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| Limo firm books ticket for Big Apple | | A fast-growing Glasgow chauffeur company is expanding into the fiercely competitive limousine market in New York City.
Thebookingroom owns a fleet of 50 vehicles in Scotland and London. |
| A clear path towards easy profit | | In this week’s SME Focus, we look at the case of an American technophile who has made a successful business in Scotland by helping demystify technology. |
| Clydesdale Bank lifts earnings despite credit crunch hit | | Clydesdale Bank owner National Australia Bank (NAB) lost around £15m from the effects of the credit crunch over the last six months, it revealed yesterday, but still succeeded in posting pre-tax profit of £194m, up 17% on the year before. | |
| Pound falls on interest | | The pound tumbled on the foreign exchanges yesterday, as traders bet the Bank of England would have to cut benchmark UK interest rates again as soon as economic conditions deteriorate. | |
| Headhunter bolsters financial sector team | | Edinburgh headhunting firm Fletcher Jones is beefing up its core financial sector expertise with the recruitment of Alistair Crawford, who headed operations in the Scottish capital and Manchester for rival Jonathan Wren. |
| Airport authority promotes Edinburgh high-flier | | BAA, the Spanish-owned company that operates Scotland's three main air terminals, said yesterday it has appointed David Johnston - currently managing director of Edinburgh Airport - as group procurement director. | |
| Festival Inns records loss for second year running | | Festival Inns, the Edinburgh-based leisure empire owned by entrepreneur
Kenneth Waugh, has posted a second successive annual loss. However, it says the pub smoking ban has been "on the whole positive". |
| Olympic victory for Aggreko | | Temporary power company Aggreko has won the contract
to supply the Vancouver 2010 winter Olympics, it was announced yesterday. |
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