Recently added articles from The Sunday Herald:
STOCKS FOCUS: STANDARD LIFE
Oct 05, 2008 ... STANDARD Life launched a global campaign to return some GBP184million in unclaimed shares and cash to around 200,000 people acrossthe globe This is not the first time that Standard Life has takenthis course of action. Since the Edinburgh-based companydemutualised in 2006, it ...
STOCKS FOCUS: FIRSTGROUP
Oct 05, 2008 ... THE UK's largest bus and rail services operator reportedincreases in revenues as passengers look to cut costs by leaving thecar at home. FirstGroup revealed that bus passenger revenues were up7.5per cent in the six months to September 30 with rail revenue up9.8per cent. Aberdeen-based ...
STOCKS FOCUS: BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL
Oct 05, 2008 ... SUPPORT services group Babcock International reported a strongfirst half 's trading, boosted by a strong order book. The company,which has a GBP125 million contract with the Canadian government toprovide in-service support for Victoria class submarines andrecently signed a contract worth ...
STOCKS FOCUS: MARKS & SPENCER
Oct 05, 2008 ... SIR Stuart Rose put on a brave face as Marks & Spencer revealedthat UK like-for-like sales over the 13 weeks to September 27 fellby 6.1per cent. But he wheeled in reinforcements in the form ofageing boyband Take That, who will be joining Twiggy and friends asthe faces of M&S this ...
MEDIA WATCH
Oct 05, 2008 ... THE floor at Central Quay was swimming in blood last week asTrinity Mirror axed three of its top advertising executives. In amove managing director Mark Hollinshead described as a "managementdelayering exercise", head of motors and property Danny Giblin,sponsors and inserts chief Sandra ...
The metropolitan production house with a Caledonian twist Shed Media at the vanguard of push for more Scottish-produced network programming Shed Media at the vanguard of push for more Scottish- produced network programming TELEVISION: INTERVIEW
Oct 05, 2008; Peter John Meiklem Media Correspondent ... IT is appropriate, if slightly mortifying, that my first face-to-face chat with Shed Media head Eileen Gallagher takes place in whatI'd thought were the men's toilets of frappeand-frippery merchantsFifi and Ally. Unisex toilets may discomfort this reporter, but it is this kindof ...
A steady hand in a storm MARTIN CURRIE'S JAMES FAIRWEATHER MARTIN CURRIE'S JAMES FAIRWEATHER INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK BY STEVEN VASS
Oct 05, 2008; STEVEN VASS ... JAMES Fairweather has worked in finance since the day MargaretThatcher came to power in 1979, but he believes the sector has beenchanged forever by the events of recent weeks. According to thechief investment officer of Edinburgh fund manager Martin Currie,the deregulatory days are ...
Industrial auctioneer goes online to cash in on downturn Glasgow firm ready to make the most of expected rise in bankruptcies Glasgow firm ready to make the most of expected rise in bankruptcies ECONOMIC CRISIS: WINNERS
Oct 05, 2008; Steven Vass Deputy Business Editor ... A GLASGOW-based auction house has come up with a novel way ofpreparing for a likely boom in business from bankruptcies: it hasdrastically cut back on its live auctioneering operation to use aneBay-style online bidding system instead. With auctioneers usually busiest during tough ...
Whisky boss resigns after 'odd' remark DISTILLING: ROW
Oct 05, 2008; Peter John Meiklem ... THE chairman of a successful whisky tourism marketingorganisation has resigned after making comments about a fellowdistiller in the Sunday Herald. Mark Reynier, the managing director of Islay's Bruichladdichdistillery, recently stepped down from his role as chairman of TheWhisky ...
New role for McConnell averts crucial by-election Accusations of 'blatant manipulation' from Salmond as former first minister becomes Brown's envoy to Africa
Oct 05, 2008; James Cusick Westminster Editor ... GORDON Brown has appointed former first minister, Jack McConnell,as his special envoy in Africa, provoking accusations that the movewas "blatant political manipulation" to avoid the possibility of anembarrassing by-election defeat in McConnell's Motherwell and ...
'Brown has chosen to be a hostage to the Blairites rather than leave Number 10. But Mandelson's friend? Not until hell freezes over' Westminster Editor James Cusick analyses the latest and most remarkable comeback of one of the architects of New Labour
Oct 05, 2008; James Cusick ... IF it's hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head,Gordon Brown's decision to bring Peter Mandelson into his cabinet isa high-risk psychological gamble. Number 10's former communicationsdirector, Alastair Campbell, once suggested to Tony Blair that hehold an "honesty" press ...
Murphy promises to pursue the SNP 'relentlessly' New Scottish Secretary 'approached Brown' for job in reshuffle New Scottish Secretary 'approached Brown' for job in reshuffle POLITICS: INTERVIEW
Oct 05, 2008; John Bynorth ... NEW Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy yesterday signalled hisdetermination to be the prime minister's enforcer north of theBorder, accusing the SNP government of suffering from an"ideological obsession" with independence which could destabilisethe country during the current global economic ...
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? THE WAITING GAME PART ONE: THE RESCUE PACKAGE
Oct 05, 2008; Westminster Editor James Cusick ... The US taxpayers' dollars700 billion will not end the meltdown byitself. Only time will tell if that is enough to allow internationalbanks to start lending again. Meanwhile, in Europe, the effortsremain very much behind the scenes. Westminster Editor James Cusickreports AFTER ...
SMOKE, MIRRORS . . .AND HOW A HANDFUL OF MISSED MORTGAGE PAYMENTS STARTED THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS PART FOUR: HOW WE GOT HERE
Oct 05, 2008; Iain Macwhirter ... Iain Macwhirter traces the history of financial mismanagement,fraud and complex mathematics that combined to culminate in a run on- and the collapse of - some of the world's biggest banks LAST week, something happened which I never expected to see in mylifetime. There was a ...
Revealed: the 67 Scottish roads at risk of landslide TRANSPORT: REPORT
Oct 05, 2008; Rob Edwards ... Environment editor Rob Edwards discovers that many stretches ofScotland's roads, including key arterial routes, are suffering fromthe consequences of extreme weather LONG stretches of some of Scotland most vital road links are indanger of suddenly disappearing under mud and rocks ...
Critics fell plans for woodland eco-village Green homes withdrawn after fierce opposition Green homes withdrawn after fierce opposition ENVIRONMENT: COMMUNITY
Oct 05, 2008; Rob Edwards Environment Editor ... THE Forestry Commission has withdrawn a plan to build a greencommunity in an ancient woodland in the wake of fierce oppositionfrom environmental groups and local residents. The commission's controversial application for 32 "sustainable"homes in Kilnhill Wood near Nairn was facing ...
High-speed train link derailed Cameron accused of ignoring Scotland as rail line stops south of Border Cameron accused of ignoring Scotland as rail line stops south of Border TRANSPORT: CONSERVATIVE POLICY
Oct 05, 2008; Steven Vass ... CONSERVATIVE plans to build a high-speed rail line no furthernorth than Leeds will wipe out their vote in Scotland and encouragenationalism, according to the Scottish transport minister. Stewart Stevenson MSP led a chorus of critics in saying that thepresentation by shadow ...
Credit crunch blamed for huge rise in shoplifting Stolen designer goods openly sold at Scotland's largest car boot sale Stolen designer goods openly sold at Scotland's largest car boot sale CRIME: RETAIL
Oct 05, 2008; John Bynorth Home Affairs Editor ... SCOTLAND'S most notorious shoplifting gangs are blatantlyflouting the law and selling stolen designer goods at the country'sbiggest car boot sale two years after their activities were firstexposed. Some of the 10 crime clans involved in drug dealing, moneylaundering and other ...
Mountain bike group's fury over failed plans Forestry Commission accused of 'arrogance' CYCLE PATHS: EXPANSION
Oct 05, 2008; Rob Edwards Environment Editor ... AMBITIOUS plans for a major mountain biking development in thecentral belt have collapsed, leaving a trail of rescinded grants,mass resignations and bitter recriminations. The Forestry Commission has been blamed for wrecking a GBP1.5million plan to extend bike paths at its Carron ...
FOUR CORNERS
Oct 05, 2008; FOREIGN EDITOR DAVID PRATT ... TRAVELLING through Afghanistan a few years ago, I crossed Takharprovince in the north of the country. Everywhere, field after fieldof delicate pink poppies were in full bloom, their deadly sap beinglanced from the long-stemmed green bulbs by an army of farmers. Itwas but a small part of ...