Recently added articles from Scotland on Sunday:
Drumlanrig
Jun 28, 2009 ... GIVE US A BREAK STRAIGHT from the You-Couldn't-Make-It-Up school of governmentdecisions. The Department for Work and Pensions last week publisheda list of all the publications it subscribes to for its staff toread. Hidden among the reams of dull trade magazines and publicsector ...
'Moonlighting' MPs braced for embarrassing revelations
Jun 28, 2009; ... MPs WERE facing intense scrutiny of their second jobs last nightas the deadline loomed for them to declare details of"moonlighting". Parliamentarians have been raking in extra cash doing everythingfrom advising drinks firms to crofting, according to research by aSunday ...
Suisse's GBP 36bn funds come to Aberdeen
Jun 28, 2009; ... ABERDEEN Asset Management will this week complete its GBP 250million takeover of key funds from Credit Suisse, turning thecompany into one of the biggest independent asset managers inEurope. The deal, announced in December, will see GBP 36 billion of fundstransfer from the Swiss ...
Ashley Davies
Jun 28, 2009; ... SOME people have a knack for turning other people's worn out cast-offs into objects of desire (somebody once did that with an ex-boyfriend of mine, but this is a magazine about homes and interiorsso we're not going there right now). My mother's a natural. She used to go to farm ...
New Build News
Jun 28, 2009 ... Merchant City living CREDENTIAL Homes has announced the launch of a boutiquedevelopment of 37 one and two-bedroom apartments in Glasgow'sMerchant City. The Virginia Galleries homes are designed to make the best ofcity living, and most have spacious balconies or terraces ...
Style Bible: Allergy-kind flooring and bee-friendly plants
Jun 28, 2009; ... What's on Scottish artist Jamie Primrose is showing his newest paintings atthe Dundas Street Gallery in Edinburgh from 3-11 July. The oils,watercolours and Indian inks, Tranquil Shores - Atmospheric ScottishSeascapes, depict the Scottish sky and seascapes. Dundas Street ...
'Bullying' council in row over infighting
Jun 28, 2009; ... EFFORTS to improve a beleaguered Scottish council accused ofhaving a culture of bullying are being hampered by politicalinfighting, a scathing audit report has found. The Audit Scotland investigation of the SNP-controlled WestDunbartonshire Council, due to be published this week, ...
It's time to break the class barrier
Jun 28, 2009; ... Elena Baltacha tells Moira Gordon that the future of Britishtennis lies in the 'ghettos' ELENA BALTACHA has a reputation as a gutsy competitor. She is thefighter who has had to come back from the brink so often wheninjuries sidelined her in the past and personal problems ...
Briefs: BSkyB challenge
Jun 28, 2009 ... BSKYB has criticised a proposal by Ofcom, the regulator, to makeits top-flight football and film content available to otherbroadcasters and says it will take all "available legal avenues" tochallenge the decision. In the latest ...
Hunt for ITV boss
Jun 28, 2009 ... THE search for a successor to Michael Grade at ITV hasintensified, with headhunters reportedly having narrowed down thefield to six candidates. The US executive search firm Russell Reynolds had been asked bythe board "to ...
Recession leaves GBP 25bn shortfall in welfare bill
Jun 28, 2009; ... THE state will pay GBP 25 billion more in welfare than it raisesin income tax this year, amid further evidence of the crushingeffects of the recession. The sums spent on unemployment and social protection willcomfortably outweigh the tax paid on incomes, raising further ...
The future of regulation is up in the air
Jun 28, 2009; ... With the Bank, FSA and Treasury squabbling over reform, there's adanger the job will end up in the hands of European bodies SO WHO'S in charge of the clattering banking train? Not thegovernment, which barely seems to be in control of anything. Not theBank of England, and not, ...
Blow to life sciences as duo quit Scotland
Jun 28, 2009; ... Industry leaders Nicolson and Blaney are heading for Qatar SCOTLAND'S life sciences sector is losing two of its highest-profile leaders, Barbara Blaney and Magnus Nicolson, to the MiddleEast, Scotland on Sunday has learnt. As director of the BioIndustry Association (BIA) in ...
Briefs: On the corner
Jun 28, 2009 ... KENMORE Property Group, the Edinburgh firm headed by JohnKennedy, and Ashford Property Group have launched their Cornerstonebuilding in Glasgow with 60 per cent of the building let or underoffer. Ofgem has taken a ten-year ...
Flockhart seeks to capitalise on opening up of public sector contracts
Jun 28, 2009; ... TOM Flockhart, the entrepreneur behind office equipment groupCapital Solutions, says he is looking to double profits followingthe firm's appointment as a preferred bidder for public sectorcontracts worth more than GBP 10 million a year. The Edinburgh-based firm is one of only ...
Student goes out on a limb
Jun 28, 2009 ... GILLIAN Smith, 21, studied in the Netherlands for six months aspart of her degree in art, philosophy and contemporary practices atDundee University. She also went travelling around Europe for amonth afterwards. She says: "The trip to the Netherlands was part of the ...
Green groups set to challenge Forth crossing
Jun 28, 2009; ... SENIOR civil servants in the Scottish Government fear the radicalClimate Change Bill passed last week could lead to a legal challengeblocking the proposed new Forth Road Bridge. The bill - which compels ministers to deliver a 42 per cent cutin CO2 emissions by 2020 - could lead ...
Bank has Cunning plan to replace Ogston
Jun 28, 2009; ... CLYDESDALE Bank has appointed Graham Cunning as head of itscorporate and structured finance team in Scotland following JackOgston's decision to retire. Cunning will step up from his current role as regional directorfor acquisition finance in Scotland, taking on his new role ...
Calls for more student aid after 20 per cent say they are having to skip meals
Jun 28, 2009; ... ONE in five university undergraduates and one in three collegestudents say they are so poor they have to go without food,according to a new government survey. Students have also increased their level of credit card debt bymore than 60 per cent over the last three years, on top of ...
Retail ambitions of Scott Group expand with its Fasco Extra
Jun 28, 2009; ... ONE of the country's most established suppliers of industrialclothing and equipment, Fasco, is to open its first store sellingdirectly to trade and the public and it has plans to expand theretail venture. Fasco Extra will open its doors in Stirling next month, selling arange of ...