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Posted in Uncategorized on September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Internet fuels 300 sell-outs but book fans told some treats remain
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Edinburgh Book Festival on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MORE than 300 shows at the Edinburgh International Book Festival have sold out in a buying spree fuelled by the internet. But tickets for some of Scotland’s biggest literary names – including James Kelman, the Booker Prize winner, AL Kennedy, the recent Orange Prize winner, and Irvine Welsh – were still available yesterday.
The book festival’s [...]
Forth Wines confident of merry sales upturn
Posted in Scottish business, Uncategorized, tagged Forth Wines, Wine Distribution in UK, Wines in Scotland on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FORTH Wines, which bills itself as Scotland’s largest specialist wine merchant, is forecasting a sales turnaround after turnover in the year to the end of February dipped 1.4 per cent.
Accounts newly filed at Companies House show that the Kinross-shire firm, which forms part of UK drinks wholesaler Matthew Clark through a joint venture between Constellation [...]
Detica targeted for takeover bid by BAE Systems
Posted in Business news, Scottish business, Uncategorized, tagged Detica, Detica.com, Intelligence systems on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SPECULATION was rife last night over a possible takeover bid for Detica www.detica.com , which builds intelligence systems.
Shares in the technology company, which is involved in improving the UK’s border security, closed up 32.5 per cent at 401.5p.
Press reports linked BAE Systems with an informal offer for Detica, but analysts speculated Italy’s Finmeccanica, along with [...]
Sangs Soft Drinks closes Aberdeen Depot
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged sangs, soft drinks, water on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SOFT drinks maker Sangs www.sangs.co.uk yesterday announced the closure of their Aberdeen distribution depot.
But 22 workers at the depot and six sales staff may be offered other posts by the Banff firm.
Sangs said escalating fuel prices and an increase in the cost of raw materials were major factors in the closure decision.
Wolfson founder Milne’s stake in semiconductor minnow Elonics
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID Milne, the founder of Wolfson Microelectronics, has taken a stake in a fledgling Scottish semiconductor company.
Milne www.elonics.com , who stepped down as chief executive last year, and John Carey, Wolfson’s former chairman are among a group of investors who have pumped $1 million into Livingston-based Elonics.
Founded in 2003, Elonics has designed a silicon radio [...]
Scots airline Flyglobespan celebrates breaking 1.5m passenger mark
Posted in Business news, Uncategorized, tagged Airline in Scotland, Flyglobespan, Scottish business on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SCOTLAND’S lagest independent airline yesterday broke the 1.5million barrier.
That’s the number of passengers who have flown with Flyglobespan from Edinburgh since the company were founded in 2002
Flyglobespan chairman Tom Dalrymple said: “I am delighted to have reached this milestone.
“As an Edinburgh man myself, it was always my desire to offer locals a wide choice of [...]
House buyers hit with mortgage fee rise as credit crunch bites
Posted in Uncategorized on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
HOME buyers have been hit with a 66 per cent hike in mortgage fees in the wake of the credit crunch, a study has revealed.
The average application fee for a fixed-rate mortgage was £517 in September 2006.
That figure has now soared to £860, with many lenders charging more, according to research by the finance website [...]
