By Ian Fraser The Herald October 30th, 2006 Society on collision course with politicians over ‘independent’ complaints body DOUGLAS Mill, secretary and chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland, has the politicians of Holyrood and the civil servants of Victoria Quay firmly in his sights. However, his tactics are about to change. It appears […]
By Ian Fraser The Sunday Times October 29th, 2006 EDRINGTON, the Glasgow-based spirits group, this week launches a £6 million advertising campaign for its Famous Grouse brand of Scotch whisky as the critical pre-Christmas selling season kicks in. Television commercials featuring an animated bird, produced by the special-effects company behind the BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs, […]
By Ian Fraser The Sunday Times October 29th, 2006 NATIONAL Express, the transport group that formerly ran ScotRail, is expected to benefit from last week’s ruling by the Competition Commission that a controversial joint venture between the former rivals Stagecoach and Scottish Citylink should offload some routes, writes Ian Fraser. A spokeswoman for the London-based […]
By Ian Fraser The Sunday Times October 29th, 2006 SMG grew and grew, but never realised its management’s fiscal ambition. Now it needs leadership, writes Ian Fraser ANDREW Flanagan, the former SMG chief executive, used to take delight in handing out pledge cards that clearly stated the Glasgow firm’s number one aim. This was that […]
By Ian Fraser The Sunday Times October 29th, 2006 SCOTLAND’S ruling coalition has been unusually busy in the past fortnight, particularly when it comes to promoting Scottish business interests overseas. Jack McConnell was recently in Los Angeles to outline the executive’s new US strategy, which revolves around trying to build stronger commercial links with America. […]
By Ian Fraser The Sunday Times October 29th, 2006 CRAWFORD Beveridge, the former chief executive of Scottish Enterprise, has become the most senior business figure to back more powers for Holyrood. Beveridge, now executive vice-president of Sun Microsystems, believes the Scottish parliament should have financial autonomy to make it more committed to expanding the country’s […]
By Ian Fraser The Herald October 23rd, 2006 BRODIES is Scotland’s most transformed law firm according to the latest edition of Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession. The 2007 guide, which is eagerly awaited both by lawyers and purchasers of legal services and was published last Friday, said that Brodies’s managing partner Bill Drummond has […]
By Ian Fraser The Herald October 16th, 2007 The Financial Reporting Council has unveiled the membership of an industry panel that will examine ways in which “market participants” might rein in the stranglehold the “Big Four” accountancy firms have over UK auditing. The Market Participants Group forms part of the FRC’s ongoing investigation into the […]
By Ian Fraser Sunday Herald October 8th, 2006 WATCHDOG: CRITICISM SEXUAL health group Ardana is expected to face a grilling from shareholders over directors’ pay and a lack of independence on its board at its annual general meeting on October 11. Corporate governance watchdogs are concerned that boardroom practices at the Edinburghbased company contravene the […]