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Blackwell planning the John Lewis route
10. September 2010 - 1:00Blackwell, the privately-owned book chain, has unveiled plans to follow in the footsteps of department store business John Lewis and hand ownership of the company to its staff
Live music fails to put a spring in HMV's step
10. September 2010 - 1:00HMV'S push into live music failed to revive the group's performance through the summer months as the World Cup siphoned off interest in shopping for music, books and v
£1m for Highland ice climbing centre
10. September 2010 - 1:00ICE Factor, an ice climbing wall operator based in Kinlochleven, has received a £1 million funding boost from founder Jamie Smith, Highland Venture Capital (HVC) and t
Playboy takes on advisers as it consider's Hefner's offer to go private
8. September 2010 - 1:00Playboy yesterday revealed that it has taken on legal and financial advisers as the magazine publisher considers founder Hugh Hefner's offer to take the company private.
Goals scores a World Cup success as fans rush to emulate their heroes
7. September 2010 - 1:00GOALS Soccer Centres has netted a 3 per cent sales boost since the end of the World Cup as football fans line up to strut their stuff on the artificial turf.
Digital business role for Faure Walker
7. September 2010 - 1:00Johnston Press, which owns The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday, has appointed Henry Faure Walker as its digital and business development director.
Interview: Jeremy Darroch, chief executive of BSkyB
6. September 2010 - 1:00Jeremy Darroch is a man with a lot on his plate, ranging from the array of technological developments in broadcasting to the possibility of a takeover. Then there are the seem
Fitness First aiming to cut £200m of debt with flotation
6. September 2010 - 1:00GYM chain Fitness First looks set to target a stock market flotation after adopting the reporting standards required for listed firms.
Brightsolid nets further three years on genealogy website
5. September 2010 - 1:00ONLINE publisher brightsolid has won a further three-year deal to manage the family history site ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk.
BSkyB chief urges firms to capitalise on drift from state sector contribution
5. September 2010 - 1:00BSKYB chief executive Jeremy Darroch, will tell business leaders in Scotland tomorrow night that the economic crisis has raised questions over the role of government.
Wetherspoon looks to the younger generation as it takes on teenagers
4. September 2010 - 1:00One of Britain's biggest pubs groups with a strong Scottish presence is to create 1,000 jobs for 16- and 17-year-olds in the face of a testing market for school-leavers.
£100m TV production group shows its worth with a shed-load of cash
1. September 2010 - 1:00Shed Media, the television production firm which recently agreed a £100 million takeover by Hollywood media giant Time Warner, has highlighted its worth to its owner-to-be aft
Punters return to gaming sites after World Cup slump
1. September 2010 - 1:00Casino and poker gambling bounced back from a World Cup slump, according to internet gaming firm 888 Holdings, which yesterday posted a double-digit boost in revenues during A
Virgin Active chain shelves flotation
30. August 2010 - 1:00Virgin Active, the health and fitness chain, has shelved plans for a £1 billion flotation, it was reported yesterday.
Sales at INM rise 8 per cent
28. August 2010 - 1:00Independent News & Media yesterday posted its first growth in revenue in more than two years as recovering advertising pushed first half-sales up 8 per cent year-on-year.
STV recovery helped by the success of digital
27. August 2010 - 1:00STV, the Scottish broadcaster, yesterday confirmed recent evidence of an upturn in advertising and said it was now reaping the benefits of its digital media strategy.
World Cup a winner for Wm Hill but horses lose
27. August 2010 - 1:00William Hill, Britain's largest bookmaker, raked in more than £30 million from this year's World Cup, helping to offset a dire horseracing season.
Bloomsbury hangs its hopes on Harry and Winston appeal
27. August 2010 - 1:00Publisher Bloomsbury is banking on the relaunch of the Harry Potter series to tie in with the keenly-awaited movie of the final book to boost its performance, after interim pr
Johnston Press back in the black as advertising shows signs of recovery
26. August 2010 - 1:00SHARES in Johnston Press jumped 8.5 per cent yesterday after the publisher of The Scotsman announced a return to half-year profit amid an improvement in advertising revenues.
Terry Murden: Asian demand is helping to shape energy sector
22. August 2010 - 1:00CASH is being splashed around the commodities sector and it would appear that the deals involving Dana Petroleum, Cairn Energy and BHP Billiton won't be the last before th