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Day: 14 April 2016

New research by business group

EU membership ‘benefits Scottish economy more than UK’

Membership of the European Union benefits Scotland to the tune of £2.142 billion a year, according to new research. READ MORE

GoDoAcceler8 programme

Cash prizes for ESpark’s latest young tycoons

Jim Duffy
Twelve cash prizes were handed out at the annual GoDoAcceler8 event at Entrepreneurial Spark’s Glasgow and Ayrshire Hatcheries. The event involved a training and networking programme to develop those businesses that joinedRead More

Talks over new deal

BBC facing football blackout over SPFL demands

Scottish football free
BBC Scotland could be about to lose its coverage of Scottish football in a dispute with the Scottish Professional Football League over the television contract. READ MORE

Deals with budget supermarket chain

Two food firms secure orders from Aldi

Strathmore Foods and Borders Gourmet have secured deals with Aldi’s 65 Scottish stores worth more than £470,000. Julie Nisbet, managing director of Strathmore Foods, said: “This new deal with Aldi isRead More

New tenant for development

67 Hope Street now half-full after latest letting

A tenant has been secured for the top two floors of a new development in central Glasgow. Meeting place company thestudio has taken a 10-year lease on two floors of 67 Hope Street. READ MORE

IoD boss says vote is warning to others

Shareholders vote down BP boss Dudley’s £14m pay deal

Bob Dudley
BP shareholders have overturned the bumper £14 million pay package for chief executive Bob Dudley in one of the biggest ever rejections of a corporate pay deal. READ MORE

Dugdale makes pledge on retirement change

Women pensioners ‘will not be worse off under Labour’

Dugdale speaking
Women who are missing out on thousands of pounds because of the changes to pension rules have been promised they will “not be worse off” under Scottish Labour. Kezia Dugdale, theRead More

Shares still losing value

Osborne urged to sell RBS at a loss ‘to help boost the bank’

RBS banknote
Chancellor George Osborne should look at selling the taxpayers' stake in Royal Bank of Scotland at a loss, says the outgoing head of the Treasury. READ MORE

Potential clients for technology

Tourism and retail interest in OBrand’s location app

OBrand
Three young entrepreneurs are attracting interest from a number of potential clients in the tourism, hospitality and retail industries for their mobile app which delivers real-time updates about nearby venues. READ MORE

Order book improving

Havelock Europa slumps to loss after cost cutting

David Ritchie
Shop and office fittings company Havelock Europa slumped to a loss in a difficult year which led to a 20% cut in head count as the Fife-based firm restructured its business. READ MORE