Business Bulletin

  • JLR site opened in capital by car dealer
    20 February 2012

    John Clark, Scotland’s fourth-largest motor dealer with a resilient heartland in the north-east, has opened a £6 million facility in Edinburgh for Jaguar Land Rover, currently Europe’s most successful carmaker.

  • Concern for junior oil and gas firms
    20 February 2012

    Drilling successes may have seen 2011 end on a positive note for junior oil and gas companies, but ever-tightening credit markets mean they remain vulnerable to takeover by their larger peers, according to the latest Ernst & Young Oil and Gas Eye.

  • Construction sector sees fall in confidence
    20 February 2012

    The challenging economic outlook has prompted a further drop in confidence in the Scottish construction sector, according to a new quarterly survey of 700 member firms from the Scottish Building Federation (SBF).

  • Business confidence continues to fade
    29 January 2012

    A survey of professional accountants has suggested that business confidence is low across the UK, though it is slightly more stable in Scotland.

  • E-commerce seminar
    23 January 2012

    In a move to bring Scotland in line with wider British success in e-commerce, experts in the sector will convene in Glasgow later this month to help Scottish companies access the £250 billion market – a rare high-growth sector in which the UK leads the world.

  • New finance scheme for small businesses set to launch
    18 January 2012

    A  scheme has been introduced by the Westminster government that could open up new avenues of finance for small businesses.

  • Companies urged to embrace smartphone and tablet users
    22 December 2011

    Companies who fail to adapt to the surge in the number of people accessing online content through mobile devices risk missing out on millions of potential customers, according to a social media expert.

  • Asian boom fuels distiller’s earnings
    25 November 2011

    BOOMING demand for Scotch whisky in Asia has helped Glasgow-based distiller Edrington, which produces The Macallan and Famous Grouse, shrug off grim market conditions in Greece, Spain and Portugal to achieve a 6% jump in underlying interim pre-tax profits to £69.9m.

  • Fellowship offers a springboard for Scots business talent
    6 December 2011

    Admissions have opened for this year’s Saltire Fellowship, a scheme that aims to fast-track Scotland’s next generation of business leaders and enable them to learn in an international setting.

  • Christmas savings help with seasonal spending
    6 December 2011

    Scotland’s largest credit union has announced a record payout for savers who hold a dedicated Christmas account.