SCOTTISH electricity company SSE is investing £200 million in the acquisition and development of a wind-farm project at Dunmaglass near Loch Mhor, about 15 miles south of Inverness.
A PUBLICLY funded body set up to develop the creative industries in the Highlands and Islands is helping launch the careers of aspiring writers, television producers and filmmakers by landing commissions with the BBC and forging partnerships with independent productions.
BARR Holdings, the builder and civil engineer with interests in manufacturing and waste management, returned to profit in 2012 – a year after offloading its precast and steel divisions.
GLOBAL Energy Group wants to invest £37 million in extending the quay at the Nigg Energy Park to cater for more oil and gas business as well as position the facility to capture work from the renewable energy industry.
THE prospect of Lloyds Banking Group returning to the private sector moved a step closer when shares edged beyond 61.2p – the level signalled by the UK Government as the break-even point on its investment in the bank.
THE chief executive of retinal imaging firm Optos admitted the company had a "tough day" as its shares plunged 17% after worse than expected half-year results.
CAIRN Energy, one of the most high-profile victims of last year's shareholder spring of discontent over executive pay, appears to have returned to shareholder favour.
INSURANCE giant Prudential has received a rebuke from investors when 11.6% of them voted against a bumper pay package handed to chief executive Tidjane Thiam, describing it as "obscene".
THE manager of the £2.7 billion Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has taken issue with the "disdain" shown by stock market players to Chinese equities in recent times.
GLASGOW-based BDL Management has been bought by South Africa-listed real estate giant Redefine Property Group eight months after the death of the hotel management company's former chairman and co-founder, Louis Woodcock.
The 24% rise in Lloyds Banking Group shares this year following the 85% rise in 2012 shows the bank's return to the private sector and the resumption of dividends is getting closer, shareholders have been told.
18 May 2013
18 May 2013
17 May 2013
