Scottish Business Briefing - Tuesday 21 June, 2011

BANKING & INSURANCE

Grossart - bank blame game is the 'new opiate of our age'

ONE of Scotland's senior financial figures has used his latest annual report to take a swipe at critics of the banks who themselves failed to spot problems ahead of the crisis.

http://business.scotsman.com/banking/Grossart--bank-blame-game.6788388.jp

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ENERGY & UTILITIES

We can beat the new kid on the block says Aggreko chief Soames

AGGREKO chief executive Rupert Soames yesterday shrugged off the threat from a newly-rejuvenated competitor after the Glasgow-based temporary power supplier increased its capital expenditure for the second time this year to cope with strong demand.

http://business.scotsman.com/energyutilities/We-can-beat-the-new.6788389.jp

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Working together to measure conditions for offshore power

Jim McColl's David Brown Gear Systems business is joining forces with Strathclyde University and wind farm developer SgurrEnergy to setup a 1.6 million research centre to develop equipment for measuring offshore wind conditions.

http://business.scotsman.com/energyutilities/Working-together-to--measure.6788400.jp

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FOOD, DRINK & AGRICULTURE

Food processing aid aims to tackle E.coli in fresh produce

A PIONEERING Scottish science company part-funded by the anticipated new chairman of Celtic has developed a product that eliminates E.coli in fruit and vegetables and aims to capitalise on the crisis over the killer bacteria that has already cost the European fresh produce industry upwards of 500 million.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/charity-launches-bid-to-save-scotland-s-threatened-wildlife-1.1107738

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INDUSTRY

CBRE to target foreign investors for Edinburgh's Quartermile project

LLOYDS Banking Group-controlled property developer Gladedale has drafted in a London-based agency to review "funding options" for a key regeneration project in Edinburgh.

http://business.scotsman.com/business/CBRE-to-target-foreign-investors.6788395.jp

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TRANSPORT

Stagecoach blends its own biofuel

Stagecoach has begun to blend its own biofuel to power 100 buses. A bio-blender and pump have been installed at the company's Kilmarnock depot as part of a 75,000 investment.

http://www.business7.co.uk/business-news/scottish-business-news/2011/06/20/stagecoach-blends-its-own-biofuel-106408-23214416/

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