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Day: 12 February 2016

Words on the Street

Gilliam lights up Old Town with message of love

Terry Gilliam
International film-maker Terry Gilliam unveiled a 10 metre long illuminated neon quotation from Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote on Jeffrey Street in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town today, ahead of Valentine’s Day.Read More

FTSE 100 enjoys one-day surge

London Stock Exchange
Fri close: London shares ended another awful week on a high note with the FTSE 100 climbing 3.1%, its strongest one-day rise in five months, as bargain hunters bought depressed miningRead More

As new Edinburgh hatchery opens

ESpark has helped start-ups attract £45m

Jim Duffy ESpark
Incubator scheme Entrepreneurial Spark has unveiled figures showing how it has made a significant impact on the economy. READ MORE

Available space at record level

Oil slump hits Aberdeen office market

Katherine Monro
The oil and gas sector is taking its toll on the Aberdeen office market with empty floorspace reflecting the scale of the slump. READ MORE

As I See It

Who is the winner in the ‘i’ deal? JP or Lebedev?

Terry smiling
The process of change in the media is now gathering pace. Today's announcement that the owner of The Scotsman is acquiring the "i" newspaper will trigger the end of the printed versions of The Independent and the Independent on Sunday. This will also beg a few questions about who is getting the better deal: JP or the Russian entrepreneur Evgeny Lebedev? READ MORE

National titles to cease print versions

Johnston Press buys ‘i’ newspaper – Indy to become digital only

i newspaper
Johnston Press, owner of The Scotsman, has today conditionally agreed to acquire the business and certain assets of the "i" newspaper for £24 million. READ MORE

As I See It

Market black holes and the real economy

Terry smiling
Maybe those scientists who claim to have found the answer to how the universe was created could lend a hand to working out what is going on in global equity markets. READ MORE

Growth for early-stage platform

Murray-backed Seedrs hits £100m crowdfund target

Seedrs, the equity crowdfunding platform backed by tennis star Andy Murray, has revealed that more than £100 million has been invested on its platform in early-stage and growth focused businesses sinceRead More

£45m penalties for anti-competitive practice

GSK heads firms fined over ‘pay for delay’ drug deals

Seroxat
A number of big pharmaceuticals companies have been fined £45 million for anti-competitive practices. The Competition and Markets Authority imposed the penalty over conduct and agreements between 2001 and 2004Read More

More consolidation on horizon

Property agent CBRE linked to bid for GVA

Bilfinger
CBRE is said to be in talks with Bilfinger to buy GVA and other assets as consolidation in the property market gathers pace. READ MORE