The legacy of Doha: spaghetti bowl trade
World Trade Organisation: talks collapse With discussions suspended, global trade agreements are in danger of becoming an unwholesome tangle of […]
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Natura’s back-to-nature success
Brazil’s leading cosmetics firm, Natura is a champion of good causes and that has hit the mark with both investors
£200 million plan to replace Edinburgh’s St James Centre
MALL: RENOVATION Henderson Global Investors has unveiled ambitious plans for the transformation of the St James Centre in Edinburgh, more
Timely sale of Edinburgh equities house Walter Scott & Partners bodes well for future
Walter Scott & Partners’ top executives tell Ian Fraser why being owned by Mellon Financial will bring better balance to
Fast cars, philanthropy — and a box — beckon for former physicist
“IF they take me out of here it will be in a box,” said Walter Scott yesterday, vowing to stay
Co-operative boss says ethics must come before profits
BOSS OF THE WEEK: DAVID ANDERSON AS David Anderson talks in the executive suite on the 24th and top storey
Standard customers should cash out at float, says leading IFA
ONE of the UK’s leading independent financial advisers is recommending that Standard Life policyholders should sell any windfall shares they
Baillie Gifford’s loyal chief revels in success and credits the firm’s ‘secret weapon’
Baillie Gifford’s Richard Burns tells Ian Fraser that entering the pension fund management market was one of Baillie Gifford’s smartest
Scotland’s nuclear debate: Fission
Edinburgh: Split over nuclear power threatens ruling coalition A ROW over nuclear power is widening rifts in the alliance between
Something for the weekend: the Radisson SAS Glasgow
Why? This is probably the most stylish and comfortable hotel in Glasgow city centre, beating the likes of Hilton, Marriott
Tony Blair’s head stuck in the clouds on climate change
IAN FRASER ON NEW LABOUR SPIN – While Tony Blair preaches climate change measures to the rest of the world,
Grampian chief blasts supermarkets
FRED Duncan, chairman of Scotland’s largest privately-owned company, has hit out at the practices of UK supermarket groups in their
The old campaigner of fund management hangs up his boots
BOSS OF THE WEEK: RICHARD BURNS ON the massive investment floor of Baillie Gifford & Co’s Edinburgh offices, explosions and
Free personal banking under threat
PENALTY CHARGES: WARNING TO WATCHDOG Banks are threatening to end free personal banking if a consumer watchdog too severely curtails
A DULL SHADE OF BROWN FOR A NEW BRITAIN
GORDON BROWN’S SPEECH: WHAT IT MEANS FOR INDUSTRY: There were no surprises in a steady-as-she-goes Budget but that doesn’t really
Behind every good board there’s an even better non-exec director
AS Scotland’s most prolific female non-executive director, Lesley Knox knows the tensions that can arise in a boardroom once a
Growth predictions look precarious as Brown pursues tax avoiders
BUDGET: CHANCELLOR’S TIGHT-ROPE : Wednesday’s Budget should see the Prime Minister-in-waiting appease the Labour left and clamp down on “taper
Ottakar’s forced to close flagship Edinburgh bookstore
CULTURE: BOOKSHOP EDINBURGH’s position as Unesco City of Literature has been undermined because leading independent bookseller Ottakar’s is being forced
Opening the door to greater transparency in investment trusts
BOSS OF THE WEEK: HAMISH BUCHAN HAMISH Buchan might be seen as having taken on a bit of a poisoned
Kane’s tough medicine restores health to ailing Scottish Widows
WHEN Archie Kane was drafted in as Scottish Widows’ chief executive in September 2003, the life company was in turmoil.
North Sea production slump casts doubt on government figures
DEMAND ECLIPSES NORTH SEA SUPPLY A MARKED downturn in North Sea oil production means that the UK will become a