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Property: Gladman Developments offloads Aberdeen office in £4m deal

Business7 — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:13:00 GMT

Abercrombie Court HQ building leased out to North Sea oil and gas operator Fairfield Plc

Scottish Business News: Cement firm's failed to compete on pricing

Business7 — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:00 GMT

Competition Commission finds cement prices have increased since 2007 despite reduced demand

Scottish Business News: ClinTec International to open new office in Turkey

Business7 — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:22:00 GMT

New Istanbul office will consolidate presence in the Middle East and North Africa

Scottish Business News: Wind farm developers to fund bird impact research

Business7 — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:25:00 GMT

Vattenfall, RES, SSE and ScottishPower Renewables have agreed to fund the research

Scottish Business News: Aspin Estates acquires Edinburgh bingo hall in £1.25m deal

Business7 — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:08:00 GMT

32,038 sq. ft property will be leased by discount retailer B&M

Scottish Business News: AvantiCell Science signs "substantial six-figure deal" with Japanese pharmaceutical firm

Business7 — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:38:00 GMT

Ayr-based firm projecting double-digit growth this year

Company Results & Forecasts: Marks & Spencer profits drop to four-year low

Business7 — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:11:00 GMT

Pre-tax profits for the year down 14% to £564.3m

Scottish Business News: Menzies Distribution extends contract with Telegraph Media Group

Business7 — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:50:00 GMT

New contract runs to October 2019

Scottish Business News: Lloyds Banking Group creating 150 Scottish apprenticeships

Business7 — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:39:00 GMT

70 of the new apprenticeships will be taken up by existing Lloyds staff

Scottish Business News: Superglass shareholders approve latest debt refinancing plan

Business7 — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:47:00 GMT

£12.9m rights issue is second debt refinancing in two years

Scottish Business News: Rise in full-time and temp job placements in April

Business7 — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:03:00 GMT

Bank of Scotland survey results "demonstrate a more robust recovery"

Scottish Business News: Scottish retailers report rise in April footfall

Business7 — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:37:00 GMT

Shop vacancy rates also down slightly on the previous quarter

Company Results & Forecasts: FirstGroup announces £615m rights issue as profits plummet

Business7 — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:04:00 GMT

Aberdeen-based transport group reports 87% drop in statutory pre-tax profits

Company Results & Forecasts: Adam & Co sees profits more than double

Business7 — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:49:00 GMT

ADAM & Co, the private bank owned by Royal Bank of Scotland, saw profits more than double last year as it benefitted from reduced costs and investment in the business.

Scottish Business News: Anderson Strathern advises Sleeperz on new launch

Business7 — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:47:00 GMT

Budget hotels group Sleeperz has launched its new brand Cityroomz at a 72-bedroom site in Edinburgh.

Company Results & Forecasts: Trading up at Menzies Aviation

Business7 — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:16:00 GMT

Logistics group John Menzies today said it was seeing the benefits of new contracts and currency gains in its aviation division.

Scottish Business News: Boardroom changes at STV

Business7 — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:12:00 GMT

Richard Findlay is to step down as chairman of broadcaster STV after six years at the helm.

Scottish Business News: SSE in £200m wind farm deal

Business7 — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:08:00 GMT

Perth-based utility SSE has struck a deal with Renewable Energy Systems to acquire a 33-turbine wind farm project near Inverness.

Company Results & Forecasts: Petrofac predicts “modest growth” in profits

Business7 — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:56:00 GMT

Petrofac, the oil and gas services provider with significant interests in Scotland, said it expects to see modest growth in net profits this year.

Scottish Business News: Land Securities highlights Scottish resilience

Business7 — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:50:00 GMT

Property group Land Securities, which is behind sites including Buchanan Quarter in Glasgow and Overgate in Dundee, said its Scottish portfolio in Scotland is performing well despite challenging conditions in the retail sector.

Scottish Business News: Scottish coal jobs saved in assets deal

Business7 — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:36:00 GMT

More than 200 jobs have been saved after energy and waste services group Hargreaves Services agreed to buy assets from open cast coal miner Aardvark in a £10.4m deal.

Scottish Business News: Lookers swoops on Shields Automotive

Business7 — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:31:00 GMT

Motor retail group Lookers has acquired Shields Automotive which operates a major Land Rover dealership in South Glasgow in an £8.75 million deal.

Company Results & Forecasts: Eye test specialist Optos sees sales fall

Business7 — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:21:00 GMT

Fife-based eye scanning technology specialist Optos saw its shares fall sharply today after reporting a significant drop in profits.

Scottish Business News: Jet2.com to launch two new destinations

Business7 — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:49:00 GMT

Airline expansion boost for Glasgow

Energy: World class energy research centre opens

Business7 — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:32:00 GMT

Engineers aim to accelerate adoption of advanced technologies

The Professionals: Tods Murray appoints new Family Law team head

Business7 — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:03:00 GMT

Lucy Metcalf is expert in non-court solutions

Scottish Business News: Scottish jobless numbers fall

Business7 — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:55:00 GMT

Employment figures also provide big boost

Company Results & Forecasts: Tennent's boosts C&C's fortunes

Business7 — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:05:00 GMT

New premium variants proving popular

Scottish Business News: Retail chief sees tentative signs of improvement

Business7 — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:20:00 GMT

April sales down on last year but up on previous month