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Updates on Scottish business, UK business and news from around the world. en-gb Business 7 http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/accountancy-review-accountants-do-well-from-the-stampede-to-sell-97298-20593266/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/accountancy-review-accountants-do-well-from-the-stampede-to-sell-97298-20593266/ Changes to Capital Gains Tax brought a flurry of activity for accountancy firms. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/accountancy-review-audit-unmuddying-the-waters-97298-20593269/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/accountancy-review-audit-unmuddying-the-waters-97298-20593269/ Auditors' responsibilities must be clarified. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/the-big-profile-joan-stringer-a-strong-leading-lady-97298-20593264/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/the-big-profile-joan-stringer-a-strong-leading-lady-97298-20593264/ Napier University's principal is a passionate and influential educator. Alasdair Northrop meets her. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/11/marketing-review-scottish-marketing-sector-must-blow-its-own-trumpet-97298-20602759/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/11/marketing-review-scottish-marketing-sector-must-blow-its-own-trumpet-97298-20602759/ Self-promotion doesn't always come easily to our marketeers and communicators. Marketing Review http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/ppp-pfi-review-bridging-the-funding-gap-97298-20593295/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/ppp-pfi-review-bridging-the-funding-gap-97298-20593295/ Is PPP a thing of the past? And if so, what replaces it? http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/11/profile-jim-pettigrew-hoping-to-spread-the-wealth-97298-20602832/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/11/profile-jim-pettigrew-hoping-to-spread-the-wealth-97298-20602832/ Alistair McArthur talks to CMC Markets' enthusiastic chief executive http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/17/family-business-round-table-keeping-it-in-the-family-97298-20611905/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/17/family-business-round-table-keeping-it-in-the-family-97298-20611905/ Our round table participants argue that family firms are not growth-averse dinosaurs but strong businesses that can move fast and with freedom http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/q1-deals-round-up-market-still-brewing-up-deals-before-crunch-bites-97298-20593289/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/q1-deals-round-up-market-still-brewing-up-deals-before-crunch-bites-97298-20593289/ The buoyant oil and gas sector and changes to CGT counteracted the early effects of the credit crisis in Q1. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/insider-international-the-burgeoning-baltic-tiger-economies-97298-20593309/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/insider-international-the-burgeoning-baltic-tiger-economies-97298-20593309/ Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have overcome their Soviet legacy and now boast the highest growth rates in Europe. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/monitor-where-are-they-now-music-man-to-marketing-mogul-97298-20593368/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/monitor-where-are-they-now-music-man-to-marketing-mogul-97298-20593368/ SIX YEARS ago, Peter Ellen was being courted as one of Insider's rising stars. As managing director of Fopp he was set to take the independent record chain to great heights before it all ended under a cloud. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/17/monitor-one-to-watch-andrew-grant-nation1-97298-20611907/ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/17/monitor-one-to-watch-andrew-grant-nation1-97298-20611907/ WHEN we think of the work advertising agencies do, most of us tend to be drawn towards traditional advertising on the television or in newspapers. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/scotland-s-quoted-companies-oil-stocks-ride-high-97298-20593260/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/scotland-s-quoted-companies-oil-stocks-ride-high-97298-20593260/ Alistair McArthur's monthly digest of Scottish stock performance. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/the-burning-question-debate-on-a-current-hot-topic-97298-20593263/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/the-burning-question-debate-on-a-current-hot-topic-97298-20593263/ Is Scotland moving fast enough to be at the forefront of the renewables industry? http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/11/agenda-commitment-and-passion-of-family-firms-is-inspiring-97298-20602756/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/11/agenda-commitment-and-passion-of-family-firms-is-inspiring-97298-20602756/ Alasdair Northrop's monthly view on business http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/ian-ritchie-technology-should-be-user-friendly-as-well-as-innovative-97298-20593273/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/ian-ritchie-technology-should-be-user-friendly-as-well-as-innovative-97298-20593273/ NICOLAS Negroponte is a very senior technology innovator indeed - a 'cardinal of geekdom' you might say. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/wealth-management-new-law-on-cohabiting-couple-compensation-97298-20593311/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/wealth-management-new-law-on-cohabiting-couple-compensation-97298-20593311/ THE FAMILY Law (Scotland) Act 2006 is being closely monitored in England. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/wealth-management-product-of-the-month-post-office-fiveyear-saver-bonds-97298-20593313/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/wealth-management-product-of-the-month-post-office-fiveyear-saver-bonds-97298-20593313/ Stock market volatility usually makes protected or guaranteed investment products more attractive. They work by putting most of the investor's money into an interest-bearing account and using the remainder to buy a call option. The end result is that the capital is safe, the investor has exposure to rising prices with no risk from falling prices. As a reference point, the Post Office recently issued the sixth of its Five year Saver bonds. Half the money earns 5.5 per cent gross per annum for the five year fixed period, while the other half benefits from a 50 per cent return on any increase in the FTSE-100 Index over the same period. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/commprop-issues-land-banking-probe-findings-97298-20593323/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/commprop-issues-land-banking-probe-findings-97298-20593323/ What's the verdict? http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/commprop-hotspots-inverclyde-schools-ppp-preferred-bidder-chosen-97298-20593317/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/commprop-hotspots-inverclyde-schools-ppp-preferred-bidder-chosen-97298-20593317/ Who? Miller Construction, Cyril Sweett, Land Securities Trillium and FES - otherwise known as Education for Inverclyde (e4i). http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/commprop-hotspots-large-letting-justifies-estate-modernisation-97298-20593318/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/commprop-hotspots-large-letting-justifies-estate-modernisation-97298-20593318/ MEPC Hillington Park has achieved its largest single letting since acquiring the Glasgow commercial estate in 1990. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/commprop-talk-historic-scotland-planning-improvements-leading-by-example-97298-20593324/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/commprop-talk-historic-scotland-planning-improvements-leading-by-example-97298-20593324/ Historic Scotland planning improvements http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/48-hours-hamish-millar-buchanan-galleries-style-song-and-sweat-97298-20593333/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/48-hours-hamish-millar-buchanan-galleries-style-song-and-sweat-97298-20593333/ Hamish Millar's weekend includes fashion shows, singing and training for a charity challenge http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/executive-motoring-audi-a5-3-0-tdi-quattro-a-purposeful-predator-that-packs-a-punch-97298-20593331/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/executive-motoring-audi-a5-3-0-tdi-quattro-a-purposeful-predator-that-packs-a-punch-97298-20593331/ The 21st century Audi Quattro still boasts some of the menace of the iconic eighties version discovers Ian Dow http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/personnel-files-news-on-hr-recruitment-employment-law-and-staff-issues-97298-20593335/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/personnel-files-news-on-hr-recruitment-employment-law-and-staff-issues-97298-20593335/ Equal rights for temp workers http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/scotland-plc-awards-2008-praising-our-plcs-97298-20593307/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/scotland-plc-awards-2008-praising-our-plcs-97298-20593307/ The 10th Scotland plc awards celebrated a successful decade while looking forward to the next. http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/11/scottish-accountancy-awards-2008-appreciation-at-last-97298-20602911/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/11/scottish-accountancy-awards-2008-appreciation-at-last-97298-20602911/ We unveil the winners of our long-awaited inaugural Scottish Accountancy Awards http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/11/enterprise-250-awards-2008-applauding-ambition-97298-20602998/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/11/enterprise-250-awards-2008-applauding-ambition-97298-20602998/ We're looking for the heroes of Scotland's smaller success stories http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/elite-awards-2008-inspiring-leaders-sought-97298-20593329/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/elite-awards-2008-inspiring-leaders-sought-97298-20593329/ Do you know someone who deserves to win the Elite Insider readers award? http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/deals-dealmakers-awards-2008-more-chances-to-win-97298-20593271/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/deals-dealmakers-awards-2008-more-chances-to-win-97298-20593271/ Could you or your company triumph in the battle for one of our new Deals & Dealmakers awards? http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/scottish-retail-excellence-awards-2008-top-of-the-shops-97298-20593315/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/insider-magazine/current-issue-feed/2008/06/03/scottish-retail-excellence-awards-2008-top-of-the-shops-97298-20593315/ Only the best need apply for our awards honouring innovation and creativity in all aspects of retail.