The Scotsman back issues from June 2007:
60-SECOND PROFILE: Jeremy Legg 'An Aston Martin DB9, Mish Moneypenny!'
Jun 01, 2007; ... What is the biggest business decision you have had to make overthe last year? We needed to move our traditional based marketing(paper direct mailing) to a more cost-effective electronic format. Weundertook to contact our complete database by phone to both gain e-mail addresses and ...
Cardinal 'bullying' over abortion
Jun 01, 2007; ... THE leader of Scotland's Catholics was accused of "hectoring" and"bullying" tactics yesterday after he questioned whether Catholicpoliticians who supported abortion should receive Holy Communion. In a strongly worded attack, Cardinal Keith O'Brien said theequivalent of two ...
Echoes of the past as Clyde reveals casualty of war MoD tried to hide
Jun 01, 2007; ... THE grey waters of the Firth of Clyde were calm as HMS Echo inchedalong, its sonar system probing not just the depths, but a pastshrouded in mystery. Just after 9:30 am on Wednesday morning, theRoyal Navy's most sophisticated survey vessel, sat on top of a wreckwhose fate was once ...
Scots beaches break awards record
Jun 01, 2007; ... A RECORD number of Scottish beaches have gained the coveted BlueFlag or Seaside Award status in the annual battle to reach EuropeanUnion standards, it was revealed today. Seven Scottish beaches - one fewer than last year - and one marinahave this year been awarded a coveted Blue ...
Civil service cries foul over 'Sir Becks and Lady Posh'
Jun 01, 2007; ... HE WAS England's saint turned sinner and, arguably, its knight inshining armour, but football star David Beckham's chances of beingawarded a real knighthood have suffered a blow. Meddling Whitehall mandarins are said to be fighting a rearguardaction to ensure the former England ...
Why a rethink on tram project makes sense Pulling out will be costly - but we should not be bullied on that account
Jun 01, 2007; ... FOR a congested city, keen to adopt a "green" solution, the returnof the tram to the streets of the capital has much to commend it.Both Edinburgh City Council and the Scottish Parliament have giventheir approval. Why throw everything back into the melting pot now? Because, in the ...
Blair advocates more Iraq-style actions
Jun 01, 2007; ... TONY Blair has mounted a final, passionate defence of his foreignpolicy, beseeching rich nations and African leaders to keep up hisagenda of "liberal interventionism" after he leaves office nextmonth. The Prime Minister, who has sent British troops into conflicts infive ...
Men Are Just As Clueless In Hunt For Bargains
Jun 01, 2007; ... STANDING in a car showroom looking at the nearly new Peugeot onthe forecourt, I meticulously went through the checklist ofessentials before committing to buy - it was an estate car, it wassilver and it wasn't dented; the sun visor had a mirror for applyinglipstick at traffic lights, like ...
Richardson quits as SD chair
Jun 01, 2007; ... SPORTS Direct's colourful time as a listed company took anothertwist yesterday when chairman David Richardson quit just three monthsafter its flotation after falling out with the board. The company said Richardson had resigned from the board withimmediate effect, saying he ...
Scotland engineers a success story
Jun 01, 2007; ... SCOTLAND'S already robust engineering industry has continued itsmomentum in the past three months. However, officials have reported adownturn in the electronics sector, according to the latest trendssurvey of the industry. Industry group Scottish Engineering said that it was the ...
Cameron trust gives a lift to young Scots
Jun 01, 2007; ... ONE of Scotland's most distinguished farmers, John Cameron ofBalbuthie in Fife, together with his wife Margaret, have announcedthat they have just established the Cameron Travel Scholarship Trust. Two years ago Cameron disposed of a large part of his farmingempire, including the ...
MSP Voices Concerns About Public Enquiry
Jun 01, 2007; ... A TORY MSP has raised concerns about the handling of the Beauly-to-Denny public inquiry at the Scottish Parliament. Murdo Fraser, a list MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, has tabled amotion warning that the inquiry was rushing the evidence and notdealing with some objections in ...
Business Gazetteer
Jun 01, 2007; ... POWER PLAY Green gifts from SSE SSE's green-minded chief executive Ian Marchant welcomed anhistoric occasion yesterday. "This is the first time anyone has beengiven a free gift by SSE," he announced, to knowing laughter, as hehanded out "current cost monitors" to journalists ...
Falkirk Labour leader backs bid to rejoin COSLA fold after a bitter six-year rift over representation
Jun 01, 2007; ... FALKIRK is set to rejoin the councils' umbrella body, theConvention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), which willstrengthen the collective voice of local government in Scotland at acrucial time for its relations with the SNP Executive. Falkirk Council, then an SNP-led ...
SCOTTISH SUCCESS STORIES
Jun 01, 2007; ... SCOTTISH winners in the Shell Livewire programme have a strongtrack record in the national finals of the competition, bagging thetop prize six times since 1998. The recipients include Neil Tierney and Neil Farish of Glasgow-based Lightweight Medical, the company behind the ...
Watt's beer Livewire winner
Jun 01, 2007; ... A YOUNG Scots entrepreneur is set to boost production of his hand-made beers after scooping first prize in a prestigious businesscompetition. James Watt, 25, has been named Shell Livewire Entrepreneur of theYear in the Scottish final of the UK-wide contest. His North-east ...
Kingfisher flies on hot spring
Jun 01, 2007; ... THE warm start to spring helped boost demand for the B&Q-owningretail chain Kingfisher's gardening and outdoor products, pushingsales at Europe's leading DIY operator ahead of City expectations inQ1. Retail profit at Kingfisher, which trades as Castorama in France,climbed 29.5 ...
Family fights to keep Madeleine in news amid fear public's attention is waning
Jun 01, 2007; ... FOR devout Catholics Kate and Gerry McCann, the midweek meeting inRome with Pope Benedict XVI was an occasion from which to drawstrength. For the media, the sight of the Pontiff blessing a photograph oftheir missing daughter Madeleine allowed the story to run prominentlyon ...
Having a wind-in-your-hair day?
Jun 01, 2007; ... WITH the weather we've had over the past week or so, the lastthing on anyone's mind is buying a new cabriolet or, morefashionably, a coupe cabriolet for the summer, but that is preciselywhy you should get along to your nearest dealer and hammer out a dealbefore the sun comes out because, ...
US economy hit by slump in housing
Jun 01, 2007; ... THE US economy slowed to its weakest pace in four years in thefirst quarter this year as a housing slump, growing trade deficit andfactory inventories weighed. US GDP grew at an annual pace of just 0.6 per cent in the firstthree months of the year, the US commerce department said ....
Crash mother told of Olivia's death
Jun 01, 2007; ... PAUL Donachie faced the most heart-rending moment a father canendure when he had to tell his wife their four-year-old daughter hadbeen killed by a hit-and-run driver. Weeping with grief, he broke thenews to his wife moments before she underwent surgery for injuriesshe sustained in the ...
Cameron 'surrenders' on grammar schools
Jun 01, 2007; ... DAVID Cameron has been accused of caving in over grammar schools,after senior colleagues admitted more selective schools could beopened in some areas. The Conservative leader came under renewed pressure over hisrejection of more grammar schools after Dominic Grieve, the ...
Folic acid may lessen risk of stroke by 30 per cent
Jun 01, 2007; ... TAKING supplements of folic acid may cut the risk of stroke by upto 30 per cent, researchers said yesterday. A study published in the Lancet combined the results of eightglobal trials looking at folic acid and stroke risk. The researchers, from Northwestern University ...
China ready to reveal green plans at G8 summit
Jun 01, 2007; ... CHINA will try to head off criticism of its environmental recordat next week's G8 meeting by unveiling a new package of greenpolicies on the eve of the summit, including tree-planting projects. President Hu Jintao will attend next week's forum in Germany fortalks aimed at making ...
Banking giant BNP Paribas creates 370 Scottish jobs
Jun 01, 2007; ... FRENCH banking group BNP Paribas is creating 370 new jobs in itsoffices in Glasgow and Dundee over the next three to five years. The firm, which already employs 125 people in Scotland, is beingsupported by a Regional Selective Assistance Grant of GBP 3.7million. Providing ...
Hally happy to be back at the coal face
Jun 01, 2007; ... FOR Paul Hally, the last 18 months has been a somewhat busy time.Returning to the coal face and daily legal grind after holding thechief executive post at Sheperd & Wedderburn for the statutory fiveyears, his feet have hardly touched the ground. Since handing over to new chief ...
PENSION TRUST STAFF FACE AXE
Jun 01, 2007; ... DOZENS of jobs are at risk at an Edinburgh financial firm afterits Leeds-based parent unveiled restructuring plans. The Pensions Trust, which manages pension assets on behalf ofcharities and not-for-profit organisations, said it was looking toclose its present Edinburgh office and ...
Labour chiefs silent as Salmond meets prince
Jun 01, 2007; ... THE decision by both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to ignore AlexSalmond was looking even more extraordinary last night, as it emergedthe new First Minister spent an hour talking about a range of issueswith Prince Charles - his second private audience with a seniormember of the Royal ...
Aristocrat flies in from Geneva to fight power company's pylon plan
Jun 01, 2007; ... A HIGHLAND aristocrat yesterday attacked plans for an upgradedpower line through Scotland, saying it would blight the landscape andharm tourism for generations. Simon Fraser, the 16th Lord Lovat, is an outspoken critic ofScottish & Southern Energy's (SSE's) plan to build a ...
New hero gives me a faithlift
Jun 01, 2007; ... SOMEONE else is taking on God. The non-existent deity is alreadyreeling on the ropes after a sustained assault by Professor RichardDawkins, that brainy bloke out of Oxford University. Now, ChristopherHitchens, the much admired journalist and inebriate, is kicking theLord when he's down ....
McNeil's Eye: 2-0 to the new jungle king - but watch for Goldzilla
Jun 01, 2007; ... FORTH he wobbled, to take up his position for First Minister'sQuestions. It was Eck Salmond's first time in the hot seat. Acrossthe passageway, Jack McConnell eyed him like a snake might regard anelephant: with envy, malice and a little fear. He hissed the words "first minister" ....
Feelings running high over dried-up river
Jun 01, 2007; ... VETERAN ghillie Willie Macgregor can still recall the days whenthe River Garry in Perthshire was turned into a raging torrent,teeming with salmon, after days of heavy rain. But the upper River Garry was completely destroyed as a fishingriver more than half a century ago with the ...
Broker Snaps
Jun 01, 2007; ... Vodafone 159.15p -0.85p Broker says SELL VODAFONE fell yesterday after it was downgraded by WestLB, despiteTuesday's well-received full-year results and merger speculation. Thecompany also predicted further strong growth in developing countries,in particular India, ...
RUMOUR OF THE DAY: Imperial not lifting bid for Altadis
Jun 01, 2007; ... AN INCREASED bid from Imperial Tobacco for Franco-Spanish rivalAltadis is not thought to be imminent, despite press reports claimingthe UK company is ready to raise its takeover offer. Imperial, the world's fourth biggest cigarette maker, is said tobe about to launch an improved ...
SCOTS STOCKS : British Energy losers further power as it counts the cost of stake sale
Jun 01, 2007; ... SHARES in British Energy fell yesterday after the nucleargenerator said the planned conversion and sale of up to 450 millionshares in the company by the UK government would result in a 43.1preduction in basic earnings per share. In addition, a turbine at the company's Sizewell B1 ...
The Scotsman Scrutineer: In a position of power
Jun 01, 2007; ... SSE 1,523p +13p KINGFISHER 248.3p -4.5p THE steady ascent of Scottish & Southern Energy's shares in thepast few years has been periodically spurred by takeover speculationamid the sector's continuing consolidation. As it stands, SSE, which trades as ...
SMALL BUT BEAUTIFUL: Brewer Young says recent strength will continue
Jun 01, 2007; ... ADJUSTED full-year pre-tax profits leapt 15 per cent at Young &Co, a performance the brewer said had continued into the currentyear. Profits before tax and exceptional items for the 12 months toMarch were up 18.5 per cent to GBP 12 million, with adjusted profits34.7 per cent ...
Brighter mood lifts Footsie as China fears fade
Jun 01, 2007; ... LONDON FTSE 100 CLOSE 6,621.4 +19.3 SHARES rallied on the London market yesterday, recouping some ofthe losses seen on Wednesday after the China-led sell-off. The FTSE 100 index closed up 19.3 points at 6,621.4, as fears overChina markets abated thanks to strong performances ...
Trenchard the latest in line of SLI 'poached' managers
Jun 01, 2007; ... STANDARD Life Investments (SLI) has poached another high-profilefund manager as the Edinburgh-based investment house continues tobeef up its top team. Caspar Trenchard, who is currently the fund manager for FirstState Investments' British Opportunities Fund in Edinburgh, will ...
Power giant's incentives for customers who use less electricity
Jun 01, 2007; ... SSE yesterday announced a new programme to reward its 7.5 millioncustomers by up to GBP 100 a year for reducing their energy costs. While the firm is not the only company to implement such aprogramme, the group said this was "the most comprehensive programmeintroduced by an energy ...
SSE joins the GBP 1bn club - and reveals nuclear ambition
Jun 01, 2007; ... SCOTTISH & Southern Energy yesterday revealed that annual profitshad hit GBP 1 billion for the first time as the company revealed newenvironmental measures and talks with nuclear providers. The UK's third-largest energy supplier said adjusted pre-taxprofits had climbed 23.5 per ...
GBP 3.5bn subsea sector under threat
Jun 01, 2007; ... NORTH Sea leaders yesterday warned that Britain's GBP 3.5 billionsubsea sector could be forced to move abroad because of a lack ofgraduates and skilled recruits joining the United Kingdom's"forgotten" industry. Oil and Gas UK, the new pan-industry trade organisation, ...
Edinburgh On A Plate
Jun 01, 2007; ... CYRIL Connolly called it "a vice", while Oscar Wilde said he wouldforgive anybody anything after a good one. But however you want todescribe it, the chances are if you live in Edinburgh you'll do it atleast once a week. Yes, dining out is definitely back in. A whopping 81 per cent ...
Bridge tolls 'scrapped by the end of the year'
Jun 01, 2007; ... TOLLS on the Forth and Tay road bridges are expected to bescrapped by the end of the year, after MSPs agreed to the moveyesterday. Stewart Stevenson, the transport minister, said legislation wouldbe introduced in September, after the SNP headed off a threatenedambush from ...
Trams: The future, or a waste of money? Pros and cons of the projects
Jun 01, 2007; ... TO THEIR supporters, they are Edinburgh's transport future, luringdrivers from their cars and slicing through growing congestion. But to opponents, trams represent an overpriced white elephant,which would drain transport spending while doing little to complementthe capital's ...
The Traminator: Salmond to kill off GBP 1.2bn capital links
Jun 01, 2007; ... EDINBURGH'S transport system was once again in a state of totalconfusion last night after Alex Salmond announced his intention ofscrapping GBP 1.2 billion of projects for the city. The people of Scotland's capital, who have watched variousprojects, including guided busways and ...
Television review: What can this retail therapy offer us?
Jun 01, 2007; ... Mary Queen Of Shops, BBC2 Build A New Life In The Country, Five WHAT not to wear. Where not to live and how not to decorate it.Why not to spend. How not to age. I swear, I'm going to pitch a showsoon called How Not To Live, where I'll come into your life and bossyou around ...
Leader: Shoddy thinking on transport
Jun 01, 2007; ... THE debate over the future of Edinburgh's transport system took atwist yesterday when the First Minister suggested that he preferred acombination of a "guided busway", "incentives for hybrid fuels" and"through-ticketing" to the proposed tram system and airport raillink. Mr ...
SNP's ideological approach leaves Swinney with limited options There is still a sense of 'public good, private bad'
Jun 01, 2007; ... THE best piece of advice that Deep Throat ever gave to BobWoodward in the Watergate investigation was to "follow the money". Scotland does not have scandals of Watergate proportion - our"gates" are pathetic by comparison - but the Deep Throat principle isstill worth following as ...
China Aims To Be Greener
Jun 01, 2007; ... CHINA will try to head off criticism of its environmental recordat next week's G8 summit by unveiling a package of green policies,including tree-planting projects, on the eve of the meeting. President Hu Jintao will attend the forum for talks aimed atmaking progress towards a new ...
Satellites may be used to track sex offenders
Jun 01, 2007; ... SATELLITE tracking technology will be considered to improve themonitoring of sex offenders, Kenny MacAskill, the justice secretary,said yesterday. After a meeting between senior Tory and SNP figures to discuss howdangerous sex offenders can better be monitored, he said he ...
Killen admits Hibs just a 'stepping stone to bigger and better things'
Jun 01, 2007; ... CHRIS Killen yesterday become the sixth Hibs player to move toCeltic or Rangers in the past two seasons and believes the EasterRoad club are destined to remain a breeding ground for the Old Firm. The 25-year-old New Zealand international striker signed a three-year contract with ...
Smith persuades SFA to turn to one of its own Governing body breaks with tradition to appoint a former player as chief executive, following model commonplace on continent
Jun 01, 2007; ... THE imminent appointment of Gordon Smith as chief executive of theScottish Football Association will doubtless strike some people assomehow incompatible with a man known to his friends and colleaguesas "Smudger". The name is more redolent of the Bash Street Kids thanfootball's high ...
Lord flies in to fight power company's pylons plan
Jun 01, 2007; ... AN ARISTOCRAT yesterday attacked plans for an upgraded power lineacross Scotland, saying it would blight the landscape and harmtourism. Simon Fraser, the 16th Lord Lovat, is an outspoken critic of plansby Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) to build a 137-mile transmissionline from ...
Winding road to the top for player, pundit, agent and scholar
Jun 01, 2007; ... ONE of the last jobs in football offered to Gordon Smith was asassistant manager of Albion Rovers on a wage of GBP 80 a week. Hemight pause to reflect on this as he steps into the role vacated byDavid Taylor as chief executive of the Scottish Football Association,a post worth a reported ...
Hawick honour Hogg's special feats Now 94, former Greens player proved deafness was no bar to enjoying a highly successful rugby career
Jun 01, 2007; ... THERE may seem huge disadvantages to not being able to hear team-mates and coaches when playing rugby, but deafness failed to stopJock Hogg carving out a special place in the history of Scottishrugby. The renowned Hawick cobbler, now 94, returned to Mansfield Parkyesterday after ...
Feelings running high over dried-up river
Jun 01, 2007; ... VETERAN ghillie Willie Macgregor can still recall the days whenthe River Garry in Perthshire was turned into a raging torrent,teeming with salmon, after days of heavy rain. But the upper River Garry was completely destroyed as a fishingriver more than half a century ago with the ...
The Traminator: Salmond to kill off 'vital' capital links
Jun 01, 2007; ... EDINBURGH'S transport system was once again in a state of totalconfusion last night after Alex Salmond announced his intention toscrap GBP 1.2 billion of projects for the city. The capital's residents, who have watched various projects,including guided busways and congestion ...
Bush offer 'derails' climate moves
Jun 01, 2007; ... GEORGE Bush's offer of US-led talks for a new international dealon climate change was last night condemned by campaigners, whoaccused him of trying to wreck existing moves towards an agreement. The US president, apparently trying to assuage internationalcriticism of his ...
SNP set to name sex offenders on the run
Jun 01, 2007; ... WORK has begun on plans to name and shame high-risk sex offenderson the run, Kenny MacAskill, the justice secretary, said yesterday. The announcement came after a meeting between senior Conservativeand SNP figures to discuss how dangerous inviduals can better bemonitored ....
Boxing: McArthur claims award
Jun 01, 2007; ... GARY McArthur, the unbeaten Clydebank lightweight, has been namedboxer of the year by the St Andrew's Sporting Club. The 24-year-old,who has won all seven of his fights since turning professional lastyear, will receive the prestigious award next Tuesday. McArthur, who won the ...
Smith has McLeish backing for SFA role
Jun 01, 2007; ... GORDON Smith's imminent appointment as the new chief executive ofthe Scottish Football Association has been warmly welcomed byScotland manager Alex McLeish. A board meeting of the SFA at Hampdenthis morning, ahead of the organisation's agm, is expected to confirm53-year-old Smith as the ...
Cecil's painful passage of time to end in glory Oaks favourite can ensure legendary Warren Hill trainer bounces back into big time at Epsom today
Jun 01, 2007; ... BEING one of the good guys is easy when things are going well andthere was a time when things could hardly have been going any betterfor Henry Cecil. Ten times champion trainer, winner of 32 Classics, Aberdeen-bornCecil was master of all he surveyed and what he surveyed was ...
Grant ends turbulent campaign with a Murrayfield high
Jun 01, 2007; ... RUGBY players who take to Murrayfield this weekend will havetravelled many miles and experienced many routes to the point of theIRB World Sevens Series, but few will have enjoyed as much of arollercoaster journey as one member of the Scotland team. From primary school in Botswana ...
Double hint of slowing homes market
Jun 01, 2007; ... THERE was a double dose of good news for prime minister in waitingGordon Brown yesterday after two separate reports pointed to agradual slowing of the housing market. Figures from Nationwide Building Society showed that, while annualhouse-price inflation remained resilient in May, ...