This spring will bring job cuts for some of the 169 staff at the Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) in the Western Isles, as the firm announced a review of its Stornoway harvesting and processing operations last week (January 8). The ...
Tags: Scottish Salmon Company, job cuts, SSC
A sandwich manufacturer was shut down as an emergency measure, after environmental health inspectors from Glasgow City Council discovered “significant infestation” on its premises. 'Extensive infestation' was found at the ...
Direct Line Group (DLG) has appointed IT consulting firm Capgemini as a partner in a five year contract to design, deliver and run a new IT infrastructure, as it looks to move away from RBS's data centres. The £100m deal, which ...
Tags: Direct Line Group, IT consulting, Capgemini, IT infrastructure
LONDON, ENGLAND, January 13, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- As part of its commitment to continually improving the quality and security of the data it works with, the GeoPlace management team is dedicated to maintaining the organisation's ...
Tags: data security, GeoPlace management, data quality, data management
Brooks Brothers,New York City,has launched a new signature tartan and,in partnership with Royal Warrant kilt maker Kinloch Anderson,Scotland,opened a Highland Dress Store at its Manhattan flagship store. Brooks Brothers'relationship with ...
Tags: tartan, Brooks Brothers, design, flagship store
SPINEXPO®,Indigo,Printsource and DG Expo have found New York City a good venue.At SpinExpo,yarn spinners,fiber companies and producers of textile machinery had news.Indigo and Printsource had new exhibitors.DG Expo,a biannual show ...
Tags: wool, fabrics, nanoparticles, design
Spencer Coatings has become the U.K.'s largest independent coatings manufacturer after it acquired Stokes Paints in a deal worth £5million. Employing more than 100 people, the enlarged Spencer Coatings will have a turnover of more ...
Tags: Spencer Coatings, UK, acquire, Stokes Paints
BioCity Scotland, the centre for life science businesses in Newhouse, Lanarkshire celebrated its first anniversary (January 5) since the site was officially handed to the new company by global pharmaceutical company MSD, for the creation of ...
The Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome have just been completed, creating a new world class sporting landmark for Scotland. Curtain walling from Wicona was specified for this fantastic venue, which will be the showpiece for the ...
Tags: sporting landmark, Wicona, Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Scotland
Food and drink deals, particularly the acquisition of Weetabix by China's Bright Food Group, dominated large-scale merger and acquisition activity in the UK in 2012, a new report by Experian shows. Food and drink was the most active ...
Tags: food, drink, acquisition, Bright Food Group
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector last year helped to set a three-year record for the UK economy, according to information services company Experian. A key contributor to last year’s ...
Tags: UK, food, drink manufacturing, UK economy
Motherwell and Wishaw MP Frank Roy has praised Tata Steel’s Dalzell plant for “coming to the rescue”of a project to help build the new Forth road bridge. A Spanish firm, who were to make the steel girders that will ...
Tags: Tata Steel, Dalzell plant, Forth road bridge
Appearing on BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den helped Yorkshire cake entrepreneur Allison Whitmarsh secure the backing she needs to build cake factories across the UK. Deborah Meaden invested £50,000 in ProperMaid cakes On the ...
Tags: Dragons'Den, Cakes, Food
CA Technologies has confirmed to Computer Weekly it is working with Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS)to solve its current technical issues,which have left customers unable to access their funds since Thursday. The software supplier has been ...
Tags: CA Technologies, RBS
NatWest is today facing another significant outage, leaving customers unable to access online banking or use their debit cards. Customers have been complaining about the problems, with a number of readers contacting Computer Weekly to ...
Tags: NatWest, outage, debit cards, online banking, bank