TELECOMS business Thus last night said it had recommended that shareholders accept Cable & Wireless’ 180p-a-share takeover offer, knocking its share price down a penny to 179p.
London-based C&W confirmed earlier this week that it owned or had acceptances fromthe owners of 78.5 per cent of Thus stock. The Glasgow-based firm yesterday said in response that [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Thus confirms recommendation to accept C&W’s takeover offer
Posted in Announcements, Business news, Scottish business, tagged Cable & Wireless, Thus on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Scotia’s Laundry Business effected by Smoking Ban
Posted in Announcements, Business news, tagged Laundry Serive in Scotland, Scotia Laundry Services on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PEOPLE dry cleaning their clothes less frequently because of a lack of smoke in pubs and restaurants has contributed to the downfall of one of Scotland’s leading independent dry cleaning and laundry firms, with the loss of 17 jobs.
Scotia Laundry Services has fallen into administration following a downturn in trading in the wake of the [...]
John Lewis says No to Job Cuts!
Posted in Announcements, Business news, Scottish business, tagged Department Stores in Scotland, John Lewis, John Lewis Paartnership on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The chairman of the John Lewis Partnership today ruled out job cuts at the group this year to weather the current squeeze on the high street.
John Lewis, which owns the department store chain and supermarket Waitrose, is owned by its 69,000 staff or “partners”.
Last week it emerged that bitter rival Marks & Spencer is slashing [...]
Hoy is the Pride of Scotland with a home coming welcome
Posted in Announcements, Scotland, tagged Chris Hoy, Scot Gold Medal, Scottish Cyclist on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TENS of thousands of well- wishers thronged the streets of Edinburgh yesterday as Scotland’s Olympic heroes returned home in triumph. Waving from an open-topped bus, the four Scots medallists – Chris Hoy, David Florence, Katherine Grainger and Ross Edgar – appeared shocked by the scale of the celebrations.
With the Royal Mile taken over by a [...]
Connery Launches Memoirs in Edinburgh
Posted in Business news, Scottish business, tagged 007, Coonery Memoirs, James Bond, Sean Connery on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Edinburgh: He’s recognized around the world as the iconic face of James Bond 007. Sean Connery is also well known as a proud Scot, and yesterday he returned to his home town to launch his autobiography.
Being a Scot looks at Connery’s early life as a milkman in the city’s Fountainbridge neighbourhood, then delces into a [...]
Venturehaus to open Scotland branch in Edinburgh
Posted in Business news, Employment News, Scottish business, tagged Operational Excellent for financial services, Scottish business, Venture Scottish office, Venturehaus on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Venturehaus is delighted to announce the opening of its new office in St Andrew Square in Edinburgh. With the burgeoning Scottish financial marketplace and the growth of Operational Excellence in many Scottish institutions, Venturehaus is responding to the call to provide local support and knowledge to its clients north of the border.
Since 2002, [...]
Business in Space Race to Beat Credit Crunch
Posted in Scottish business, tagged Corporate Interior Design, Space Solutions on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Workplace experts have revealed how the credit crunch is forcing thousands of Scottish businesses to consider how they can make more efficient use of their business space.
Space Solutions is Scotland’s biggest independent expert in managing workplace change and its fortunes have shown a dramatic upswing in the first half of 2008.
Director Derek Binnie says the [...]
Global Ruling going to cause Chaos for Internet
Posted in Business news, tagged Brands, Domain Names, ICANN on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
IT and legal experts have predicted chaos on the internet following a global ruling adversely affecting the selling power of many of the high street’s largest brand names.
It follows a surprise decision by the body that controls the net to sanction a free-for-all online auctioning of disputed internet domain addresses.
In a landmark ruling, the California-based [...]
Savvy Scots cut on spending not investments
Posted in Economy News, tagged Scottish business, Scottish investors on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MOST Scots are resisting the temptation to reduce their investment levels despite growing pressure on personal and household budgets, new research has suggested.
Just 16 per cent of Scottish savers aged between 30 and 60 are cutting back on investing in equities, according to a Mori survey commissioned by IFA Bestinvest.
Instead, a third of those surveyed [...]
Lawyers call for stamp duty freeze
Posted in Business news, Economy News, tagged Alistair Darling, Aquintet, Lawyers on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Quintent of leading Scottish property law firms has called on Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, to freeze stamp duty in an effort to boost the flagging housing market.
The ELPG group – which is made up of firms Warners, the Lints Partnership, Neilsons, Drummond Miller and Leslie Deans – has handed in a petition to Darling [...]
