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Newsroom Archive - March 2010

Posted by on Wednesday, 24 March 2010

EU stalling leaves two million seabirds dead each year, claims Struan Stevenson MEP

Two million seabirds are being killed by fishing lines every year because the EU is failing to take "cheap and effective" action to tackle the problem.

Posted by on Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Pagan Osborne, the official letting agents for The Open, is letting a home which will raise money for a charitable trust

A home in St Andrews is being let out to golfing enthusiasts during this year's Open, to help raise money for the Maddy Steel Charitable Trust.

Posted by on Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Audrey Dishington of Pagan Osborne is named Rising Star at the Scottish Legal Awards

Scotland's leading legal, financial and property specialists, Pagan Osborne, is delighted to announce Audrey Dishington, one of its team of solicitors in St Andrews, has been named the 'Rising Star' at this year's Scottish Legal Awards.

Posted by on Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Pagan Osborne takes a mixed view of the Budget 2010

Matthew Gray, property services director at Pagan Osborne, commenting on today's Budget, said:

Posted by on Wednesday, 24 March 2010

Budget a "kick in the teeth" for construction industry says Rok MD

Chancellor Alistair Darling has squandered a "golden opportunity" to provide concrete help to the construction industry in today's Budget, Rok Scotland Managing Director Andy Mallice has said.

Posted by on Monday, 08 March 2010

Pagan Osborne urges investors to cash in on the rise of the 'staycation'

Investors keen to cash in on the rise of the 'staycation', or people who simply want a holiday home as their own private getaway, have been urged to act now to secure a property for the summer months by Scotland's leading legal, financial and property specialists Pagan Osborne.

Posted by on Monday, 08 March 2010

Writing in today's Scotsman Scots Tory MEP and President of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Iraq, Struan Stevenson, warns of a crumbling democracy in Iraq ahead of the country's elections in March

"The Iraqi election campaign began last week against a background of dirty tricks, murder, corruption, blackmail and intimidation. While smiling politicians beamed down from scores of freshly-hung posters around Baghdad and the other main cities, what should have been a cause for celebration, as Iraqis ushered in a new era of freedom and democracy, has in fact descended into violence and anarchy.

Posted by on Monday, 08 March 2010

Brian Pack is to speak at the annual Pagan Osborne and CKD Galbraith agricultural seminar

Chair of the Scottish Government Enquiry into Future Support for Agriculture in Scotland, Brian Pack OBE will speak to an audience of those interested in the rural sector at the annual Pagan Osborne and CKD Galbraith rural seminar.

Posted by on Monday, 08 March 2010

In a letter to the media, Scottish Building Federation Chief Executive Michael Levack argues that the latest Scottish unemployment figures should prompt local and central government to re-focus their strategy for economic recovery towards additional suppo

Dear Editor,

Alarming reports of Scottish unemployment rates outstripping the rest of the UK should prompt government at all levels to look afresh at their strategy for bringing this country out of recession.

Posted by on Monday, 08 March 2010

Spain could control North Sea fishing rights warns Scots Tory MEP Struan Stevenson

Spanish fishermen could end up in control of the North Sea under new rules being thrashed out in Brussels. This is the warning from Scots Euro MP Struan Stevenson ahead of the imminent reform of the Common Fisheries Policy.