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I was encouraged to see a few Scottish businesses reporting good news for a change. Edinburgh based aviation company, John Menzies, announced a 16 per-cent rise in profits while John Wood Group reported a 43 per-cent rise in pre-tax profits.

George Osborne attempted to play down the impact of the UK's loss of its AAA credit rating and said he would redouble efforts to cut the deficit.

Internationally renowned brand, Apple, faced a PR crisis last week when it was announced some of its employees’ computers had been hacked.

For the last week there has been one news story dominating headlines and news bulletins across the UK and abroad.

The recent announcement that more charging stations for electric cars are going to be placed around Scotland didn’t seem to spark much of a reaction.

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As a young boy, my parents always instilled in me the importance of a good education.  Throughout my teenage years I worked hard at school to gain good qualifications in order to move on to university to study law.

It’s been another bad week for the retail industry with two more high street staples, Blockbuster and HMV, going the same way as Comet, Game and a whole host of other now defunct stores.

Recent reports on the cost of working made pretty glum reading last week.

Welcome to 2013.