http://www.glasgowcitycentre.co.uk Your Guide To Glasgow Hotels, Attractions and Business Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:18:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Howden, the engineering company based in Renfrew, has suffered a sharp fall in first-half profits and revenues. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/sharp-fall-in-profits-at-howden-1.1045033?localLinksEnabled=false Scottish & Southern Energy’s long-running pursuit of EDF’s UK power networks has ended after Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-Shing successfully tabled a massive £5.8bn offer. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/sse-s-wooing-of-rival-ends-as-tycoon-steps-in-1.1045031?localLinksEnabled=false Savers are having a tough time. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/personal-finance/savers-hard-pushed-to-find-a-decent-rate-1.1045029?localLinksEnabled=false Consumer group Which? http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/personal-finance/lloyds-calls-time-on-payment-protection-insurance-policies-1.1045027?localLinksEnabled=false Scots struggling under the weight of debt are being misled by some of the market’s biggest financial services companies, in defiance of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/personal-finance/firms-snub-scots-law-for-debtors-debtors-1.1045025?localLinksEnabled=false Les Montgomery, the chief executive of Highland Spring, regards his finest moment as one day last October when he stood before the company’s then http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/where-hope-springs-eternal-1.1045018?localLinksEnabled=false British Airways has reported a first-quarter pre-tax loss of £164 million after disruption caused by cabin crew strikes and the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud, but remained upbeat for the full year, pointing to signs of recovery in its business. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/strikes-and-ash-send-ba-profits-tumbling-1.1045016?localLinksEnabled=false Scottish Coal owner Scottish Resources Group last night pulled its planned £200m-plus stock market flotation, in a dramatic after-hours development, but its owners insisted they would try again in the autumn. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/scottish-coal-owner-pulls-flotation-at-eleventh-hour-1.1045013?localLinksEnabled=false The owner of The Herald, Evening Times and Sunday Herald has posted a 43.8% fall in underlying earnings for 2009, after a recession-induced decline in advertising revenues cut turnover by 20.6%. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/profits-fall-at-herald-evening-times-owner-1.1045001?localLinksEnabled=false Aberdeen-based oil and gas explorer Dana Petroleum has increased the pressure on prospective bidder Korean National Oil Corporation (KNOC) by announcing the discovery of a new oil field in Egypt. http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/dana-oil-discovery-piles-pressure-on-revised-knoc-bid-1.1044995?localLinksEnabled=false