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Business IN BRIEF
(Daily Record Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) BROADBAND take-up by Scots business lags behind the rest of the UK, BT said yesterday.
Research found Scotland had seven per cent of BT Business broadband customers. That's fewer than six regions in the UK, although we are ahead of Yorkshire, east Midlands, Wales and the north-east.
However, BT Scotland's national manager Brendan Dick is predicting Scotland will be the area that will see the most growth moving forward.
He said: "The enterprise agencies have been championing broadband take-up and BT is working closely with businesses to ensure they can access and fully benefit from broadband."
THE history of Edinburgh's oldest pharmaceutical company is to be revealed in a new exhibition.
Scientific secrets spanning more than 200 years will be revealed in the Macfarlan Smith display.
The Gorgie firm produced the first chloroform for James Young Simpson and the first sterile dressings for Joseph Lister.
MacFarlan Smith are now part of the Pharmaceutical Materials Division of Johnson Matthey.
The exhibition is on at the Royal Botanic Garden from August 29 to September 6.
BOOKIES Ladbrokes celebrated a jump in winnings yesterday after declaring the World Cup the biggest betting event in their history.
The gambling firm enjoyed a gross win of pounds 17.5million during the tournament.
It helped boost overall winnings by 12 per cent to pounds 523.1million.
Ladbrokes said the World Cup boosted their customer base with 220,000 new eGaming and telephone gamblers signing up in the first six months of the year.
STEPS are being taken to cut red tape for businesses, the Executive said yesterday.
The second annual report into improving regulation said the process is central to expanding the economy.
It said progress includes less form-filling for farmers and business-friendly laws in the Scottish parliament.
Enterprise Minister Nicol Stephen said: "Better regulation is in all our interests."
NEARLY half of Scots businesses were on the look out to hire new faces last year.
Figures from Jobcentre Plus reveal that 2005 saw 45 per cent of Scottish businesses actively recruiting new staff, which is up 4 per cent on 2004.
Scottish vacancies accounted for 11 per cent of vacancies across Britain.
Copyright 2006 . Scottish Record & Sunday Mail Limited.
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