Recently added articles from The Scotsman:
In brief: Lingo24 talks up success rate
Oct 30, 2009 ... TRANSLATION agency Lingo24 has booked a 30 per cent hike inturnover thanks to continued international expansion. The firm, which was founded in Aberdeen but has access to aglobal network of more than 4,000 translators, said business had"flourished" in the past year with revenues ...
'Terrified and timid' policy attacked by top architect
Oct 30, 2009; ... THE Scottish Government "caved in to timidity" and defiedEdinburgh's own wishes by rejecting plans for a 17-storey hotelscheme, the architect behind the proposals said yesterday. Breaking his silence on the decision, Richard Murphy suggestedneither the Balmoral Hotel nor the New ...
Higher prices 'will help alcoholics to cut down from bottle of spirits a day'
Oct 30, 2009; ... INCREASING the price of alcohol will help Scotland's heaviestdrinkers reduce consumption and improve their health, new researchsuggests. Some have claimed that introducing minimum pricing will have noimpact on those drinking dangerously high amounts because of theiraddiction ....
Comment: Breaking up is so very hard to do - just ask Lloyds
Oct 30, 2009; ... THE future of Lloyds Banking Group gets ever more intriguing andScotland is moving into the frontline of the likely break up. As stated here yesterday, Lloyds TSB Scotland appears to be a hottarget for the European Commission, which is expected to demandasset disposals of the ...
In brief: Vaccine profit boost for AstraZeneca
Oct 30, 2009 ... A SWINE flu vaccine windfall worth dollars 152 million (GBP92.3m) has contributed to a leap in third-quarter profits at druggiant AstraZeneca. AstraZeneca yesterday said it saw a 23 per cent hike in profitsand 10 per cent rise in sales, helped in part by ...