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Day: January 12, 2015

Ken Houston joins Daily Business with a regular Property Column starting today (See Comment)

Comment: Property Matters

New Year blip, or is USC a sign of things to come?

Ken Houston
Happy New Year? Not for the staff employed at the warehouse of USC, at Dundonald in Ayrshire, who within a week of ‘the bells’ learned they were to lose their jobsRead More

Network Rail blamed bad planning and equipment failure for the chaos that hit London passengers at Christmas

Star manager back for second raid

Munro bags former SLI colleague to head Aviva sales team

Euan Munro
Standard Life Investments former star manager Euan Munro, now chief executive of Aviva Investors, has poached one his former colleagues to takeover as global head of sales. Louise Kay, employedRead More

FTSE100: 6501.42 +0.28 (0%)

Eurozone QE hopes help steady market

Mon (close): Oil price worries were overshadowed by hopes of further stimulus from the European Central Bank, but by the close the leading share index remained unchanged. The index’s year-to-dateRead More

Up to 10 financial trade bodies, including BBA, CML and Payments Council considering merger, according to Reuters

Oil leader calls for key tax to be scrapped as...

Saudi prince says oil ‘will never again rise above $100’

Oil will never again rise above $100 a barrel, according to a Saudi prince who believes it will fall even further. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the billionaire Saudi businessman, saidRead More

Band Aid pioneer is key speaker

Midge to take stage at Ayrshire conference

In the age of stadium rock he has played at some of the biggest venues in the world. Now Scottish rock musician Midge Ure, who helped inspire Band Aid, willRead More

BA owner tipped to launch higher offer for Aer Lingus

Analysts believe British Airways owner International Airlines Group will raise its bid to win over shareholders resisting its takeover bid for Irish carrier Aer Lingus. The Dublin-based airline rejected IAG’sRead More

Cameras ready to roll for STV Edinburgh

STV Edinburgh
STV launches its Edinburgh channel this week and as a reflection of the city’s growing cosmopolitanism it will feature a Polish drama as part a weekly hour of non-English speakingRead More