THE new owner of Gatwick, Britain's second largest airport, has ruled out a second runway in the foreseeable future.

SCOTLAND faces a housing shortage crisis not seen since the end of the Second World War due to the lack of construction activity.

REPOWER UK, the British division of the German renewable energy giant, has signed an agreement to buy most of its wind turbine towers from a domestic manufacturer.

INNIS & Gunn, the Edinburgh-based beer company, has launched an assault on America after appointing a managing director for its operation in the United States.

DEVELOPER St Modwen sees "important signs of improvement" in the property market, despite wider annual losses.

THERE has been a late flurry of discontent over the proposed development of the Scottish Agricultural College's Auchencruive campus site, on the outskirts of Ayr.

THE Treasury needs new powers to force the banks to improve the flow of loan finance to businesses, according to a Whitehall report published today.

FIRST Minister Alex Salmond yesterday welcomed the decision of French energy engineering and construction company Technip to locate its North Sea offshore renewables head offi

THERE was a welcome yesterday from Patrick Krause, the chief executive of the Scottish Crofting Foundation, to the news that the Scottish Government has decided to continue wi

DEBT collection group Mackenzie Hall is to create 100 jobs over the next year.

THE high street suffered its worst January in at least 15 years after snow and economic woes hurt sales.

DUE to the shortage of finance and concerns about the occupier outlook, speculative development has slowed to almost a standstill - so it is now time to think about refurbish

TWO more high street names have fallen victim to the recession, raising a question mark over the future of about 3,700 workers.

WINE merchant Oddbins has turned a corner, according to chief executive Simon Baile, and is this week expected to post its first month of continuous sales growth in more tha

AN OFFICIAL Chinese economic think tank has predicted the country's economy will grow by around 10 per cent this year.

THE company behind Scotland's only commercial gold mine will this week seek to persuade investors to back a flotation worth up to £2 million on the Alternative Investment