Recently added articles from The Scotsman:
Between the Lines: May adopts too conservative an approach to pensions detail
Oct 01, 2009; Jeff Salway ... A FEW hours after Gordon Brown came out fighting in Brighton,shadow work and pensions secretary Theresa May was in Edinburghoutlining the pensions crisis facing the next government. But whereas Brown's desperation compelled him to produce anunusually policy-heavy conference ...
Comment: Wilson must establish her plans to take SE forward
Oct 01, 2009; Terry Murden ... LENA Wilson is a credit to Scottish Enterprise. A hard-working,passionate believer in the agency's cause and a dedicated servantfor more than 20 years, she brings enormous experience of allaspects of its work, having worked her way through various roles.Added to that, she has been ...
Ancient bandstand revamp canned
Oct 01, 2009; BRIAN FERGUSON ... LONG-AWAITED plans to replace one of Edinburgh's most notoriouseyesores - the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens - have beenpostponed indefinitely, The Scotsman can reveal. The crumbling venue is likely to remain in place for at least tenmore years after a makeover was ...
Asos sales up by almost half
Oct 01, 2009; ... ASOS, the online fashion retailer, has booked a 47 per cent surgein sales as it continues its global assault on net-savvyfashionistas, writes Scott Reid. A push into overseas markets means that international trade nowaccounts for a quarter of the UK group's overall business ....
How a 12-year-old's maritime adventure led to an outdoor goods empire spanning 160 years
Oct 01, 2009; Shan Ross ... THE Blacks of Greenock empire began in 1848 when founder ThomasBlack set out for a life of adventure on the high seas at the tenderage of 12. He fought pirates in the Greek Archipelago and laterspent two years digging for gold in Australia. But it was his valuable sail-making ...
Blacks to close 89 camping stores
Oct 01, 2009; SHN ROSS ... OUTDOOR clothing firm Blacks Leisure yesterday became the latesthousehold name hit by the recession with an announcement that itwill close 89 of its loss-making stores across the UK. The company, set up in 1861 by Thomas Black in Greenock as a sail-making business, grew to become ...
Toast of the town: Capital's Cafe Royal is best pub in Britain
Oct 01, 2009; BRIAN FERGUSON ... IT IS said to be largely unchanged since its transformation froma humble shop showroom in 19th-century Edinburgh into a stylishParisian-style saloon bar. For more than 140 years, visitors to the Cafe Royal have gazed inadmiration at its stained glass, murals, mirrors and wood ...
Critic's Choice: 1 October
Oct 01, 2009; Joyce McMillan ... The Silver Darlings King's Theatre, Edinburgh, 6-10 October; Wick Assembly Rooms, 15-17 October; Perth Theatre, 20-31 October NEIL Gunn is one of Scotland's greatest novelists, and no admirerof his work should miss this chance to see Aberdeen Performing Arts'powerful new ...
SNP challenged to cut energy waste as it is attacked over nuclear policy
Oct 01, 2009; ROSEMARY GALLAGHER ... Iain Smith called for GBP 100m cash for energy THE Scottish Government has been challenged to increase itsspending on energy efficiency by GBP 100 million a year. Liberal Democrat MSP Iain Smith yesterday said that it was "nolonger tolerable" to waste energy - particularly in ...
FirstGroup warns of challenging times ahead as revenues slide
Oct 01, 2009; PETER RANSCOMBE ... TRANSPORT giant FirstGroup has warned that growth in bus and railrevenues has weakened further in recent months. The Aberdeen-based firm, which has shed more than 4,000 jobs asit battles the impact of recession, said the growth in like-for-like rail revenue had slowed to 1.7 per ...
FTSE rebound strongest in 25 years
Oct 01, 2009; Scott Reid Deputy ... LONDON'S blue-chip FTSE 100 index marked the best quarterlyperformance in its 25-year history last night despite taking atumble at the final hurdle. The benchmark index has gained almost 21 per cent since thebeginning of July, the best performance for the Footsie since itopened ...
Complaints to public services ombudsman soar by 22 per cent
Oct 01, 2009; Christopher Mackie ... COMPLAINTS to the public services ombudsman rose 22 per cent lastyear, and the body made more than 300 recommendations, officialfigures reveal. Ombudsman staff dealt with 1,165 inquiries and 2,953 complaints,with 2,875 of those determined - six fewer than in 2007-8. In all,189 ...
IndigoVision unveils its maiden dividend a year ahead of forecast
Oct 01, 2009; Hamish Rutherford ... SECURITY software and digital CCTV company IndigoVision hasannounced its maiden dividend a year ahead of forecasts. Brokerage Brewin Dolphin had predicted that the Edinburgh-basedgroup would begin returning cash next year, but yesterdayIndigoVision revealed that it would pay 5p a ...
Theatre Review: Undress to impress
Oct 01, 2009; Joyce McMillan ... This new version of Richard O'Brien's The Stripper is slick,sharp, smartly paced and beautifully crafted THE STRIPPER **** KING'S THEATRE, GLASGOW THE LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS *** FESTIVAL THEATRE, EDINBURGH ABOUT A GOTH *** ORAN MOR, GLASGOW ...
Kraft told to put up or shut up over Cadbury
Oct 01, 2009; Scott Reid ... CADBURY has reiterated its rejection of Kraft's GBP 10.2 billiontakeover approach, as a deadline was set for the US food giant to"put up or shut up". The City Takeover Panel ruling means Kraft has to announce itsintentions either to make a firm offer or not to bid for the ...
The Diary
Oct 01, 2009; Gerri Peev ... Quote: "We don't need an Australian/American telling us howpolitics should be run in this country" Tony Woodley, joint leaderof Unite You wouldn't credit it THIS summer the government launched a crackdown on rip-off creditcard merchants. Interesting to see, then, that the ...
Labour tears up entente cordiale with 'biased' media
Oct 01, 2009; Eddie Barnes ... GORDON Brown's frustration at his failure to imprint his messagewith the British public spilled out into the open yesterday when helaunched a furious tirade on air. During a bad-tempered interview with Sky TV, the Prime Ministerbranded its political editor Adam Boulton a ...
Brown concedes 'possibility' of independence poll
Oct 01, 2009; Gerri Peev ... GORDON Brown has conceded that a future Labour government mayhave to hold a referendum on Scottish independence. In a departure from No10's vow of silence on the issue, the PrimeMinister reluctantly admitted a poll was a "possibility". But heruled out an independence referendum in ...
Heaven sent
Oct 01, 2009; Lee Randall ... Leslie Caron has kissed Nureyev, danced with Astaire and Kelly,and talked film with Renoir ...it's no wonder Lee Randall is a littlestarstruck LESLIE Caron is a petite lady with an enormous - and dazzling -list of accomplishments. She started life as a ballerina, performingas a ...
Rose upbeat on signs of growing consumer confidence
Oct 01, 2009; Martin Flanagan ... MARKS & Spencer posted an improvement in its quarterly salestrend yesterday, as executive chairman Sir Stuart Rose insisted"Armageddon has not taken place" in the high street. Rose said he was "quietly confident" about trading prospects forChristmas, when the retailer will take on ...
