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Monday, 21st August 2006

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Bonus schemes are failing firms - PwC

LONG-TERM incentive plans for the leaders of UK companies are not working, according to a leading accountancy group.

Leading Blairite claims levy is a 'penalty on hard work, thrift and enterprise'

STEPHEN Byers yesterday called for the abolition of inheritance tax, revealing a rift within the Labour Party and placing the increasingly unpopular policy at the heart of the political agenda.

Scots labour market remains buoyant - and ahead of UK

LABOUR market conditions north of the Border remain buoyant, according to latest figures from Bank of Scotland. Both demand for staff and vacancy levels increased in July.

Banking & Insurance

What the papers said

FRANK Quattrone, the former Credit Suisse banker synonymous with the greed of the late 1990s technology boom, is close to reaching a deal with US prosecutors that would allow him to return to Wall Street.

Economy

Jobs market in good shape but skills shortage widening

SCOTLAND'S jobs market remains in rude health, but a widening skills shortage is forcing some businesses to take on temporary staff to fill vacancies, research out today revealed.

Technology

Wolfson looks to England for engineers

A SCOTTISH company providing microchips for the latest media gadgets says it can no longer find enough top-quality design engineers in the country that gave the world John Logie Baird and Alexander Graham Bell.

Media & Leisure

British newspapers 'far more trustworthy' than websites and blogs

PEOPLE consider newspapers far more trustworthy than websites and blogs, according to new research.

Food, Drink & Agriculture

Gordon weighs in to develop PR for grocers

THE Scottish Grocers' Federation has appointed a public affairs adviser to help develop the body's PR profile.

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