Scott Wright
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All staff made redundant at Glasgow baker Morton's Rolls
ALL staff at stricken Glasgow baker Morton’s Rolls have been made redundant. → Read More
Scottish luxury hotel owners to invest £20m in basketball arena
THE owners of the luxury Crossbaskets Castle hotel in Blantyre have announced what has been hailed as the largest single investment in Scottish… → Read More
Edinburgh investment giant abrdn beats market forecasts
EDINBURGH investment giant abrdn has hailed its resilience amid “one of the hardest years in living memory” as it reported a fall in profits in… → Read More
Scotmid reveals jobs are at risk
THIRTY jobs are at risk of redundancy at Scotmid, the Edinburgh-based retail, funeral home, and property co-operative, it has been announced. → Read More
All staff made redundant as Dundee bike firm collapses
A DUNDEE-based company that specialised in e-bike hire has gone into liquidation, with all staff being made redundant. → Read More
Scott Wright: Vast bonuses are a world away from reality
THE UK remains in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis. But not everyone will be worried about how to make ends meet amid persistently high inflation… → Read More
The Glenturret Scotch whisky distillery to expand in Perthshire town
THE Glenturret Distillery in Crieff has revealed plans to develop a new warehouse complex in the Perthshire town. → Read More
EnQuest defers drilling on Kraken due to windfall tax
ENQUEST saw 11 per cent wiped off its stock market after the oil and gas company said it had deferred drilling on the Kraken field amid concerns over the Energy Profits Levy. Chief executive Amjad Bseisu said changes to the windfall tax would “impact cash flow generation” at the North Sea giant, adding that the higher rate would have “implications for our capital allocation strategy and our UK… → Read More
Shares in Royal Bank owner plunge amid concerns over outlook
NATWEST Group, owner of Royal Bank of Scotland, saw its share price plunge yesterday after analysts signalled concern over the bank’s outlook for 2023. Shares in the bank closed down nearly eight per cent despite reporting profits had leapt by more than one-third to £5.1 billion in 2022. The bank, which remains 45.97% owned by UK taxpayers, benefited last year from successive hikes in interest… → Read More
Jobs saved as Scottish fish farm business bought out of administration
ADMINISTRATORS for Dawnfresh Seafoods have sold the stricken company’s fish farming subsidiary, saving nearly 70 jobs. Dawnfresh Farming has been bought out of administration by Mowi Scotland, a subsidiary of the Bergen-based international seafood farming and processing business Mowi ASA, for an undisclosed sum. The deal has safeguarded 67 jobs and includes seven fish farms and five hatcheries.… → Read More
UK Government urged to ‘come clean’ on labour shortages
By Scott Wright THE UK Government must overcome its fear of talking about immigration and “come clean” over the reasons why the economy is facing an acute labour and skills shortage. And governments on both sides of the Border should act with greater urgency and more closely with business to implement plans set out to drive growth, amid forecasts that the UK will be the worst performing of the… → Read More
Glasgow pub fears as last orders come early
THE night-time economy in Glasgow is being undermined by inadequate transport provision and consumer trends that gained traction in the wake of the… → Read More
Historic Moray golf course designed by Ben Sayers for sale
A HISTORIC golf course that was designed by Ben Sayers and once counted the late former Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald as a member has been put up… → Read More
Bold action needed to safeguard hugely important Scottish industry
IT is in the midst of enormous upheaval. But remarkably, the Scottish hospitality industry would appear to be retaining its allure, both as an… → Read More
Renowned Glasgow restaurateur calls for city to embrace hospitality
LEADING Glasgow hospitality operator Alan Tomkins has urged political leaders to embrace the potential of the industry as a mainstay of the economy… → Read More
Scott Wright: What is fuelling spate of bar openings in Glasgow?
RESEARCH disclosed by Savills recently offered a surprise take on the fortunes of the hospitality sector in Scotland’s biggest city. → Read More
Scottish butcher Simon Howie happy with haggis as Burns Night nears
IF you are planning to celebrate Burns Night in the traditional culinary style this week, the chances are you will come across Simon Howie’s haggis. The Perthshire butcher’s haggis has become a mainstay in Scottish supermarkets since Sainsbury’s became its first stockist in January 2000. These days its factory in the village of Dunning has the capacity to produce around 30,000 haggis per day,… → Read More
Scottish hospitality leader who inspired others Obituary: Lisa Wishart
LISA Wishart, who has died aged 57, was a talented, dedicated and popular figure in the hospitality industry who led one of the most successful pub… → Read More
Harbour hits out at windfall tax as North Sea giant plans job cuts
HARBOUR Energy saw its shares fall by three per cent after the North Sea oil and gas giant underlined that the energy profits levy has led it to focus investment outside the UK, declaring that the country has become “less competitive” because of the tax. It came just hours after the company revealed it had begun consulting staff in the UK over an unspecified number of redundancies. Harbour,… → Read More
Hospitality firms defy challenges to invest in major Scottish city
By Scott Wright HOSPITALITY operators have underlined their confidence in the long-term prospects for Glasgow by committing to new premises in Scotland’s biggest city – despite the acute challenges currently facing the industry. New research from property firm Savills has revealed that 23 new outlets opened in Glasgow in 2022, signifying the busiest year for openings in the city in five years.… → Read More