Ring of Breadalbane Explorer bus service will give tourists and locals a chance to explore the wonders of the Highlands from whisky to wildlife

Bus route has been established thanks to a unique new tourism body called the Breadalbane Tourism Co-operative

Groundbreaking initiative from Co-operative Development Scotland (CDS) sees appointment of Employee Ownership “Ambassadors”

With the ‘John Lewis economy’ becoming a clarion call from UK political leaders, a timely initiative has been unveiled to promote the value of employee ownership in Scotland.

Scottish Enterprise’s latest quarterly review of the companies it works with most closely found that almost two-thirds of Scottish businesses saw an increase in turnover in the previous six months.

The Boxshop Ltd invests in growth with £2.2 million manufacturing facility expansion

Scotland’s manufacturing sector has created £20 million of productivity savings in the last year, making them more competitive and helping them to open up new opportunities such as new customers, new products and new markets.

The tourism industry’s future in the tourism industry’s hands

Anne MacColl, chief executive, Scottish Development International welcomes the latest Ernst & Young UK Attractiveness Survey and European Investment Monitor which reveal strong inward investment success in Scotland in 2011. Ernst & Young’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey reports almost 6,000 positions, from 51 projects, were created in Scotland during 2011 – a 50 per cent increase of jobs on the previous year making it once again the UK’s leading location for FDI job creation.