British computer printer firm Lexmark announced today it is to axe 700 jobs with the closure of a manufacturing plant.

The production firm behind Channel 4’s cricket coverage could be bowled over by a rival just a third of its size, it emerged today.

Scottish racing is to be the subject of a wide-ranging review following a meeting at Perth racecourse today.

German industrial giant Siemens has signed a €2.69bn contract to deliver technology services around the world to the BBC, a deal that will see it acquire the broadcaster’s technology subsidiary.

Talks are under way to bring the Brit Awards to Scotland in 2006, it was reported tonight.

A lecturer’s paper cut sparked a brainwave which could save oil firms and the water industry a fortune by detecting and plugging pipeline leaks, it emerged today.

Workers at computer giant Hewlett-Packard, which employs thousands of people in Ireland, faced an uncertain future today after it emerged that the company planned to shed 1,400 jobs in Britain.

An emergency package of measures to help the Scottish tourism industry through the deepening foot-and-mouth crisis is to be announced.