Scottish Business Briefing - Monday February 13, 2012
ECONOMICS
Scots economy continues to grow, though momentum hard to find
The Scottish private sector started the year on the front foot, with both the manufacturing and service sectors eking out growth and creating jobs in the face of a flat UK economy, according to a survey published today (Scotsman).
Business angel finance soars to record heights
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide AdBusiness angel investment in Scotland reached record levels last year, more than making up for a small decline in cash from the public sector (http://www.scotsman.com/business/economics/business_angel_finance_soars_to_record_heights_1_2113870|Scotsman|Scotsman}).
FOOD, DRINK & AGRICULTURE
Game butcher building on export boom
A Highland butcher said yesterday it expected rising exports to help it nearly treble turnover this year. Great Glen Game already sends its products to Europe but has attracted interest from across the world in recent months (P&J)
ENERGY & UTILITIES
Gas2 gets funding for pilot plant to demonstrate gas-to-liquid technology
Backers of a Scottish company researching ways to turn natural gas into liquid fuel have injected a further £5.5 million into the venture to build a pilot plant to demonstrate its technology (Scotsman).
INDUSTRY
PID offers a solution to soaring metal theft problems
KILMARNOCK security specialist PID Systems is set for expansion in England amid booming demand to protect copper, lead and other valuable commodities from theft (Scotsman).
ISG order book buoyed by three new contracts
THE Scottish arm of building company ISG has won three contracts which are worth millions of pounds and stretches its order book into 2013.
(Herald)