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Day: 27 April 2015

Mon City brief: HSBC drives FTSE100 to new peak

HSBC led the FTSE100 to a new record today, despite nervousness surrounding the forthcoming general election. The bank rose 3.1% following a further report at the weekend that it was considering a planRead More

Pay award for Johnston Press chief

Scotsman’s axeman handed £645,000 bonus

Scotland on Sunday scotsman
Ashley Highfield, the chief executive of Johnston Press, owner of the Scotsman titles and the Falkirk Herald, received a total pay and bonus package of £1.65 million last year includingRead More

Sturgeon announces task force for area

Fife paper maker Tullis Russell folds with loss of 325 jobs

Tullis Russell
Paper maker Tullis Russell has gone into administration with the loss of 325 jobs. The employee-owned company, founded in 1809, admitted it had amassed accumulated losses of £18.5 million in theRead More

30 new distillery projects on drawing board

Whisky leaders on alert over EU and productivity

David Frost
Scotch whisky leaders today expressed concern over Scotland’s level of competitiveness and Britain’s potential exit from Europe. Threats also came from the health lobby and from overseas markets where salesRead More

Change at the top in Glasgow

Dorward to take over from Thomson at DTZ

Stuart Dorward
DTZ, the property agency, has announced that Stuart Dorward will become business manager for Scotland, effective immediately. He will assume overall responsibility for DTZ’s offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, which serviceRead More

Britain’s biggest banks face a further £19bn of charges for misconduct over next two years, says ratings agency Standard & Poor’s

Latest letting for building

BrewDog to move into listed Queen’s House

Queens House
Scottish craft beer company BrewDog has signed up to Glasgow’s Queen’s House, the eleventh letting at the grade A building in 12 months. The Ellon-based brewer has signed a fiveRead More

Group in expansion mode

Call centre group Webhelp hiring a further 400 staff

Call centre company Webhelp UK plans to double its workforce in Kilmarnock and Dunoon by hiring another 400 workers. The two sites will be recruiting on the back of growthRead More

Six promoted to partner at CMS

Caryn Penley
Law firm CMS has promoted six staff to partners across its three offices in Scotland. They work in the firm’s real estate, dispute resolution, energy and construction and employment practices.Read More

Newspapers try new selling tactics

Courier’s new look, SoS’s weekend price cut

Courier
One of Scotland’s oldest titles has been given a new look that marks the biggest change in appearance since it turned tabloid. Readers of the Dundee Courier now have aRead More