Karen Peattie

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”.

SCHOOL holidays and an early Easter brought some cheer to Scotland’s retail sector, the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) has said.

RECORD levels of shoplifting in its food stores failed to dampen the Co-operative Group’s performance as it increased profits in its grocery business last year and signed up one million new members while investing more than £90 million in cutting prices across 770 key product lines.

QUIZ, the Scottish fast-fashion retailer popular with younger women, has confirmed that its founder and chief executive Tarak Ramzan will step down as part of a boardroom shake-up that will see its non-executive chairman Peter Cowgill take a more active key role in driving the business forward.

NOT unlike many other high-street retailers, the Quiz fashion chain has found itself in the doldrums as hard-pressed shoppers rein in expenditure and spend less on discretionary purchases amid the current cost of living crisis.