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Day: April 19, 2015

Joint development with Calmont

Maven to convert offices to student homes

kings glasgow
Maven Capital Partners has acquired Mitchell House in Bath Street, Glasgow and plans to convert the building, next to the King’s Theatre, into student accommodation. Currently empty, it will provideRead More

Metro Bank is considering a £1 billion stock market listing just five years after launching in the UK

Festival of Museums

Scots museums preparing for big weekend

Festival of Museums
The next Festival of Museums is launched this week aiming to get visitors involved in more than 100 activities taking place across the country over one weekend in mid-May. ThisRead More

Food and drink: new wine

Brad and Angelina’s wine on sale at M&S

A-listers Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have added another string to their list of non-movie making activities. Wine from their French vineyard has gone on sale in a British supermarketRead More

New recipe for Lanarkshire firm

Scotty serves up first fresh haggis soup

haggis soup
Scotty Brand, the Lanarkshire food company, has created what it claims is the world’s first fresh haggis soup. The newly-launched soup has taken its lead from recipes at top restaurantsRead More

Unique partnership created

Collaborative hub for life sciences companies

Diane Harbison BioCity
Young life sciences companies are to be given an opportunity for greater collaboration when a unique Innovation Hub is launched later this month. It will bring researchers and commercial enterprises togetherRead More

Expectations higher than achievable

Retirement savers well short of reaching target

Retirement savers are expecting an average annual income of £13,100 from their private pension funds despite currently having just £59,000 in their fund. In fact the average 0ver-45 retirement saver wouldRead More

Shopping and shares on the wish list

Workers call for more flexible benefits

Scottish workers say they would like their employers to offer them a greater range of savings, healthcare and shopping vouchers as part of their benefits. New research shows that flexibilityRead More

Election Comment: Terry Murden

Cameron is missing a trick and must play the enterprise card

Few should be surprised by the Tories’ plan to sell more shares in Lloyds Bank. For David Cameron and George Osborne, getting the bank off the Treasury’s books has been aRead More

Fourth office for recruitment firm

Maxwell Bruce expands after opening in capital

Roddy Donaldson
Scottish employment agency Maxwell Bruce, which specialises in engineering, construction and industrial roles, is to take on staff after moving to premises in Edinburgh’s west end. A team of eight willRead More