Johnnie Walker whisky producer Diageo announced it was on track to meet profit forecasts
after reporting sales growth of 7% over the nine months to the end of March.
Next, the high street fashion retailer, yesterday reported a grim first-quarter performance but saw its share price rise sharply after saying warmer weather led a recovery in sales this month.
Virgin Media said yesterday it has cut its losses, added more customers and is on track for revenue growth after last year's bitter dispute with rival BSkyB.
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.
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