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CBI Industrial Trends
The Caledonian MercuryRISE IN EXPORTS OUTWEIGHED BY MARKED DECLINE IN DOMESTIC NEW ORDERS The latest Scottish Industrial Trends Survey from the CBI shows that the volume of total new orders continued...
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HSBC SEVENS WORLD SERIES TROPHY TOUR
The Caledonian MercuryChris Cusiter meets Children from Stewart’s Melville School The penultimate round of the HSBC Sevens World Series takes place at Glasgow’s Scotstoun Stadium on the 4th and 5th May...
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WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY
The Caledonian MercuryWave and Tidal Knowledge Network Website The Crown Estate today launched a new website to support industry collaboration in the emerging wave and tidal industry. Called the Wave...
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FOOD AND DRINK EXPORTS: GOOD NEWS AMID THE GLOOM
The Caledonian MercuryExports of Food and Drink continue to Grow Exports from Scotland’s food and drink industry rose by 1.5% in the final quarter of 2012. Although it’s down on the previous three...
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COMMONWEALTH GAMES: TEAM SCOTLAND UNDER STARTERS ORDERS
The Caledonian MercuryGO SCOTLAND! Scotland’s athletes are now under starter’s orders for Glasgow 2014, with the official Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) selection period to qualify for Team Scotland...
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LETTER FROM SCOTLAND: 26th April 2013
The Caledonian MercuryTheir future in question….? We’ve been discussing the issue which most concerns us Scots…..money. The Chancellor George Osborne came north on Tuesday to warn us that if we vote...
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WEIR’S WEEK: 26th April 2013
The Caledonian MercuryIs Snooker still as popular on TV? Saturday The world snooker championship breaks out in Sheffield with Ronnie O’Sullivan appearing through the curtain like someone who’d just...
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EDINBURGH TRAM: HOPE FOR AN END IN SIGHT
The Caledonian MercuryBarriers being removed from St Andrew Square Pic: Penny Haywood Calder Work to lay tram tracks in St. Andrew Square have just been completed and the roads are at last being...
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SHARING OUT THE CAKE
The Caledonian MercuryHow much are YOU entitled to? The debates over welfare reform, wages and pensions, against the grim backdrop of recession, have caused us all to think again about how we share out...
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Whipping High-flyers in to Shape
The Caledonian MercuryColin Simpson (in the red top) in training After many years reporting on business, it’s struck me as shocking how many senior people die quite young — many not long after...
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SCOTTISH FOOD AND DRINK TARGETS EMERGING MARKETS
The Caledonian MercuryUS is now Scotland’s Largest Export Market for Food and Drink Scottish food and drink exports in 2012 reached £5.31 bn – the second highest on record – according to new figures...
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Orkney’s Napoleonic Defences
The Caledonian MercuryHackness Battery – One of Orkney’s most notable military landmarks celebrates its 200th anniversary Work began on Hackness Battery and the Martello Tower on the island of Hoy in...
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MALT AND BARLEY REVIEW
The Caledonian MercuryTom Morton gets bidding! Whisky salvaged from the SS Politician I’m having to watch myself with Scotch Whisky Auctions. It’s more than seductive, it’s almost irresistible, and the...
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SPECTACULAR SPERM WHALE SIGHTING IN FIRTH OF FORTH
The Caledonian MercurySperm whales in Firth of Forth Pictures (c) Denis McCormack Staff at the Scottish Seabird Centre were thrilled to confirm that there had been a “spectacular sighting” of a pod of...
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Spirit of Speyside 2013
The Caledonian MercuryAcross Scotland, there are several whisky “regions”. Islay for instance is renowned for the dark, dry, smoky aroma of peat which characterises its malts. The Lowland distilleries...
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Better News from the High Street
The Caledonian MercuryUnion Street in Aberdeen Shop Sales Rose in Scotland at the Start of the Year The quarterly Retail Sales Index figures, produced by Scotland’s chief statistician, show that high...
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Beltane 2013
The Caledonian MercuryBeltane is the Celtic May Day festival. It marks the midway point between the spring equinox and the summer solstice Its traditions date back into prehistory. The celebrations now...
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LETTER FROM SCOTLAND 3rd May 2013
The Caledonian MercuryBen More Assynt, Part of Wild Scotland We are a nation in mourning for the three Scottish soldiers who have been killed in Afghanistan. Corporal William Savage, Private Robert...
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WEIR’S WEEK: 3rd May 2013
The Caledonian MercurySaturday I think I’ve written this before. But Audley Harrison’s professional career looks to be at an end after he was knocked out by American Deontay Wilder after just 70...
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Malt and Barley Review: Why age isn’t everything
The Caledonian MercuryAge, then. It counts for nothing. Or such is the hope I cling to as stamina diminishes, hair starts growing in unaccustomed and frankly weird places, and disappears from my head...
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