ProStrakan, the Borders-based specialist drugs firm, yesterday said it had successfully completed a clinical trial for Fortigel as part of the push to launch its cure-all for male menopause in the US.
Almost 15% of shareholders in Weir, Scotland's largest engineering group, yesterday expressed their displeasure at a plan to pay the company's chief executive Mark Selway an extra £3.5m to stay.
Aegon UK, the Edinburgh-based insurer, has posted a flat performance in new life and pensions business for the first quarter, but says its better product mix has helped shield it from stock market volatility.
The Scottish Government could improve the reliability of official estimates of economic growth by using measures based on the expenditure of key groups including consumers and business, a study says.
UK manufacturing output tumbled unexpectedly and at its fastest pace for six months in March, according to official figures which yesterday added to the headache faced by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee as it deliberated over interest rates.
Ethics is a difficult subject for any arms company to discuss, but controversial UK defence manufacturer BAE Systems yesterday made it the central subject of its annual meeting.
Inverness builder Rok has been awarded a contract by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for a £3m refurbishment of historic Raasay House where diarist James Boswell and essayist Samuel Johnson stayed during their celebrated "Tour of the Hebrides" in 1773.
Most owners of small businesses in Scotland think life is about to get harder for start-ups, according to research which suggests the picture is bleaker in other parts of the UK.
Sir John Rose, chief executive of Rolls-Royce group, delivered an upbeat trading statement yesterday, saying he expects underlying sales and profits to increase in 2008 and sees all four of its businesses growing during the year.
Aberdeen Asset Management has refused to rule out shifting its official headquarters from its home city until the government clarifies the tax position of foreign earnings.
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