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Day: 6 January 2015

Device would tackle problems with iPhone6

Apple goes for ‘bendability’ in latest product plan

Apple is said to be making a new push into the world of “bendable” smartphones. The company secured a US patent  today for a “flexible electronic device” just months after its iPhoneRead More

Rangers tell SFA the club is not heading for administration as Scots tycoon donates his 10,000 shares to fans’ group (Story below)

FTSE 100: 6,366.51 -50.65 (0.79%)

Nervy markets worry over Greece and growth

Tue (close): Stocks continued to follow the oil price downwards with the FTSE 100 trading at its lowest level for three weeks. The ongoing concerns about Greece exiting the eurozoneRead More

Irish cider maker C&C Group confirms Daily Business story that it will not pursue bid for Spirit Group (see News)

Stoats bars get UK-wide supermarket break

Stoats
Two big supermarket chains are to stock Stoats porridge oat bars in their stores nationwide. The Edinburgh company, launched in 2005 by former school friends Tony Stone and Bob Arnott,Read More

Apex buys Marks Hotel in first Glasgow move

Apex Hotels, the Edinburgh based company, has made its first move into Glasgow after buying Marks Hotel in the city’s Bath Street. The total acquisition and refurbishment costs will see ApexRead More

Estate agent predicts tough year ahead

Sellers ‘will struggle’ to beat new tax deadline

Large parts of the residential property market face a “negative readjustment” in 2015, according to David Alexander, managing director of DJ Alexander, Scotland’s largest independent firm of letting and estateRead More

Up to 450 jobs at risk at high street chain

Johnsons cleans out third of branches

Johnsons, the dry cleaners, is to close a third of its branches as it restructures the business around workplaces, in-store operations and online. There have been claims that up toRead More

Liverpool’s England international Steven Gerrard to sign for LA Galaxy, as revealed by Daily Business on 3 January

Sale of UK assets moves step closer

Clydesdale boss Thorburn quits ahead of float

David Thorburn
David Thorburn is standing down after almost four years as Clydesdale Bank chief executive in a further sign that the parent company National Australia Bank is stepping up plans forRead More