Company News Archive

EXPRO, the oil services business which employs 800 people in the Aberdeen area, has achieved rapid growth in sales and profits – helped by a strong performance in the North Sea.

ARRAN Brewery is eyeing expansion south of the Border after agreeing a distribution deal with Ooberstock, the online drinks wholesaler.

A DEBT management specialist has declared it is on a mission to alter the industry's image after spending £700,000 on a move into new premises in Glasgow's financial services district.

A NEW take on the traditional business centre has come to life in Falkirk after a £2 million self-funded investment by Bellair (Scotland), the Grangemouth-based property company.

A four-STRONG team of headhunters are launching their own executive search business after leaving recruitment firm Munro.

A DIAGEO subsidiary has been allotted a 10% stake in Vijay Mallya's United Spirits as the long-running takeover deal inches towards completion.

APEX Generators, owned by the Pirrie brothers' Nevis Capital, has invested about £1 million in extra machines to support growth amid signs of an upturn in the key construction market.

THE Little Chef name may disappear from Britain's roadsides, with owners of other brands including McDonalds, KFC and Costa Coffee reported to be bidding for the chain, which has two Scottish branches.

A new poll is likely to show that owners of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are more supportive of self-determination than the general public, according to the head of a new pro-independence business group.

The Scottish Cities Alliance (SCA), a £7 million plan to leverage the strengths of Scotland's seven cities, will achieve a long-anticipated landmark next month when it makes its debut at an investment event in London.

MINOAN Group, the travel specialist headed by former Airtours chief Duncan Wilson, saw its shares rally yesterday after Legal & General took its stake to 4.8%.

OMEGA Diagnostics has raised £4 million before expenses from stock market investors to help further the development of systems like an HIV testing kit.

Robertson, the construction to facilities management group, has been awarded a £8.3 million contract from Clackmannanshire Council for the design and build of the new Redwell Primary School at Alloa West.

CO-OPERATIVE Bank has pulled out of new lending to business, it has emerged, just weeks after its credit was downgraded to junk status and it withdrew from a deal to snap up 632 branches from Lloyds Banking Group.