http://en.redtram.com/ business.scotsman.com Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:16:16 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 141924 | Venturehaus trains its sights on capital http://en.redtram.com/go/162940034/top100/ 162940034 A TRAINING and consultancy firm that specialises in financial services is bucking the credit crisis by opening a new base in Scotland. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:42:04 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162940034/top100/ 141923 | The week ahead http://en.redtram.com/go/162940004/top100/ 162940004 AGGREKO shares have plunged in recent weeks, but analysts believe the company could announce more profit upgrades when it updates the market on third-quarter trading on Thursd Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:41:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162940004/top100/ 141918 | Hester set to land top RBS role as Goodwin pays price for slump http://en.redtram.com/go/162940006/top100/ 162940006 STEPHEN Hester, head of property giant British Land, is set to emerge as the new chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland in a regime change forced by the dramatic collapse Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:41:57 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162940006/top100/ 141921 | Caledus well primed to cash in on Middle East http://en.redtram.com/go/162939924/top100/ 162939924 CALEDUS, the Aberdeen-headquartered well construction firm, has opened its first Middle East base as it reveals it expects double-digit growth over the coming year. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:41:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162939924/top100/ 141921 | Monday interview: Leon Walker http://en.redtram.com/go/162939927/top100/ 162939927 IT'S the romantic notion most readily associated with retirement. But for Leon Walker, the 55-year-old head of oil technology firm PGS EM, sailing off into the sunset is l Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:41:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162939927/top100/ 141920 | Scotland forecast to lose 38,000 jobs http://en.redtram.com/go/162939917/top100/ 162939917 SCOTTISH companies are shedding jobs at the fastest rate in more than a decade, casting an even greater shadow over the economy north of the Border. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:41:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162939917/top100/ 141925 | Britannia and CFS moot merger idea http://en.redtram.com/go/162939887/top100/ 162939887 MOVES to create a "super- mutual" from the merger of the Co-op's financial services arm and the Britannia building society were revealed yesterday. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:41:03 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162939887/top100/ 141922 | EC refuses to break away from the flock http://en.redtram.com/go/162939877/top100/ 162939877 TRAVELLING to Brussels and back in one day is not to be recommended, but that is what a group of journalists and several farmers did last Monday. The purpose of the trip from Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:40:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162939877/top100/ 141925 | Friends Provident 'eyeing up' stake in St James's Place Capital http://en.redtram.com/go/162939870/top100/ 162939870 FRIENDS Provident chief executive Trevor Matthews is considering buying up HBOS's majority stake in wealth manager St James's Place Capital, weekend reports claimed. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:40:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162939870/top100/ 141925 | Household debt levels worsen as bills begin to bite http://en.redtram.com/go/162671251/top100/ 162671251 DEBT levels in the UK are rising as more households struggle to meet their bills, according to reports. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:26:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162671251/top100/ 141925 | Icesave customers still out in the cold http://en.redtram.com/go/162671187/top100/ 162671187 MORE than 300,000 frantic savers with the collapsed Icelandic bank Icesave may have to wait for another week to establish when and how they will get their money back. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:26:19 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162671187/top100/ 141925 | Northern Rock to reveal deepening mortgage arrears http://en.redtram.com/go/162671183/top100/ 162671183 WITH perhaps the most historic and frenzied week the world's stock markets have ever experienced, with panic-selling wiping £2.7 trillion off the value of global shares, i Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:26:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162671183/top100/ 141925 | Rate cut provides respite for some http://en.redtram.com/go/162671184/top100/ 162671184 HOMEOWNERS will this weekend be celebrating lower monthly mortgage bills after an interest rate cut which could put up to £500 back in many of their pockets over the coming ye Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:26:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162671184/top100/ 141923 | GM mulls merger with rival Chrysler http://en.redtram.com/go/162671177/top100/ 162671177 AMERICA'S largest car manufacturer General Motors (GM) is believed to be in merger talks with rival Chrysler after suffering a colossal sales drop - its worst for Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:26:17 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162671177/top100/ 141925 | Rate cut leaves investors more exposed to inflation http://en.redtram.com/go/162671179/top100/ 162671179 IT HAS been a nail-biting week for savers, as they watched high-profile banks crashing, wiping out a lifetime of thrift. And while interest rate cuts have been welcomed by bor Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:26:17 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162671179/top100/ 141922 | Singh to hand Roti reins over to cousin http://en.redtram.com/go/162671143/top100/ 162671143 TONY Singh, the chef and restaurateur, has said he will hand over the management of his Indian eatery Roti to his cousin in a bid to inject a touch of informality to fine dini Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:26:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162671143/top100/ 141924 | Michelle Rodger: Small firms are too important for Brown http://en.redtram.com/go/162671127/top100/ 162671127 SMALL firms - that's 93% of companies in Scotland - need some comfort in times of economic stress but there is a growing view that the Government ought to be doing mor Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:25:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162671127/top100/ 141925 | Economic crisis dictates debate in the US election http://en.redtram.com/go/162671087/top100/ 162671087 IN THE normal course of events, every four years sees major analysis of the US presidential candidates' positions on market-related matters as part of the run-up to the No Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:25:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162671087/top100/ 141925 | Teresa Hunter - Crippled economy leaves us without a leg to stand on http://en.redtram.com/go/162671085/top100/ 162671085 IT WAS like watching a man whose legs have been mutilated in a car wreck. With gangrene well advanced, he has no choice but to cut them off to stop it spreading and killing Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:25:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/162671085/top100/