolutionise the way Scotland does http://www.scotsman.com/business/Abica-in-vanguard-of-broadband.5887540.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Barclay39s-McGregor--moves-to.5887530.jp CLYDESDALE Bank has poached Barclay's long-standing head of corporate and commercial banking in Scotland, Alison McGregor. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Barclay39s-McGregor--moves-to.5887530.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Forsyth-moves-into-Charlotte-Square.5887545.jp AMANDA Forsyth, a former investor relations director at Standard Life, has been hired by boutique asset management business, Charlotte Square. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Forsyth-moves-into-Charlotte-Square.5887545.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/More-US-lenders-fail-as.5887534.jp US REGULATORS have seized six more banks, bringing the tally of failures to 130 this year as the bank industry continues to suffer under the weight of deteriorating loans. http://www.scotsman.com/business/More-US-lenders-fail-as.5887534.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Bank-of-England-to-leave.5887546.jp THE Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee seems highly unlikely to deliver an early Christmas present for the economy this week, according to a leading economist. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Bank-of-England-to-leave.5887546.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Director-dealings-Chairman-backs-Airea.5887535.jp FLOORCOVERINGS group Airea is seeing the benefits of tough action taken to cut costs to mitigate the impact of the recession on its markets. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Director-dealings-Chairman-backs-Airea.5887535.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Money-helpdesk-Ins-and-outs.5887533.jp LIKE many people I know, I have a capital and interest repayment tracker mortgage, and am paying £1,000 a month with 15 years left. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Money-helpdesk-Ins-and-outs.5887533.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.scotsman.com/business/Apple-buys-Lala.5887515.jp APPLE has acquired digital music service Lala, as the online music giant explores new models for selling songs. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. http://www.scotsman.com/business/Apple-buys-Lala.5887515.jp Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT