One of the biggest civil engineering operations in Scotland is taking place in Glasgow over the next two weeks with the launch of the Port Eglinton Viaduct over the West Coast Main Line.

The Treasury needs to beef up its powers to enforce lending commitments made by part-nationalised banks in return for taxpayer support, according to a new report from MPs.

Pension Corporation, the specialist insurer set up by Edi Truell, is close to finalising a £600m fundraising.

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

Finnair has warned it expects to report an overall loss for 2009, after the group's turnover fell by 18.5% to €1.838m. read more

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• 3,700 jobs at risk as MCR takes control of Ethel Austin • January's heavy snow had damaging effect on trading The snowy weather that gripped the UK last month has helped to push discount clothing chain Ethel Austin into administration. Over 3,700 jobs were put at risk today when administrators from MCR took control of the company and its sister firm Au Naturale, a homewares chain....

LONDON - University funding, Toyota's ongoing crisis and the fallout from the MPs expenses scandal are the stories making headlines today, while The Sun devotes its picture lead to the Haiti charity single.

Workers will continue to encounter pay freezes despite an increasing RPI (retail prices index), according to the Labour Research Department (LRD).

Britain could lose thousands of critical workers because of the scale of youth unemployment, the Prince's Trust has warned.