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Builders Redrow and Bovis to axe 40% of staff

09.07.2008 14:13    business.scotsman.com
THE gloom in the housebuilding sector intensified today as another two companies said they are axing hundreds more staff.



Murray nephew buys company

09.07.2008 14:13    business.scotsman.com
A LETTINGS agent in the Capital has been bought by a company headed by a nephew of Edinburgh-based businessman Sir David Murray.

Pioneer investor Templeton dies

09.07.2008 14:12    business.scotsman.com
JOHN Templeton, the pioneering mutual fund manager, global investor and philanthropist, died yesterday in the Bahamas.

Fiery issues on debate at Marks and Spencer AGM

09.07.2008 14:11    business.scotsman.com
MARKS & Spencer chief executive Sir Stuart Rose of Marks and Spencer was today set to face the wrath of shareholders at the company's annual general meeting.

Returns set to crackle as health-conscious shoppers pick pork

09.07.2008 14:10    business.scotsman.com
PIG farmers have had a tough struggle over the past 12 months, with much higher feed prices and returns generally failing to cover production costs.

Dairy UK trumpets white stuff's green credentials

09.07.2008 14:10    business.scotsman.com
DAIRY UK, the trade organisation that represents the interests of dairy farmers, producer co-ops, milk processors and doorstep delivery firms, has welcomed the British governm

Firstplus to quit home-loans business

09.07.2008 08:35    business.scotsman.com
FIRSTPLUS has became the latest casualty in the troubled home-loans sector with the announcement that it is to stop writing new business.

Mortgage numbers rise 4% in May but long-term slump sees 44% fall from 2007

09.07.2008 08:35    business.scotsman.com
LENDING for house purchase rose slightly in May but remained significantly down over the year, new figures yesterday revealed.

Rolls-Royce to buy Norwegian firm

09.07.2008 08:34    business.scotsman.com
ROLLS-ROYCE plans to buy Norwegian diesel engine equipment firm Scandinavian ElectricHolding (SEH) for 430 million Norwegian Krona (£43m).

Shares brush bear low amid fear for 'thousands' of building jobs

09.07.2008 08:34    business.scotsman.com
FRESH turmoil in markets drove share prices into official bear market territory yesterday amid worsening news of job losses in housebuilding.

One to watch: Wood Group

09.07.2008 08:34    business.scotsman.com
449.75p -0.5pScotsman says BUY

Balfour Beatty in £160m Malay deal

09.07.2008 08:32    business.scotsman.com
ENGINEERING giant Balfour Beatty said its rail arm had landed £160 million of business to design and install more than 200 miles of track in Malaysia.

Howison takes on Forth role

09.07.2008 08:32    business.scotsman.com
JOHN Howison, a former director of Transport Scotland, has been appointed as the interim project director for the Forth replacement crossing.

Freight giant's warehouse deal

09.07.2008 08:31    business.scotsman.com
KUEHNE & Nagel, the freight giant, is to lease the 50,000 sq ft Vista Point warehouse at Hamilton International Park from Buccleuch Property, in one of the largest industr

Aberdeen unit sold for £3.73m

09.07.2008 02:43    business.scotsman.com
GE REAL Estate has sold a warehouse and office unit in Aberdeen's Altnes industrial area to West Coast Estates, an Aberdeen-based development and investment company, for £

Small business owners to get life coaching

09.07.2008 02:42    business.scotsman.com
A LIFE coach may not be the first person a small business turns to when times get tough. But James McKim, one of Scotland's leading practitioners, thinks companies should

Bank of Ireland suffers on economic deterioration

09.07.2008 02:41    business.scotsman.com
A WEAKENING economy is hurting the Bank of Ireland's earnings and some business customers are finding it increasingly difficult to repay loans, the bank yesterday revealed

Giles buys Carrick Neill

09.07.2008 02:41    business.scotsman.com
GILES Insurance Brokers has bought Carrick Neill & Co, an Edinburgh-based rival, for an undisclosed sum.

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