Business Bulletin Archive

  • 24 more Scottish communities now have faster broadband
    Wednesday 19 December 2012

    Almost 80,000 homes and businesses across Scotland are now benefiting from this roll-out programme, welcomed by the Scottish Government.

  • Shipyard engineer is named top apprentice
    Thursday 22 November 2012

    At just 22 years old, Scotland’s top apprentice is driving the installation of no less than eleven engineering systems onto ships for BAE Systems.

  • Searching for the best SEO
    Friday 2 November 2012

    ANDREW MARSHALL reports from a leading conference on how companies can benefit online from search engine optimisation

  • Prizes for Rockness, Corn Exchange and venison ice-cream at event awards
    Friday 7 September 2012

    Scotland’s events industry came together for the Scottish Event Awards, to honour the country’s best event organisers, promoters, venues and suppliers.

  • Angel investors to share seed enterprise expertise
    Tuesday 15 May 2012

    Investors and their advisers from across the country are to gather for a seminar that will present a picture of the support environment for seed investing in Scotland.

  • Scots firm hosts SME banking software seminar
    Monday 14 May 2012

    Tods Murray is hosting the first ever Scottish event with the CEO of Swiss banking software company Avaloq.

  • Rates boost for new Scottish enterprise zone businesses
    Tuesday 10 April 2012

    Businesses in new enterprise zones will be able to claim up to 100% rates relief as part of new incentives to stimulate investment in the economy.

  • Groupon told by watchdog to improve transparency
    Friday 16 March 2012

    Discount website Groupon must ensure its deals are "accurate, honest and transparent", after the trading watchdog uncovered "widespread" breaches of consumer protection rules.

  • Funding aims to attract global conferences
    Thursday 8 March 2012

    A new £2m bid fund has been launched to boost Scotland’s prospects of attracting major international conferences.

  • Absoft acquires Hexarus
    Friday 2 March 2012

    ABERDEEN software house Absoft has made the first acquisition in its  21-year history with an seven-figure purchase of performance management specialist Hexarus Consulting.

  • JLR site opened in capital by car dealer
    Monday 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
    Monday 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
    Monday 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
    Sunday 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
    Monday 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
    Wednesday 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
    Thursday 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.

  • Seasonal scrutiny for those Christmas extras
    Monday 12 December 2011

    Check where you stand before your business or employees accept a goodwill gift from a grateful client -  it has the potential to land you in legal bother, warns Hazel Burt of MacFarlane Gray accountants in Stirling.

  • Super-fast broadband boost for Scotland
    Monday 12 December 2011

    Upgrade will benefit homes and businesses across the country. Read the full list of exchange areas to find out if yours is included.

  • RBS axes 440 Bristol jobs
    Wednesday 30 November 2011

    ROYAL Bank of Scotland has given 440 employees at its office in Bristol 12 months’ notice that their jobs are to go after confirming it is to close the site.

  • Minoan boss has high hopes for Toronto flights
    Wednesday 30 November 2011

    DUNCAN Wilson, chief executive of travel company Minoan, has revealed his hopes that twice-weekly direct flights between Glasgow and Toronto unveiled by partner Sunwing Travel for next summer could turn into a daily service in future years.

  • Asian boom fuels distiller’s earnings
    Friday 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.