GAVIN Hewitt, chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, will return from India this week sniffing victory over the punitive tariffs situation after the country's finance minister said he wanted to find an amicable solution.
David Scott, the founder of Howies, one of Scotland's largest restaurant chains, has decided to sell up to focus on property development. Fellow shareholders Cameron McColl and John McCoach have taken control of the business in a management buyout believed to be worth more than £2 million.
BG GROUP, the British oil and gas explorer, could become the first major Western energy company to invest in Iraq. It is understood that representatives from BG recently visited Iraq in a move to assess opportunities.
William Morrison, the supermarket chain, will this week ditch its iconic yellow and black logo and its "More reasons to shop at .
.." slogan as it looks to overhaul its image.
The retailer will raise the possibility of opening a chain of town-centre stores and reaffirm its commitment to owning its factories, which make 20 per cent of the food it sells.
AS MANY as 3,000 jobs in the UK business of Prudential, the giant financial services group, are at risk under radical plans by Mark Tucker, the group's chief executive, to restructure the operation.
Britain is at a "fork in the road" and urgently needs cuts in business taxation, the Institute of Directors will tell Gordon Brown this week.
EasyJet is poised to become only the second airline ever to enter the FTSE 100 - a move that could eventually trigger a bumper payout for its senior management.
THE British government intervened to help UK and US energy giants in their attempts to secure lucrative contracts to exploit Iraq's ruined oilfields.
Paying for goods with notes and coins could be consigned to history within five years, according to Peter Ayliffe, the chief executive of Visa Europe.
MALCOLM McLaren, manager of the the Sex Pistols, is working for Her Majesty's Government, to help improve Britain's creative industry by increasing music exports to America.
The UK this week faces renewed international condemnation over its decision to halt the Serious Fraud Office investigation into the Saudi arms deal.
Fees and commissions on investment products have become the latest bank charges to come under fire from customers concerned that they are paying too much for unit trusts and other savings products.
SCOTTISH Water will have to shoulder up to £10m in additional costs to build a waste water treatment plant near Stranraer because of the presence of oysters in Loch Ryan.
BNP Paribas Securities Services is to expand its Glasgow operation to between 200 and 250 staff following the announcement that it has taken 19,300sq ft in the international financial services district's Aurora building in Bothwell Street.
Invitrogen, the US biotechnology giant that recently sold a division of its Scottish operations and cancelled a £17m expansion plan, is looking for collaborations with Scotland's leading stem cell scientists.
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