RETAIL footfall in Scotland dropped again in April with a decline felt across all retail destinations apart from Edinburgh which put in a “positive performance”, according to the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC).
SHELL’S first-quarter performance may be “staggering”, as one analyst put it, but the energy giant still has a lot of work to do if it is convince investors that it is committed to tighter climate targets.
ENERGY giant Shell beat expectations to deliver a first-quarter profit of nearly $8 billion despite disruptions in Russia and the Red Sea, pledging to give shareholders $3.5bn (£2.8bn) in share buybacks over the next three months.
AIRLINE and holiday company easyJet is confident that demand for travel will remain strong this summer despite higher fuel costs and recording heavy losses over the winter, the second worst since it was founded in 1995.
THOSE of a certain vintage will recall the publicity surrounding easyJet when the airline’s founder, the Greek-Cypriot entrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, launched the low-cost carrier back in 1995, its first-ever flight – from London Luton to Glasgow Airport – taking off on November 10 that year, followed by Luton-Edinburgh a fortnight later.
INVERCLYDE entrepreneur Sandy Easdale has spoken about the family values instilled in him and his brother, James, by their parents are key to their successful business careers.
THE chief executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has revealed that an “open call” for submissions of business proposals for the Glasgow City Region Investment Zone is oversubscribed with a “very healthy list” of projects now to be considered before the successful applications are announced in the summer.
ENTREPRENEURS Sir Tom Hunter and Lord Willie Haughey have called out the Scottish Government for creating barriers to doing business north of the Border.
SCOTTISH pub tenants are poised to receive a major boost as ministers reveal new legislation to provide a fairer deal for the tied pubs sector – although not all licensed trade industry groups agree with one describing the move as a “disappointment”.
